Introducing Expedia Corporate Travel

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IntroducingExpedia Corporate Travel
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Overview

• Business reasons for automating travel
  reservations
• Why Expedia Corporate Travel?
• How you will help in lowering costs
• Expedias more efficient booking process
• Forms of payment
• Call an Expedia Corporate Travel Agent

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Business Reasons To Automate Travel Reservations

• Travel reservation services are expensive
• Agent labor is one of the highest cost components
• Most travelers prefer to make self-service
  reservations via the Web
• Travel suppliers are bypassing traditional
  reservations processes to reduce their
  distribution costs
• Most sites display an array of pricing including
  Web rates

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Why Expedia?

• Best Fare Search Engine in the Industry
• Top ratings by Software Usability Research Lab
  and others
• Merchant Mark-Up Model
• Expedia Special Rates are among the lowest in the
  industry
• Lowest Fees
• Fees begin at 5 per transaction

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How you will help lower costs

• By booking and/or changing your airline, hotel,
  and rental car reservations on Expedia Corporate
  Travel
• Lower agent fees
• More flights and fare choices
• By spending less work time shopping and comparing
  rates
• Average reservation completion time is under 4
  minutes

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Previous Booking Process
GDS
Standard Supplier Inventory
Web Fares

• Expensive for company
• Expensive for suppliers
• Limits scope of fare search
• Impossible to view all options

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Expedia Corporate Travel Booking Process
Expedia Corporate Travel Agents
Expedia Corporate Travel Web Site

• Available 24/7
• Consistent view of data
• See 100s of options
• Incorporates web, direct negotiated, GDS and
  company negotiated rates

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Forms of Payment

• All airline charges are applied to our companys
  Direct Billing Account unless the supplier, for
  any reason, requires your individual credit card
  number
• Your individual credit card number is stored in
  My Profile for Expedia Special Rate hotel
  purchases or to guarantee a hotel or rental car

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Call an Expedia Corporate Travel Agent

• Expedia Corporate Travel agents available 24/7
• Agents make or change air, car and hotel bookings
  agent fee applies
• Utilize agent expertise for complex itineraries,
  International bookings and upgrades agent fee
  applies
• No charge for web site support, information and
  assistance

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Thank you!