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Sep 3Thu
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Refundable vs. Non-Refundable Flights: A Travel Policy Playbook for Cost Control

    SAP Concur's blog discusses how to handle employees booking the wrong type of airline ticket. It advises travel managers to assess the financial impact, understand fare rules, and establish a clear exception process. Citing survey data, 67% of business travelers are hesitant to travel, and nearly half have bent or broken policy. Companies should create a playbook for booking mistakes, use policy settings and training to prevent recurrence, and balance cost control with employee experience.

Sep 2Wed
  1. Hospitality Technology

    Forget Chatbots: The AI Use Cases Yielding Real Margin Relief

    Steve Demchuk, Chief Product Officer at Restaurant365, writes that AI adoption in the restaurant industry has shifted from exploration to tangible results. Research shows that among operators using back-office AI, 69% are using or piloting it for reporting and analytics; 61% say AI has reduced food costs, 62% say it has reduced labor costs; 88% of AI users say it saves time weekly. However, 38% of operators have no plans to use AI, with top barriers being data privacy/security concerns (37%) and accuracy concerns (34%).

  2. Hospitality Technology

    AI Back-Office Automation Drives Margin Relief in Restaurants

    A Restaurant365 study reveals that among operators using back-office AI, 69% use it for reporting and analytics, 61% report reduced food costs, and 62% report lower labor costs. About one-third of AI users see cost reductions of 6% or more, and 88% save time weekly. However, 38% of operators have no AI plans, citing data privacy (37%) and accuracy (34%) concerns.

Aug 27Thu
  1. Hospitality Technology

    Did AI Enable Corporate Cuts at Starbucks and Portillo's?

    Restaurant brands are using AI to trim corporate headcount rather than hourly staff. Starbucks has cut over 2,000 corporate workers since early 2025, and Portillo's reduced 18% of its corporate team to fund store growth. Hospitality Technology's 2026 AI Impact Study shows 62% of restaurant tech leaders use AI to automate back-office admin, and 29% say AI directly enables corporate headcount cuts, versus 18% reducing hourly store labor. AI is impacting corporate roles more, while store-level experience remains a focus.

Aug 17Mon
  1. Fenbeitong Feed

    Travel Platform Selection Myth: Low Unit Price Doesn't Mean Low Total Cost

    The article points out that enterprises often fall into the trap of assuming low unit prices mean low total costs. Actual total travel costs include procurement, service fees, change/cancellation losses, and finance labor. A case study shows that choosing an integrated travel-expense platform, though not the lowest unit price, results in better overall cost, reducing total travel costs by 16%.

Aug 3Mon
  1. Navan Press Releases

    Navan Introduces More Granular Policy Controls for Travel Programs

    Navan announced the launch of its most granular set of policy controls, giving global enterprises precise financial control while providing travelers with clearer choices. New capabilities include flight policies tailored by traveler group and flight duration, rail policies by journey duration and traveler group, and country-level hotel limits with city-specific exceptions. These features aim to help travel managers maintain compliance and cost control in a dynamic environment.

Jul 17Fri
  1. BCD Travel RSS

    BCD research: hotel sourcing should focus on actual usage value

    BCD Travel's research highlights that in hotel sourcing, 86% of buyers prioritize cost control, yet 97% want more flexible cancellation policies and 96% seek enhanced amenities. It suggests measuring utilization, challenging breakfast inclusion assumptions, aligning cancellation policies with behavior, benchmarking beyond discounts, and using data to define value to ensure paying for benefits actually used.

May 15Fri
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Sep 3Wed
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Finance Resilience Strategies: Cost Control + Spend Visibility

    SAP Concur blog post offers four finance resilience strategies for CFOs: controlling costs, building certainty through compliance automation and spend visibility, learning from peers, and aligning finance with business strategy. It notes that 59% of finance leaders are frustrated by lack of spend data visibility and emphasizes measures such as automating invoice processing and centralizing spend data.

Jul 2Wed
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Corporate Travel Strategies: Costs, Policies, and Employee Experience

    SAP Concur's blog provides corporate travel management strategies covering clear travel policies, data-driven decision-making, enhancing traveler experience, sustainability, risk mitigation, global compliance, automation technology, and cost optimization. It cites survey data: 46% of travel managers have strategies for travel emission budgets; 58% of employees changed travel plans due to safety concerns; 50% of travel managers face significant pricing pressure. Using integrated travel and expense platforms can increase policy compliance by 26%, annual cost savings by 21%, and expense report processing efficiency by 10x.

