Meetings Management Programs Still Take Baby Steps in Corporate Travel


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Just half of the companies polled for this survey manage their meetings with the help of a travel management company. This represents a big opportunity for companies to save money and travel management companies to help provide oversight and transparency.

The dining, travel, and accommodations spending that goes along with corporate meetings, not to mention the cost of securing a proper meeting venue, can be extremely costly for companies. More than half of companies, however, have never tried to implement any meetings management strategy from a corporate travel management company, according to a new report from Carlson Wagonlit Travel and BTN Group. The report finds that while 54 percent of companies polled have never tried to implement a meetings management program, 70 percent of those that have implemented a program plan to expand their existing

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