We expect to pay less than a commercial entity because we are a charity and most suppliers are keen to work with us
a, say, three-star-only policy or slightly more expensive, but if they don’t have to jump into a taxi to get to work, it can be cheaper than staying further away at a lower price.
How does the future of the travel industry look, and how will that affect what you do and how you do it? The travel industry has to adopt technology. Some of the rail companies are starting to do self-booking at home and, through our
TMC, we have rail tickets printed at the office. That means we have a ticket in our hand when we go to the station – display screens on the TOD [ticket on departure] machines at railway stations may not ac- cessible to some employees. Sending an e-ticket to a mobile phone is one way to go – whenever I check in, I get the ticket sent to my device, so that I always have a copy when I go to the airport. A lot of the travel apps for smartphones and devices are
excellent – you don’t have to wait to get to the station to know what platform you are departing from. Most of our travel expenditure is on
rail, purely because we are a UK-wide organisation with offices in places as far afield as Cardiff, Bristol, Edinburgh and Peterborough. If we can organise well in advance, there are good fares available and it’s a sensible way of moving people around at reasonable rates.
My business, my projects, in the heart of the city.
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