Mar 31Mon
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Business Travel Trends: Adapting Your Corporate Travel Program for Success

    A SAP Concur blog post summarizes business travel trends and challenges. Research shows 42% of travel managers anticipated company directives to cut travel costs within the year; 88% of travelers reported significant travel disruptions and 74% felt unsafe on a trip; 61% of businesses without integrated travel and expense solutions are likely to move to a connected system within two years; and 34% of travel managers need better training to benefit from AI-powered tools. The article also notes 44% of travelers would refuse a trip over safety concerns, and 95% of travelers are open to using AI-fueled technology for business travel booking.

Mar 4Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Evolving CFO and Operations Manager Roles: Cross-Functional Collaboration and AI Skills

    The article notes that CFO and operations manager roles are changing and blurring, with both more deeply involved in overall business strategy. Survey data shows 52% of CFOs see a risk that costs can rise quickly and 41% say cost controls become more technically challenging as companies grow; 57% of CFOs are investing heavily in growth strategies despite economic concerns, 63% say investing in cutting-edge technologies is critical to success, yet only 4% say they have strong knowledge of AI. The article says CFOs need strategic communication, technological fluency, change management, and cross-functional leadership, while operations managers need technology-driven process optimization, stra…

Jun 7Fri
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Essential Financial KPIs for Strategic Spend Analysis

    A SAP Concur blog post outlines essential financial KPIs for travel and expense (T&E) spend analysis, including total spend, category spend breakdown, supplier performance, traveler behavior, cost per trip, compliance rate, report cycle time and ROI. It says KPIs can improve spend visibility, cost control, process efficiency and decision-making. It also cites the Analysis Mason 2022 study: solutions like SAP Concur helped organizations achieve a 28% reduction in excess mileage claims, a 26% decrease in budget overspending and a 26% increase in tax reclaim.

  2. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Using Data Analytics to Improve Corporate Travel Programs

    A SAP Concur blog post describes four types of travel analytics—descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive—and how they help optimize costs, enforce policy, reduce risk and improve traveler experience. It recommends tracking KPIs such as total spend, cost per trip, booking rates, preferred vendor compliance and travel policy compliance rate. It also says analytics can support vendor sourcing and negotiation, policy optimization, demand management, experience enhancement and benchmarking.

  3. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: The Power of Spend Analysis and How to Implement It

    A SAP Concur blog post says that amid economic uncertainty and inflationary pricing, finance leaders are seeking more efficient spend management strategies. A SAP Concur study shows 90% of global senior finance leaders said there is a critical need to prepare their businesses for the unexpected. The post covers the definition, benefits and implementation steps of spend analysis, including defining objectives, identifying data sources, centralizing data, cleansing and normalizing data, categorizing spending, analyzing and monitoring, and acting on findings. It also recommends taxonomies such as UNSPSC or ECLASS and emphasizes automation and cross-functional collaboration.

Apr 4Thu
Mar 29Fri
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Variable and Fixed Expenses: Understanding the Differences

    This SAP Concur blog post explains the differences between fixed and variable expenses and their impact on cash flow. Fixed expenses like rent and insurance remain stable, while variable expenses like raw materials and business travel fluctuate with activity. It offers strategies such as renegotiating contracts, optimizing inventory, and using automation to detect fraud, aiming to enhance financial resilience.

Oct 26Thu
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Key Steps for Successful Business Travel Planning

    SAP Concur's blog publishes a business travel planning guide covering cost control and productivity balance, steps to streamline travel processes, useful planning apps, and strategies for delays and cancellations. The article notes 1-2% of flights are canceled and 20-25% are delayed by more than 15 minutes, recommending contingency plans and travel insurance.

Aug 3Wed
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Travel Managers Stressed; Capturing Bookings is Key

    SAP Concur survey shows 55% of travel managers find this year as or more stressful than last, and 100% expect the next 12 months to be worse. Top concerns include rising oil prices, inflation, shrinking budgets, COVID risks, and sustainability. The report recommends capturing all booking details to control costs and fulfill duty of care.

