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GlaxoSmithKline unearths travel, meetings synergies.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 21-MAR-05
Format: Online - approximately 715 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
While the merging of travel and meetings management is a utopian ideal, real world conditions can limit the extent of the convergence.

GlaxoSmithKline last year concluded that its attempt to merge the two functions was a good move in one respect but not in another. Bringing together the negotiations with air and hotel suppliers for both transient and group travel did create deeper savings and some softer benefits. However, Janan Johnson, director of procurement and corporate services for GlaxoSmithKline, found the processes for operational management of travel and events were "chalk and cheese."

While Business Travel International continues to handle GSK's travel globally, for instance, it...

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