Buyers face fight for travel role
29 August 2012
Travel is fast becoming a commodity, with too much focus on price and not enough on total value, according to Jenny Prescott, sales director at British Travel International.
Prescott made her comments during a debate on whether procurement departments should take over corporate travel buying.
She warned that businesses risked cutting costs too far, particularly if their travel buying is managed by an outsourced company that could win a share of savings.
She also noted that almost two-thirds of corporate travel is now bought...