Should travel be left to purchasers?
13 September 2012
If they have the skills, procurement teams should manage travel, says Matthew Roper. Specialists settle deals that work in everyone’s interests, responds Jenny Prescott
YES
Matthew Roper
Managing director
Buying Support Agency
Let’s start the debate about who should manage business travel spending with some brutal honesty: often nobody does it. The person who books the travel is the secretary or the boss’s PA.
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