Corporate Traveller Specialisation | Manufacturing
Travel management for the manufacturing industry.
Manufacturing value
With more than 20 years experience managing travel for manufacturers, Corporate Traveller is the leading travel management company for this sector. Our in-depth knowledge of the broad range of specialisations within the manufacturing industry and understanding of this sector's travel patterns, labour market and trade flows, helps our people deliver tailored travel management strategies that will drive time and cost efficiencies on your travel.
Industry specialisation
Corporate Traveller manages the business travel programs for more than 400 clients in the manufacturing industry. Our portfolio of customers includes companies that work within the large powerhouse industries that process Australia's agricultural and mineral wealth; implementers and fabricators that create consumer products and transform the outputs of primary industrial activity; and high-growth implementers of the latest science and technology.
Corporate Traveller can help your business maintain long term cost containment with specialised travel services for companies involved at every level of the manufacturing value chain. Whether your people are travelling overseas on group buying trips, visiting head office, touring regional retail shops or production plants, visiting factory locations for new production lines or attending training in CBD locations - Corporate Traveller can advise your people how to travel cost and time efficiently.
How we can help you
Corporate Traveller recognises that for many manufacturing companies, interstate and international travel is essential for research, design, production, distribution and service delivery.
Global strength
- If your organisation has a global network of production plants, factories or distribution outlets, or has a high volume of overseas travel, Corporate Traveller's global strength, integrated systems and product depth provides world-best prices for air travel, accommodation, car hire and travel insurance.
- Corporate Traveller offers the capabilities of a worldwide travel consultancy that's backed by the international strength of parent company Flight Centre Limited.
Time efficiencies
- Corporate Traveller provides dedicated one-on-one service. We'll appoint your business its own travel manager who will develop a comprehensive understanding of your business and manufacturing sector, travel requirements and budget parameters.
- Your travel manager will provide a single point of contact for all your travel needs including data management, last minute changes and emergencies.
- For manufacturing firms that that have in-house travel bookers, and want immediate visibility and control of staff bookings, Corporate Traveller's proprietary-owned online booking tool, Selfbook, drives efficiencies at every level. Selfbook can be customised for each client and offers single-screen visibility of search results for air, car and hotel.
Cost efficiencies
- We are the only travel management company that provides access to multiple product platforms for accommodation including our last minute accommodation website Quickbeds, our global hotel program and our wholesale operation. This provides a vast range of accommodation options for companies with regional, national or global manufacturing networks.
- For manufacturers visiting domestic or international destinations on a regular basis as part of your buying, production or distribution process, Corporate Traveller will assess your travel patterns, work with hotel suppliers and advise on best practice accommodation strategies.
- If your company has overseas production plants or offices, Corporate Traveller can help your company save on your high capacity air routes. We'll assess and monitor your air travel volume and patterns to coordinate competitive route deals with your preferred carrier.
- Our expertise in group travel, round-the-world fares and airfare construction helps to reduce travel costs for manufacturing firms with global operations or companies that regularly undertake group buying trips, head office or site visits or market research.
- Corporate Traveller will also suggest how your company can drive savings on ground transport by running comparisons between car hire and taxi costs for destinations your people are regularly visiting.
Travel policy and compliance
- We will help you develop a travel policy that suits your company culture and drives savings.
- We'll drive policy compliance at point of sale either through our online booking tool or through your dedicated travel manager.
- We can report on approved policy exceptions to improve visibility.
Reporting and account management
- We'll provide detailed travel data reporting and advise how best to use the data to drive the right behaviour and gain greater value from your spend.
- Our advanced online reporting provides insight into key travel performance indicators including average ticket prices, fare types, how many days in advance your tickets are being purchased, average room night rates and travel policy exceptions. Advisory services
- For companies that regularly take their products or goods overseas Corporate Traveller provides best practice advice on airline luggage policies and logistics to drive savings for your business.
- With industry growth in higher-risk countries such India, China, Brazil and Mexico, your people can rely on up-to-date advice for traveller safety and security.
- Corporate Traveller offers full traveller tracking capabilities and 24-hour emergency assist for your travellers.
