2015 U.S.-Booked Air Volume: $73 million
Principal Online Booking Tool: Sabre GetThere
Principal Expense Supplier: SAP
Principal Card Supplier: American Express
Consolidated U.S. TMC: BCD Travel
Financial services and investment bank UBS
focused 2015 travel management efforts on preparing for 2016 initiatives. The
company set up RFPs for a data consolidation partner, and it converted to the
Travelport global distribution system this year. While UBS has global online
booking capability through multiple suppliers, it fielded an RFP for a global
provider. The financial services company has a single global travel policy, but
the program is configured regionally, with multiple agency partners. BCD Travel
supports the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Carlson
Wagonlit services Asia/Pacific. Data consolidation is critical to UBS’ regional
strategy. UBS’s search for a new data consolidation partner hinged on more
advanced, integrated data to deliver better travel intelligence.