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chainwide hotel discounts
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Tripbam Asks, Where Did All The Hotel Chainwide Discounts Go?

The biggest knock on any discount program buyers secure with hotel properties and chains is that travelers can’t access preferred rates. That wastes the negotiating effort and eliminates some expected savings. According to Tripbam, for many enterprise clients, that’s been the case this year for chainwide deals. The reasons aren’t clear.  Due to localized hotel…

Krissy Herman, KesselRun Corporate Travel Solutions
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Op Ed: Krissy Herman On 2021 Corporate Hotel Programs

KesselRun Corporate Travel Solutions vice president of client services Krissy Herman shares observations from the current sourcing season and what corporate hotel program managers should expect next year. This year is undeniably a very peculiar one for hotel sourcing. With business travel down, hotel rates fluctuating and uncertainties ahead in 2021, both corporate buyers and…

Tripbam Automation Will Relentlessly Bug Hotels Violating Deals
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Tripbam Automation Will Relentlessly Bug Hotels Violating Deals

One of the most frustrating aspects of hotel relationships for corporations is that the better the negotiated rate, the more often it shows as sold out. Hotels tinker with room inventories and in the process sometimes violate contracts stipulating last-room availability. Tripbam is testing a program that alerts hotels when they fail to live up…

Steve Reynolds
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New Tripbam Benchmarking And Auditing Services Take Aim At Hotel Revenue Management Trickery

Tripbam announced benchmarking and hotel performance assessment tools enabling clients to determine if they’re getting appropriate discounts, why negotiated rates aren’t being used and where they can improve their programs. The initiative aims to address problems that give travel buyers fits and have attracted other solutions, as well. In the works for well over a year,…

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