Global giant, Eastman Kodak Co., has taken its corporate travel program global in recent years and has now consolidated with the world’s third largest corporate travel management company, BCD Travel.
Globally, approximately 10,000 staff undertake corporate travel every year at a cost of about $30M for airfares alone. This includes corporate travel in Australia, with Kodak’s Australia-based corporate travel needs managed centrally by BCD Travel’s Sydney business travel office.
According to BCD Travel’s Juan Perez, Kodak’s global account manager, the overall approach to Kodak’s corporate travel consolidation includes aligning corporate travel management with global purchasing and streamlining existing business travel processes and policies, including new online technology solutions.
According to BCD Travel, the use of a call centre and online self-booking travel tools saw agency corporate travel costs fall by 27%.