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 86: Companies pay a lower average room rate with an LRA agreement, even if the<br />
negotiated rate tends to be higher than non-LRA rates<br />
Average room rates paid by 2 companies with similar volumes<br />
at the same hotel in Paris in 2007<br />
Company AL (non-LRA)<br />
Average room rate: US$215<br />
(+8.3% vs. negotiated rate)<br />
Company H (LRA)<br />
Average room rate: US$200<br />
(-2.8% vs. negotiated rate)<br />
215<br />
200<br />
274<br />
Average<br />
room rate<br />
(US$)<br />
174<br />
199<br />
249<br />
178<br />
206<br />
ARR < negotiated rate ARR = negotiated rate ARR > negotiated rate<br />
Source: CWT Travel Management Institute<br />
Based on 2007 transaction data <strong>for</strong> two companies with similar room night volumes<br />
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