Corporate Travel

Successful corporate travel programs must be constantly managed to ensure all suppliers in the value chain (TMC, air, hotel, car, card, technology) are managed to optimise the outcome for the client. Today, many corporate travel programs are not receiving enough attention because internal resources are both time and information starved. Many companies rely on their vendors for Program direction, and this direction can often be biased.
Our CORE offering is total Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) - (what we at Epago call Managed Service) - where our industry experts take over the day to day management of your total travel program.

The Epago Travel Program Managed Service solution offers a better, faster, and cheaper way to manage your travel program. The Epago Travel Program Managed Services is part of an extended program known as EMPLOYEE MOBILITY*. The Epago Travel Program Managed Services are customised to fit the needs of each client.

Successful corporate travel programs are constantly managed to ensure all suppliers in the value chain (TMC, air, hotel, car, card, technology) are managed to optimize the outcome for the client. Today, many corporate travel programs are not receiving enough attention because internal resources are both time and information starved. Many companies rely on their vendors for Program direction, and this can often be biased.

The Epago Travel Program Management solution offers a better, faster, and cheaper way to manage a travel program. The Epago Travel Managed Service and Standard Offer solutions are built to fit our clients’ needs - from the Managed Service which is total Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) where our professionals take over the day to day management of your program to the Standard Offer designed for the programs with smaller spend but with the same management needs.

Employee Mobility

At Epago we look at business travel as a component of the organizations total Employee Mobility requirements, so from a strategic procurement direction we take a holistic approach to the category.

By aggregating all aspects of employee travel, organisations can identify previously unseen synergies among spend categories not traditionally considered to be within travel’s purview.

Employee Mobility Defined

• Business Travel
• Business Vehicles
• Relocation
• International Assignments
• Virtual Office
• Meetings and events

Benefits of Total Employee Mobility

• Savings That Yield 15% -20% or greater
• Better Employee Relationships
• Greater Agility

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(* Procurement Strategy Council 2007)

Managed Service (Business Process Outsourcing)

Cutting costs into today's competitive environment is a must have if you are to be successful. But cutting costs isn't a strategy by itself.

Cutting costs by better buying and installing smarter processes can translate into real, long term, measurable results. The Epago Managed Service solution takes this cost saving to a new level and allows your organisation to outsource the entire travel management function with the subsequent reduction in your staff costs and administration.

The business travel environment is an ever changing landscape as the market conditions change, suppliers enter or leave the market, technology evolves and the need for higher levels of relationship management. Think about the person or team you have managing your travel portfolio, and all the other commodities or tasks they may have to undertake. Can they keep up with the changes in the unique area of travel? At Epago our consultants have been involved in corporate travel in domestic and global programs for 20 and more years. We have managed travel for medium and large corporations, so we know the drivers and challenges corporate travel managers & buyers face.

Outsourcing your travel management to Epago Group allows us to integrate your program with our unique operational contract management model. We manage your suppliers; take over your contracts with TMC, airlines, hotels, car rental, card, even expense management technology suppliers. We will manage the relationship with those suppliers, ensure they deliver to the agreed SLA’s and also make sure your company is getting the best value and rates in the market for your spend.

Standard Offering

The Epago Travel ‘Standard Offer’ is designed for small to medium organizations which do not traditional have a large travel spend but want to have some of the benefits the bigger spenders see in their programs. We do not offer consolidated buying to gain you a better deal, we offer the extensive market knowledge and market contacts of the Epago team and our unique levers which we can apply to your program to delivery greater value than you would see under traditional management methods.

The Epago Standard Offer is fast to implement and uses existing arrangements and methods to deliver a quick implementation. Clients pay Epago a management fee – we do not receive any commissions or rebates from our suppliers. The cost of this management fee is far outweighed by the internal savings in staff time you will see from not having any of your employees involved in the management of the travel program.