Jun 29Wed
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Automating Expense Report Processing: Saving Time and Money

    An SAP Concur blog post cites GBTA data to highlight the high cost of manual expense report processing, with an average cost of $58 per report and 19% of reports containing errors. The article recommends automating workflows, integrating with accounting systems, and implementing corporate card policies to reduce manual effort, improve data accuracy, lower costs, and increase employee satisfaction.

  2. SAP Concur Blog

    5 Costs to Uncover to Get Business Under Control and Drive Up Savings

    A SAP Concur blog post explores how businesses can control costs and drive savings by gaining a holistic view of spend data. It notes that employee-initiated spend is difficult to control and fragmented across channels, and timely consolidated reporting to departmental managers is crucial for managing actual spend against budget. Automating travel and expense processes is a critical first step but not the only action. Integrating all employee spending, from p-cards to invoices, helps align spending with strategic priorities, stay nimble, and redirect funds. SAP Concur solutions capture and consolidate all travel, expense, and invoice data, providing real-time transparency to forecast costs,…

  3. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur and Groupize Launch Self-Served, Centralized Meeting Management

    A SAP Concur blog post introduces Concur Event Management by Groupize, addressing logistical, budgetary, and compliance challenges of traditional meeting management. Meeting costs average 41% of organizations' T&E budgets but are spread across systems and spreadsheets, lacking total cost visibility. The solution offers self-service planning, automated rules and approvals, venue bidding, safety protocols (e.g., vaccination card upload and contact tracing), one-click shift to virtual, and cost tracking from initial to final budget for ROI assessment.

  4. SAP Concur Blog

    How Far Will You Take Travel in a Post-Pandemic World?

    The SAP Concur blog explores the transformation of corporate travel post-pandemic, emphasizing the balance between compliance and flexibility. The article notes that companies need to give travelers more choice and safety while controlling costs, forecasting expenses, overseeing itineraries, and fulfilling duty of care. Recommendations include adding preapprovals, capturing direct bookings, focusing on mileage, and working with finance.

  5. SAP Concur Blog

    Small Business Growth Tips: Keep Overhead Low

    SAP Concur blog shares small business growth tips, emphasizing cost control for expansion. Citing a report by SAP Concur and Oxford Economics, 93% of cost-conscious SMB executives agree they have the right platforms and systems to adapt to growth, versus 79% of less cost-conscious executives. SMBs that do not prioritize spending face administrative issues (59%), increased travel and expense reporting (52%), onboarding problems (48%), and digital security challenges (45%).

  7. SAP Concur Blog

    3 Ways Technology Drives More Effective Back Offices in Higher Ed

    SAP Concur partnered with Education Dive to explore how universities use technology to improve back-office efficiency. The article notes that the pandemic has tightened budgets, prompting universities to turn to technology to cut costs. Three benefits include: employees empowered to work efficiently from anywhere, compliance supported, and improved cash flow. Savings from automating expense, travel, and invoice processes go beyond initial technology costs.

  8. SAP Concur Blog

    Controlling Business Travel Costs with a Travel Expense Policy

    The article argues that as business travel rises, cost control requires more than low-cost airfare and rideshare programs; documenting a travel expense policy has a major impact on the bottom line. A policy should cover standard categories such as accommodations, travel, food and entertainment with clear rules, simplifying reporting and approvals, lowering per-trip costs and reducing fraud opportunities. A GBTA Foundation and Sabre study found 59% of respondents say a company's travel policy is an important factor when considering a new employer, and 84% say the quality of their business travel experience affects business results.

  10. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Travel Management — What's Keeping Finance Leaders Up at Night?

    A SAP Concur blog post discusses finance leaders' concerns about travel management. Citing a 2019 online survey of 50 CFOs conducted by BTN Group Content Solutions and sponsored by SAP Concur, it reports: traveler safety and well-being was the top concern for the largest share of respondents (44%), including 54% of CEOs and COOs; traveler satisfaction was also a top concern for CEOs/COOs (39%), HR leaders (33%), procurement executives (26%), and finance leaders (24%); controlling costs to align with budgets was a top concern for finance executives (44%), HR leaders (49%), and procurement executives (50%); and 34% of finance executives cited travel policy compliance as a high-priority concer…

  11. SAP Concur Blog

    Trends Driving the Need for Better Spend Management in SMBs

    AMI Partners surveyed over 400 SMBs and found that businesses automating expense, travel, and invoice management saw the greatest performance boost. Key trends include mobile workforce, multi-supplier invoice processing, and cost reduction pressures. Automation reduces invoice processing time and frees finance staff. 64% of businesses cite reducing operating expenses as a strategic goal.

