One of the most popular questions we receive on a regular basis from prospective business travel clients, is \u201cHow can a travel management company (TMC) save my business money on my accommodation?\u201d<\/p>\n
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Recently, the purchasing department of one our clients threw a challenge our way to tangibly demonstrate our value in the booking of their business hotels, after claims from a traveller that they could find cheaper hotel rates by securing reservations directly with the hotel or via third-party consumer websites.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s nothing we love better at Gray Dawes than a challenge, so we began undertaking a thorough benchmarking exercise during the month of May, to review multiple room rate options. We compared our negotiated rates, our aggregator rates, property direct rates, and well-known consumer hotel aggregator rates to see which offered the very best rates.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=”60px|0px|60px|0px|true|false” admin_label=”Project Analysis Area” _builder_version=”3.0.82″ border_color_all=”rgba(51,51,51,0.12)” border_width_top=”1px”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ header_font=”||||||||” header_3_line_height=”2em” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_6_font=”||||||||” animation_style=”fold” animation_direction=”left” animation_intensity_fold=”5%”]
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