Human resources data allows companies to put travel data in
the context of individuals, business groups and other demographics to track
trends and spot check behaviors or even trigger unique policy elements.
Pros & Cons: Configured properly, HR data allows
drill-down to travel spend by division, company hierarchy, cost center or
individual. Some companies take it further to look at booking trends by age or
gender, top travelers or other groups. In other companies, deeper HR data can
be difficult to access due to privacy restraints.
Access/Formats: Travel managers can access internal HR data
through an export file or secure FTP. The data format, such as Excel or simple
text, varies by company.