News Article - 18 February 2009
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As the recession rumbles on, travel managers are likely to only approve travel plans that are sales-related in an effort to control costs, one sector commentator has claimed.

Caroline Allen, regional director for northern and east central Europe and Russia at the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE), said some firms may have begun accounting for carbon emissions.

This was being achieved, whether knowingly or not, through demand management as travel alternatives, such as telephone and video conferencing, she explained.

"Internal meetings will fall under that and we'll certainly see companies who have a mandate to expect their travel managers to only approve travel where it actually generates revenue for business," Ms Allen noted.

This meant any travel plans would have the aim of making a sale or financial result of some sort.

As well as reducing corporate travel, a recent poll by ACTE and KDS found that 34 per cent of firms are now cutting carbon emissions in their production plans.

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