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 />
Ensuring properties meet security<br />
standards<br />
Ensuring travelers’ safety and security has<br />
become a top priority <strong>for</strong> travel managers, who<br />
are increasingly aware of the need to mitigate<br />
the risks associated with business travel. One key<br />
component of any risk management program is<br />
checking that preferred suppliers meet the<br />
requisite security standards. To this end, travel<br />
managers should ideally work with security<br />
specialists when designing their hotel program,<br />
particularly <strong>for</strong> high-risk destinations.<br />
Ongoing review<br />
A preferred hotel program needs to be reviewed<br />
regularly to ensure it continues to meet needs.<br />
Once a year is a basic minimum, but some<br />
companies review their programs more often.<br />
Extending coverage to meet demand and<br />
concentrating spend on fewer properties<br />
to maximize volume discounts, are the main<br />
trends in terms of program evolution, as shown<br />
in Figure 70.<br />
Figure 70: Many companies plan to increase program coverage and/or concentrate spend on<br />
fewer properties<br />
Increase<br />
Decrease<br />
Source: CWT Travel Management Institute<br />
Based on a survey of travel managers (87 responses)<br />
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