The insights you'll want to know to manage travel strategically
Rising prices, unpredictable markets, and pressure to prove ROI are redefining what smart travel spend looks like. The answer isn’t cutting travel, it’s applying a sound strategy to manage it.
This report combines Corporate Traveler’s latest cost data with insights from Mark Imrie, CFO of Flight Centre Travel Group, Americas, to give CFOs and finance leaders the frameworks, metrics, and real-world tactics to turn travel budgets into growth capital.
What you’ll learn
- Where the money goes: Air and hotel spend account for 70% of total travel costs—see what’s driving prices and where you can actually take control.
- Proven cost levers: How advance bookings and preferred suppliers cut spend by up to 15%, saving Corporate Traveler clients $19M and 28,000 hours last year.
- The ROI equation: Why every $1 invested in business travel can return $12.50—and how to measure it with CFO-ready metrics.
- Supplier strategy: Focus your negotiations on the top five routes for the biggest impact.
- Immediate actions: Three steps any finance leader can take now to reduce leakage and improve compliance.
