| Are you doing all you can to curb rising | | | | businesses followed by hotel. |
| costs? | | | | At Safe Harbors, we want to ensure that |
| It is no secret that business travel | | | | all of the available tools are being |
| costs are on the rise and the trend is | | | | utilized to make the best possible |
| predicted to continue in 2007. In | | | | decisions when purchasing travel. Using |
| November 2006, as part of the Safe | | | | an online booking system for online |
| Harbors seminar series, we hosted the | | | | savvy travelers, use a travel counselor |
| 2007 Corporate Travel Briefing. One of | | | | for hands on support or complicated |
| the speakers, Kristi Long, Senior | | | | reservations and integrate purchases |
| Director of Education at the National | | | | through one seamless expense system are |
| Business Travel Association (NBTA) cited | | | | some ways to monitor and curb rising |
| statistics predicting car rental rates | | | | travel costs. Lastly, utilize your |
| will increase by 6% and hotel rates and | | | | dashboard for all resources from online |
| airfare will increase by 7% in 2007. She | | | | boarding passes to travel insurance to |
| added that the cost of airfare is the | | | | tracking your flight. |
| largest controllable expense for | | | | |