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Managing business travel
There is no set way to manage business travel. Some businesses contract with travel suppliers and employ business travel managers. Others book travel independently, with transport operators or through the internet.
Whether a business travel programme exists will be determined by;
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How much business travel is undertaken
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How much money is spent
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Whether travel is local, national or international
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If employees travel to high risk areas
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Whether employees undertake high risk activities
A large multi-national organisation with significant expenditure on business travel will almost certainly have a business travel programme. They will also employ dedicated fleet and travel managers.
There is less consistency when considering SME’s. A company with 100 employees may have a travel manager and travel programme with suppliers, whereas a company with a 1000 employees may not.
There is best practice that all businesses can follow. Whether your business employs 10,000 people or ten, travels a million miles a month or 10,000 miles a year, it should have a travel policy, a travel safety policy and systems to monitor expenditure, compliance and risks.