The GTM Fully-Managed Advantage
Gateway Travel Management is the travel management company of choice for over 300 corporate clients seeking to reduce travel costs while providing superior service to their travelers. Our “High Tech, High Touch, Not High Cost” business model seamlessly blends advanced online booking tools and travel management technology with consistent, quality service. And, most important, it is a program that delivers on the promise to maximize travel dollars by lowering the average ticket price.
At the core of the GTM travel management process are multiple, customized software programs linked to a support staff with extensive corporate travel experience. Fully-Managed Online program incorporates multi-source faring, reaching far beyond standard industry technology and booking practices to reduce corporate travel costs.
- Customized OBT – Online reservation system featuring company-specific negotiated rates and travel policy compliance programming, provided by Cliqbook™ , GetThere™ or Rearden™.
- www.gtmtravel.com – GTM’s resource tool for online booking, boarding passes, check-in, itineraries and management reports
- Travelport Reservation System – GTM Travel Consultants access the industry’s leading reservation system configured to include GTM’s negotiated rates, traveler profiles and policies
- Web Scan – Proprietary scanning system reviews 150 Web sites for lowest fares
- Low-Cost Carriers – GTM searches low-cost carrier Web sites including JetBue, Southwest and AirTran for the lowest fare available to the destination
- Consolidators – GTM identifies non-published fares through a network of suppliers, often available without advance purchase restrictions
- Unbiased Faring – GTM works in our clients’ interests and is not driven by airline override programs
- Alternative Airports and Routing – Travel Consultants research and present fares to alternative airports in close proximity to destination
- FareCheck – Software continuously checks for lower airfares until time of departure, notifying you to re-ticket, if appropriate
- HotelCheck – An automated system continuously monitors reserved hotels for lower rates until check-in so GTM can rebook and capture savings
- Ticket Re-issuing – An electronic monitoring system flags fare reductions on ticketed flights so GTM consultants can reissue tickets for additional savings
- Unused Ticket Management – GTM recovers and applies all available credits for future travel by automatically tracking and monitoring unused tickets
- Travel Policy Monitoring – Pre-trip notification of “out of policy” tickets enables clients to control expenses before they occur
- Pro-active Negotiating – GTM identifies reduction opportunities on frequently-ticketed routes and works with clients to obtain special rates
