Healthy spending continued among the 100 companies BTN identified as the highest-spending corporate travel programs in North America, but the 28th annual BTN Corporate Travel 100 saw significant adjustments in the 2015 rankings, based on 2014
spend.
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all 100 companies, ranked by 2014 United States-booked air volume, here.
Moves reflected the health of respective industries. Online retailer Amazon.com, for example, jumped to No. 36, compared with its home last year at No. 72. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was among the strongest movers, as well, surging to No. 48 on BTN’s list after barely making the cut at No. 99 last year. On the
flip side, energy companies introduced unfamiliar spend restrictions, dropping London-based BP 20 rungs on the ladder and Paris-based Schlumberger 22 spots.
On the whole, 2014 travel spend appeared healthy. More than 50 percent of the companies that actively responded to BTN’s research inquiries indicated the same or increased spend volume compared to the previous year. Further, many companies, even those with reduced spend in 2014, reported to BTN that 2015 had seen significant
travel increases to date. That said, they continue to manage demand with virtual travel technologies, both desktop based and specialized virtual meetings suites.
Companies exhibited increased attention to the traveler experience, particularly disruption management, safety-and-security initiatives, mobile travel apps and traveler well-being. BTN expects those trends to advance in 2015 and 2016, not only
among the CT 100 but throughout the managed travel industry.
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