A GUIDE FOR TODAY’S PROCUREMENT LEADERS:
Your Roadmap to Travel Program Cost Savings
Procurement leaders know travel is one of the most complex categories to manage. Contract optimization, supplier leverage, and risk management can all impact spend.
Travel costs continue to rise, but savings opportunities still exist. Is your procurement strategy unlocking the full value of your travel supplier agreements?
81% of travel buyers say rising travel costs are their top challenge.
One global tech company reduced travel spend by 35% by breaking down data silos.
Travel costs are rising, supplier pricing is becoming more complex, and traditional sourcing strategies are delivering diminishing returns. Today’s procurement leaders need a more dynamic approach to controlling travel spend, one that goes beyond annual negotiations and provides greater visibility into where savings opportunities exist.
The good news? Meaningful savings can still be found. Organizations are leveraging data, traveler behavior, and more strategic program management to reduce costs, avoid unnecessary spend, and improve program performance.
There’s more value hiding in your travel program
In this report, we explore the key elements to set your organization up for success, including:
Uncover hidden savings in your travel data
Optimize the value of your supplier agreements with a data-driven approach to air and hotel program management. As pricing models, traveler behavior, and market conditions continue to evolve, leading procurement teams are leveraging their data in new ways to identify key savings opportunities.
- Discover how breaking down data silos can reveal cost avoidance opportunities.
- Learn which KPIs you should be monitoring to effectively measure supplier and contract effectiveness.
- Identify how booking behavior patterns and policy gaps can be hidden drivers of unnecessary spend.
See where you can drive savings beyond sourcing
Build stronger supplier relationships that deliver value beyond contract negotiations. Learn how leading organizations are taking a more strategic approach to supplier management, using data, collaboration, and ongoing performance evaluation to improve outcomes, increase flexibility, and drive long-term program success.
- Strengthen supplier partnerships through proactive performance management and continuous collaboration.
- Identify opportunities to improve contract value, service delivery, and program outcomes throughout the year.
- Use data and market insights to support stronger negotiations and more informed supplier decisions.
Learn from high-performing travel programs
High-performing travel programs are proving that savings don’t come from sourcing alone. Explore how organizations are using real-time data, targeted traveler engagement, and stronger program visibility to reduce program leakage, guide better decisions, and turn everyday travel behavior into measurable savings.
- Learn how traveler behavior can influence savings, adoption, and program ROI, including how one campaign delivered $1.3M in savings and more than 5X ROI.
- Identify where program leakage and policy gaps may be eroding the value of supplier agreements and limiting program performance.
- See how one organization used data and engagement strategies to improve cost control, driving a 10% increase in online adoption without adding traveler friction.
Savings today aren’t just about negotiating better rates. They’re driven by smarter, more strategic travel management. The most successful travel programs are moving beyond traditional sourcing strategies, using data to guide smarter decisions, and making sure every travel dollar supports the broader business goals. There’s still a significant opportunity to optimize spend, you just need to know where to look.
Oliver Benoit
Senior Vice President Global, Advito
The world’s leading travel programs trust Advito’s expertise
Nobody knows corporate travel like Advito does. We’ve empowered hundreds of the world’s top corporate travel programs to meet their goals and better serve their travelers. By combining deep industry expertise with advanced travel spend analytics, we help organizations uncover hidden savings, optimize travel policies, and negotiate smarter deals, so they can reduce travel spend without sacrificing traveler experience.
Our proven strategies have enabled travel managers to stay ahead of rising costs while delivering clear, measurable ROI.