  12. SAP Concur Blog

    Plan for Future Expansion with Lessons from Around the Globe

    Oxford Economics, sponsored by SAP Concur, surveyed 500 executives worldwide and found successful expansions rest on prudent cost control. Cost-conscious enterprises are more flexible, have better spend transparency, and better communication. Nearly 40% of US respondents expanded via M&A. Companies should manage processes, maintain spend visibility, sustain employee satisfaction, and collaborate across departments.

  13. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: What Expense and AP Automation Really Means for Your Job

    SAP Concur published a blog post discussing the impact of expense and AP automation on finance staff. The article notes that automation can reduce repetitive manual tasks, allowing finance staff to focus on higher-value work such as strategic analysis and vendor negotiations. It cites a World Economic Forum projection that by 2025, automation will disrupt 85 million jobs while creating 97 million new ones. The article also covers benefits in compliance, accuracy, cost control, and business insights, citing cases from companies like Alkermes, Plymouth Rock Assurance, and CareerBuilder.

  15. SAP Concur Blog

    Oxford Economics: A Clear View of Spend Eases Corporate Growing Pains

    A SAP Concur blog post cites an Oxford Economics survey in which 81% of leaders say they would benefit from concentrating more on efficiency and cost control. The post offers four recommendations: emphasize cash flow early, facilitate internal collaboration, focus on cost visibility and efficiency, and consider automating spend management. The study notes that a clear view of costs can limit waste and redundancy, free up executives and employees, and improve flexibility and resource allocation.

  16. SAP Concur Blog

    How Much Do You Worry About Business Travel?

    A whitepaper published by BTN Group reveals that 54% of small to midsize business leaders are concerned about traveler safety, well-being, and satisfaction. Executives cited cyber threats, trade conflicts, and terrorism as chief concerns impeding travel, along with fears of infection and economic downturn. The whitepaper also notes that most executives found the following cost-avoidance methods highly effective: reviewing regular travel budget reports (77%), enforcing travel policy compliance (72%), proactively educating travelers about preferred suppliers (70%), and using a pre-trip approval system (70%).

  17. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Shares Tips for Creating Effective T&E Policies

    A SAP Concur blog post discusses how to create T&E policies that support employees while controlling costs. It recommends keeping policies simple to avoid ambiguous booking rules that lead to mistakes and hidden spend; talking to road warriors to understand their needs; and making it easy for employees to find and follow the rules. The article notes that when compliance is simpler, more people do it, leading to better spend control and employee satisfaction.

  18. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Automated Expense and Travel Management Is the Right Move

    SAP Concur argues that an automated travel and expense management system can help companies control costs that have historically been difficult to manage. It notes that travel and expense costs were the second most difficult cost to control in corporate settings, and that outdated budgeting systems and misplaced documents make consolidation and reporting hard. A cloud-based system lets employees track spending on the go and maintain reports in one place, and submitting spending as it occurs helps avoid year-by-year losses. Immediate tracking and consolidated reporting also improve spend visibility, helping companies better understand budgets and reallocate savings. Companies can use this da…

  19. SAP Concur Blog

    Uncovering Hidden Costs and Opportunities in Invoice Processing

    This SAP Concur blog post explores hidden costs in invoice processing. According to AIIM research, the average cost to process a single invoice is $12.90. A typical SMB processes 450 invoices per month with a duplication rate of 1.29%, and labor costs make up 62% of total AP costs. The article recommends reviewing AP systems, centralizing invoice submission, and adopting automation to reduce errors.

  20. SAP Concur Blog

    Post-Pandemic Corporate Spend Risk and Expense Compliance Challenges

    SAP Concur blog cites an Oversight-sponsored Spend Insight Report showing corporate spend risk has nearly tripled since the pandemic, with remote work becoming an open invitation to high-risk spending. T&E spend infractions shot up 292% between 2019 and 2020, while out-of-pocket and fraud violations climbed 32% and 12% respectively. With more remote and hybrid workers, it's harder to tell how much spending crosses the line. Finance leaders must re-examine spend management and strengthen controls and audits.