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 > Negotiate effectively<br />
Figure 82: An analysis of rates paid at one hotel in New York shows the company<br />
outper<strong>for</strong>med other corporations that had flat-rate agreements<br />
Evolution of average room rate indexed to 2005 rate at a hotel in New York<br />
150<br />
Company AF switched<br />
to a dynamic pricing<br />
agreement<br />
122 126 120<br />
125 130 121<br />
100<br />
100 100<br />
100<br />
109 107 106<br />
Indexed rate<br />
(2005 rate = 100)<br />
50<br />
0<br />
2005<br />
2006 2007 2008<br />
All clients 5 clients with flat rate deals Company AF<br />
Source: CWT Travel Management Institute<br />
Based on transaction data (121,000 room nights)<br />
89