When a CFO says the company will cut its more than $100 million travel budget in half, only suppliers need to panic. For travel managers, it's like a power-up.

That's how Ike Ihenacho has spent the past year and a half of his professional career — unleashing newfound power at $30 billion snack maker Mondelēz International. Thanks to data consolidation from United Kingdom-based Pi, the company's budget leaders conduct monthly reviews of spending and operational KPIs, and adjust policies and reset targets as appropriate. Using BCD Travel's Advito and Concur Messaging, the travel department . . .

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Jay Campbell

Before starting The Company Dime with David Jonas in 2014, journalist Jay Campbell a decade earlier created travel business newsletter The Beat. In 2006, Jay co-founded Travel Procurement magazine and in 2010 helped integrate them with Business Travel News. He served as BTN's editorial director until 2013. Jay made his travel industry media debut in 1993 at the Air Travel Journal of Boston while earning his undergraduate degree in journalism at Boston University. He would be happy to connect on LinkedIn. He's here at CorporateTravel.social on Mastodon.