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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Overview<br />
<strong>Hotel</strong> spend has been left unmanaged in many companies, due to the complex nature of the hotel<br />
market and the difficulty of gathering data to accurately evaluate spend.<br />
This situation is changing as travel managers experience greater pressure to reduce costs and look<br />
<strong>for</strong> new ways to achieve savings. As this research indicates, hotels represent nearly 40 percent of<br />
the travel budget on average. The stakes are there<strong>for</strong>e high.<br />
CWT research shows companies can save 21 percent of their hotel spend by adopting best<br />
practices. <strong>Room</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Savings</strong>: <strong>Optimizing</strong> <strong>Hotel</strong> <strong>Spend</strong> explains recommended measures and their<br />
impact, along with step-by-step advice on how to improve per<strong>for</strong>mance in this area of the travel<br />
program.<br />
This study also debunks several myths. It explains, <strong>for</strong> example, which hotel and booking features<br />
travelers value most, why it is important to favor preferred hotels unless alternatives offer<br />
significantly lower room rates, how dynamic pricing can out-per<strong>for</strong>m flat-rate deals in certain<br />
conditions, and the value of city caps.<br />
<strong>Optimizing</strong> hotel spend can pay, bringing savings and sustainability to the travel program while<br />
enhancing service and security <strong>for</strong> travelers.<br />
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