Shirley Le Roux, MD of TraveluXion gives SmartProcurement her insights into the top challenges and key focus areas around Travel and Expense Management as per the Aberdeen Group Survey published in March 2013. What was identified? According to the survey the top challenges with regards to Travel and Expense (T&E) Management are: Poor visibility into […]
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Travelling into Africa can be daunting for the business traveler and the corporate travel manager, says Kele Mohatle, CEO of travel procurement consultancy NaKo Consulting, in this month’s SmartProcurement. As an area of interest for emerging markets Africa has become a global hot spot. But while business travelers are creating and strengthening relationships in different
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Shirley Le Roux, MD of TraveluXion gives SmartProcurement her take on the true cost of self booking and, in turn, what clients should be prepared to pay for ‘self-booked transactions’. Self-booking tool vs. website booking “One must first unbundle the concept of ‘booking on-line’,” says Le Roux. Corporation’s transact on websites in a search of
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Do you have key performance indicators (KPIs) for your travel programme and are they realistic, measurable, achievable and aligned with your company strat Evolution in the travel industry over the last couple of years has caused corporates to approach this part of the business at a more strategic level, requiring that a travel portfolio be
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Shirley Le Roux, MD of TraveluXion gives us her take on the debate whether Key Account Managers (KAMs) in Travel Management Companies (TMCs) should be upskilled with a procurement background. “Are the tools KAMs have in their arsenal not more worthy of debate?” she asks in this month’s SmartProcurement. “I have read the views for
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For travel buyers who have gone online and realised the savings offered by online booking tools (OBTs) what is the next best thing? Is it expense management integration? This next step offers accurate reporting, recon and budget management, argues Kele Mohatle, CEO of travel procurement consultancy NaKo Consulting, in this month’s SmartProcurement. OBTs are relevant
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For as long as Shirley Le Roux, MD of TraveluXion, has been involved in travel management services she has been cognisant of the battle within organisations around Corporate Travel management. In this months’ SmartProcurement Le Roux explains that the battle is finding a workable balance when procuring travel, a balance that ensures that all the
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A cloud-based e-procurement tool has the capability to host a fully fledged online travel management solution, Sarah Holford, Head of Account Management & Implementations at MyMarket.com, tells SmartProcurement. The online workflow makes for easy access and cost efficiency all bookings (domestic, regional, international and groups) can be coupled to an e-system, says Holford. Case Study
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Reading the various business travel magazines, a hot topic that seemingly hasn’t been resolved is how to alleviate the cost risk of unexpected credit card interest charges that are levied against a company for late payment. And it’s not that corporations are avoiding paying their suppliers, rather, it’s accounts payable departments’ checks and balances and
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Without an expenditure management facility in its arsenal a Travel Management Company (TMC) can only provide a client organisation with post-travel recommendations to improve its travel policy, rendering the ability to manage wasteful or excessive expenditure (read budget control) relatively ineffective, Tracey Shaw of Traveluxion tells SmartProcurement. Clients expect a TMC to roll out cost
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