2015 U.S.-Booked Air
Volume: $59 million
2015 Global Air Volume:
$106 million
Principal Air
Suppliers: Delta, Southwest, United
Principal Hotel
Suppliers: Marriott, Starwood
Principal Car Rental
Suppliers: Enterprise, National
Principal Online
Booking Tool: Concur Travel
Principal Card
Supplier: US Bank Visa
Principal Expense
Supplier: IBM Global Expense Reporting
Solutions
Consolidated Global TMC: Carlson Wagonlit Travel
In 2015, global
pharmaceutical company Lilly decreased its U.S.-booked air volume from 2014’s
$65 million. The company for the first time used comprehensive data to
establish its global air agreement. It altered its U.S. travel policy to reduce
business class travel to Europe. In 2016, it has plans to streamline and
integrate its data around T&E. The travel program intends to implement a
single global travel policy, with local procedures, and to test the impact of
using more direct flights within North America.
The company uses Concur
Travel as its online booking tool in the United States and Sabre GetThere in
other global regions. Last year, 80 percent of bookings went through approved
online channels and 75 percent required no agent assistance. Lilly uses US Bank
Visa as its corporate card provider inside the United States and Citibank Visa
outside the United States. This year, the company switched from IBM Global
Expense Reporting Solutions to Concur Expense.