Travel managers carry a lot of responsibility. Companies expect maximum cost efficiency and compliance with all internal regulations, while business travelers expect comfort, convenience and simplicity. Therefore, many working hours are spent negotiating everything from breakfast to cancelation terms, from room size to check-out arrangements. These negotiations are often followed by disappointment: according to a survey by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), “errors in rate loading occur in about one in six rates”. The overly high rates were marked with company logo, and averaged 14% above the negotiated price. The cost of such errors adds up over time.
The ehotel® Rate Manager not only provides clear search results that can be individually sorted by priority – it also prevents errors when loading negotiated rates, which can also be regularly and systematically audited through this tool. Due to regular audits with detailed documentation, correctness, completeness and quality are guaranteed across all GDS and non-GDS channels. Errors can easily be corrected, squatter rates can be filtered out, and the contact details for each hotel are saved as well.
The ehotel® Rate Manager reliably simplifies the complex process of rate negotiation and management, and helps to better structure the work of travel managers and buyers. This practice-oriented tool allows you to keep an overview on everything from negotiations to audit, and to book every trip at the best price and in the shortest time possible.
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