2015 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $300 million
Principal Air
Suppliers: American, Delta,
United
Principal
Hotel Suppliers: Hilton,
InterContinental, Marriott
Principal Car
Rental Supplier: Hertz
Principal
Online Booking Tool: Sabre
GetThere
Principal Card
Supplier: American Express
Principal
Expense Supplier: Concur Expense
Consolidated
Global TMC: Carlson Wagonlit
Travel
In
2015, General Electric decreased its U.S.-booked air volume by $20 million from
2014. Seventy percent of the company’s U.S. air tickets were for international
travel. It expects a similar volume this year. Last year, GE centralized its
global air RFP. This year, it plans to centralize meetings spend. The travel
program, which serves 180,000 business travelers, maintained its preferred
suppliers from 2014, including the global providers with whom it pioneered the
one global distribution system (Sabre)/one booking tool/one TMC/one corporate
card approach. Eighty percent of bookings went through the Sabre GetThere tool.
The company uses an individual bill, central pay model.