1、Why is Travel Management So Difficult Today?Practical Tips to Easing Travel Program StressCONTENTSIntroduction 3Key Differences 5Top Pain Points 6Cost of Travel/Inflation 7Technology 8Data and Reporting 9Identifying Value 10Supplier Negotiations 11Remote and Hybrid Work 14A Brighter,More Predicable

2、Future 14The FCM Take 16Methodology 17Table of Practical Tips to Easing Travel Program Stress 3Introduction Lets state the obvious:managing corporate travel is rarely easy,especially if you navigated COVID-19 for the past three years And a recent survey of travel buyers found that since 2019,travel

3、management is getting harderand we cant place all the blame on the pandemic.A confluence of factors,including staffing shortages,rising prices,service issues,and new travel protocols are testing travel managers time,patience,and confidence in their abilities to succeed.Caught in the middle between e

4、mployee demands and corporate policies,travel managers are confronting a constant stream of challenges,searching for solutions and calling for more industry innovation including from their TMC FCM,powered by BTN Group Research data analysis,The bigger the budget,the harder the jobAccording to the FC

5、M/BTN Group survey of travel managers,frustrations run the gamut from internal strategy to supplier relations,lack of innovation to shortage of skills,non-compliance to inaccurate data,and much more For larger companies(travel spend US$10M+),where there are simply more people and budgets to manage,f

6、rustrations run even higher And the job doesnt get any easier over time,as the survey results also reflected The most experienced respondents(those with 10+years experience)are more likely to view travel management as more difficult today than those newer to the industry or role.Only 6%of total resp