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Enhancements to Penn’s Travel Program Launch of the New Travel Web Site

Enhancements to Penn’s Travel Program Launch of the New Travel Web Site. Susan Storb Travel Administrator. Today’s Agenda. Discuss how we are enhancing the Travel Program Business Goals Provide more information about preferred vendors to our travelers Provide greater savings opportunities

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Enhancements to Penn’s Travel Program Launch of the New Travel Web Site

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  1. Enhancements to Penn’s Travel ProgramLaunch of the New Travel Web Site Susan Storb Travel Administrator

  2. Today’s Agenda • Discuss how we are enhancing the Travel Program • Business Goals • Provide more information about preferred vendors to our travelers • Provide greater savings opportunities • Provide better data collection • News you can use • What I need from you

  3. Information for Travelers • Make travel decisions easier for faculty and staff • Create a single source of travel related information • New Travel Website • Provide more travel options • Provide opportunities for savings • If we make it easy, we can drive adoption and utilization of preferred suppliers

  4. Outbound Travel

  5. Expanded the number of Preferred Travel Agencies

  6. Expanded the number of Airlines with whom we have savings opportunities

  7. Sample Airline pages

  8. Introduced Two new Online Booking Products

  9. Outbound expanded Hotels Savings

  10. 20% discount off of their Best Available Rate (BAR) at all their properties • Starwood hotel brands are Westins, W, Sheratons, Alofts and more • In order to get the discount you must register as a Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) • Discounts can be used for both business or personal travel

  11. Collegiate Reciprocity

  12. Car Rentals

  13. National and Enterprise

  14. Sedan/Car Services

  15. International Travel Support Services

  16. Penn Payment Options

  17. Inbound Travel

  18. Penn Preferred Properties

  19. Inn at Penn & Sheraton • We will be announcing in 2010 that these two hotels will begin accepting Penn Purchasing cards rather than the paper forms for departmental bookings.

  20. Center City Hotels

  21. Travel Data • Our goal is to do a better job of capturing travel data and then returning it to the schools and centers • How much your travelers spent on airline tickets on a quarterly basis • What savings were achieved by using a preferred agency and/or a preferred airlines

  22. New TSA Requirements • Travelers names as they appear on the travelers ID • Driver’s license or Passport • Traveler’s birth date

  23. Amex Paperless Statements

  24. Penn Global Network

  25. Proactively Managing Travel • I will be coming out to meet with each school and center to get a better idea of your unique travel needs • Work with each school and center and the preferred suppliers to create greater savings opportunities • Help document those savings

  26. What I need from you • Encourage your travelers to use one of the booking providers on the Travel Portal • Use the local hotel link and support the locals hotels that are giving Penn special pricing for Penn visitors • Encourage travelers to provide us feedback so we can strengthen the travel site and make it more robust

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