Corporations generally understand our services are superior to what public booking sites like Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity and airline direct websites can offer. However, a key concern is can a travel management company like TravelStore offer fares competitive with public booking and airline websites. 

Topaz International conducts comparative studies of airfares between actual corporate travel management company-booked itineraries and various public internet sites. By exactly replicating business trips on public booking sites, like Orbitz, Expedia, Travelocity, and airline direct websites, Topaz International is able to compare low fare performance. The results from 2007 found that business travel itineraries booked by a designated corporate travel management company averaged $56 less than the exact same itinerary booked on a public internet site.

Further evaluations were conducted to determine if the volumes of corporate airfare spend influenced the results. Smaller corporations generally have lower-priced airline tickets when compared to corporations with larger volumes of air spend. However, larger corporations are saving more per ticket than some of their smaller counterparts, most likely because of the greater discounts obtained due to their high travel volume.

(For the complete press release from Topaz International, including price comparison charts, please click on the pdf at right).

About TOPAZ International
Topaz International provides strategic support to the corporate travel management professional. With 30 years of experience analyzing travel related expenditures, Topaz is a world leader in airfare & hotel auditing, providing benchmark information and consultancy services to improve the delivery of corporate travel services. Supporting travel managers, buyers and agencies, Topaz helps improve performance and facilitate cost savings.