2015 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $131 million
2015 Global
Air Volume: $284 million
Principal Air
Suppliers: American, United
Principal
Hotel Suppliers: Hilton,
Marriott
Principal Car
Rental Supplier: Avis
Principal
Online Booking Tool: Concur
Travel
Principal Card
Supplier: American Express
Principal
Expense Supplier: Proprietary
tool
Consolidated
Global TMC: Carlson Wagonlit
Travel
In
2015, Hewlett-Packard split into Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. HPE,
which retained the technology solutions segment of Hewlett-Packard’s business,
has a standalone travel program. In May, HPE announced a planned spinoff of its
Enterprise Services business with CSC to create an IT services firm. The
spinoff is expected to be complete by March 2017.
In
2015, HPE placed equal focus on each traveler experience and cost savings. It
optimized its global travel program with technology and data analytics. To
support the company’s transformation, HPE altered wording from passive to
suggestive and from prescriptive to assertive. It also enacted requirements for
cost-effective travel behavior and T&E savings. This year, HPE is rewriting
its global meetings and events policy to shape traveler behavior and compliance
and to capture greater ROI.
HPE
uses Carlson Wagonlit Travel as its global TMC. It uses Concur Travel and Sabre
GetThere for online booking, and 81 percent of its air bought in the United
States went through approved online tools. HPE’s 90,000 travelers use the
company’s proprietary expense reporting system. The company’s 2016 U.S.-booked
air volume is expected to decrease to $101 million.