- Unused Credits
- Travelers know to use unused credits/tickets from COVID-related cancellations
- Employees don’t purchase new tickets while existing credits expire
- Rate Utilization
- Travelers book negotiated rates for direct savings within OBT with better tool adoption
- Travelers access negotiated inclusions/perks so they don’t pay additional costs like WiFi, late checkout, breakfast, etc.
- Travel departments and TMCs negotiate better rates during future RFPs with suppliers due to the tracked volume within OBT
- Productivity
- Employees not searching across full web saves massive amounts of time
- Travelers don’t have to hunt and peck for disparate information
- Travel managers and/or TMCs don’t have to spend redundant time as travelers don’t need to contact them for more info
- In-channel bookings mean don’t have to waste time aggregating travel data from other systems (expenses, credit cards etc.)
- Employees trust in OBT and travel program content with exposure to relevant educational messages
- Duty of Care
- Safer bookings mean less duty of care costs from unsafe travel
- Reduce bad bookings that don’t take into account extended quarantine times (14 extra hotel nights for self-quarantine requirements)
- Approvals
- Ensure that employees get pre-booking approval for travel to reduce unnecessary/non-essential trips
- Office Health
- Even non-travelers go on vacation and potentially bring back illnesses into the office - travel guidance is now for employees and not just travelers
