From cost center to value driver:
Rethinking your corporate travel program
With travel costs rising and budgets under scrutiny, finance leaders can no longer afford to treat travel as a transactional expense. The most forward-thinking teams are transforming their travel programs into strategic lever, optimizing cost, enhancing visibility, and delivering measurable value to the business.
About the webinar
Join Corporate Traveler’s Vice President of Sales, Ashley Corey, and Flight Centre Travel Group CFO Mark Imrie, for a data-rich conversation on what’s really driving travel spend today, and how to turn them into a source of value, not just spend.
From booking behaviors to supplier strategy, you’ll get tactical advice and benchmarking insights to reshape your travel program for today’s financial realities.
Who should attend: Finance executives, CFOs, and controllers seeking to gain more control, value, and ROI from their company’s travel program.
Learning objectives
- Pinpoint the key drivers behind rising corporate travel costs and where hidden savings exist.
Get current market data and a breakdown of cost influencers like fare class, advance purchase, and ancillary fees. - Identify immediate opportunities to optimize travel spend.
Learn how policy levers, supplier consolidation, negotiated rates, and value-added extras can unlock significant savings across air and hotel, without compromising on traveler experience. - Build a more strategic, data-driven travel program.
Explore how enhanced reporting, savings analysis, and expert support empower finance teams to go beyond basic cost control and deliver sustained program value.
Our speakers
Ashley Corey
Vice President of Sales at Corporate Traveler
Ashley has been with Corporate Traveler since 2016. Starting out as a Business Development Manager for Corporate Traveler Stage, Screen and Sports, Ashley’s innate leadership qualities quickly allowed her to step into various sales leadership roles. She has been leading the US Sales Department since 2022.
Mark Imrie
CFO at Flight Centre Travel Group Americas
Mark is responsible for overseeing the Americas region of the business that delivers $4B in annual turnover. With 20 years of financial experience, almost 15 of them have been with the Flight Centre business, working across both the Australian and North American markets. Mark has a Masters in Applied Finance and Banking from the University of Queensland in Australia and is passionate about driving growth and operational efficiencies through M&A, offshoring support functions, innovative capital management and challenging conventional wisdom.