Room for Savings: Optimizing Hotel Spend - Carlson
Room for Savings: Optimizing Hotel Spend - Carlson
Room for Savings: Optimizing Hotel Spend - Carlson
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In fact, travelers often draw on their personal<br />
experience, selecting a hotel they have already<br />
stayed in (44 percent), as shown in Figure 35.<br />
Reassuringly <strong>for</strong> travel managers, the next most<br />
popular source of in<strong>for</strong>mation is their company’s<br />
preferred hotel directory (41 percent). Contrary<br />
to popular belief, few travelers (14 percent) surf<br />
the Internet to find a hotel.<br />
The survey shows that, on the whole, travelers<br />
are also satisfied with the preferred booking<br />
methods, both using their company’s online<br />
booking tool and booking through travel<br />
management company counselors.<br />
Figure 35: When selecting a hotel, travelers rely mainly on personal experience and the<br />
company’s preferred hotel directory<br />
Source: CWT Travel Management Institute<br />
Based on a survey of travelers (3,399 responses)