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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Seven steps to optimize hotel spend > Optimize the preferred hotel program<br />
Companies there<strong>for</strong>e need to identify properties<br />
that already represent the relevant spend<br />
volume. They should also analyze total spend at<br />
locations to see if the threshold may be reached<br />
by steering travelers toward fewer properties<br />
(Figure 56). Furthermore, companies may wish<br />
to designate preferred hotels in markets<br />
accounting <strong>for</strong> less spend, particularly at high-risk<br />
destinations, to guarantee travelers have the right<br />
level of security and com<strong>for</strong>t.<br />
Figure 56: Companies may be able to concentrate spend on fewer hotels within a city to<br />
reach the US$10,000 threshold<br />
Example: a company in Paris<br />
Be<strong>for</strong>e spend concentration at destination<br />
(10 hotels, including 4 above US$10,000 spend threshold)<br />
After spend concentration at destination<br />
(4 hotels above spend threshold)<br />
<strong>Hotel</strong> *<br />
Company’s office<br />
Client/supplier’s office<br />
*<strong>Spend</strong> is proportional to bubble size<br />
Source: CWT Travel Management Institute<br />
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