RED BEE MEDIA - TRAVEL TEAM

Consolidation of travel spend through a single travel management company

CASE DESCRIPTION

Red Bee Media wanted to consolidate their travel spend through a single travel management in order to maintain control and gain complete visibility of their travel spend. They already had an internal travel team, however were using multiple channels, had lack of visibility of spend, traveller tracking and out of hours support.

KEY OBJECTIVES

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Synchronise the Internal Travel Team and a Travel Management Company

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Gain complete visibility of travel spend through comprehensive reporting

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Streamline booking processes for the internal travel team and save them time

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Compliance with duty of care through traveller tracking and out of hours support

 

THE SOLUTION

Gray Dawes was appointed to provide a comprehensive travel service to run alongside the internal travel team, we provided both online and traditional booking channels. All travel requests were to via the Red Bee Media Internal Travel team for them to either process online or via their dedicated travel consultant at Gray Dawes.

Our range of management information provided complete visibility of spend, while out of hours support and traveller tracking meant that the internal travel team were no longer on call during evenings and weekends.

FEEDBACK

“Red Bee Media has reaped the benefits of consolidating its travel spend through one travel Management Company. Gray Dawes has delivered an excellent service, with increased policy control through both its online and traditional booking channels, which in turn has enabled us to drive down our costs. Thank you Gray Dawes.”

ACHIEVEMENTS

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Savings of £109,000 within 12 months

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Quick and tailored implementation process with no additional charges

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Online utilisation 92% (from 0% base)

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All bookings in line with travel policy and authorisation protocols

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Access to industry leading tool; functionality, speed and stability

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Enhanced Management Information reports including declined savings.com

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