Jigsaw Conferences Ltd
Business Travel
Presentation by
Mandy Chagger
Mandy Chagger
Operations Director•
Introduction
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Services
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Venue Sourcing
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Accommodation
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Business Travel
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Flexible Payment Settlement Options
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Expenses
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Reports
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Personalised web portal
Introduction
• Jigsaw Conferences is one of the world’s leading corporate travel and expense management specialists.
• Blending global presence with local, flexible and personal service, Jigsaw • Blending global presence with local, flexible and personal service, Jigsaw
Conferences provides end-to-end corporate travel and expense
management solutions. Jigsaw Conferences service is backed by global expertise, strong supplier relationships and offers competitive prices on airfares, car rentals and hotels
Venue Sourcing
Our dedicated team of experienced venue finding and meeting planning consultants are on hand 24/7 to provide knowledgeable advice and
assistance in finding the perfect venue for your meeting, training seminar, conference, team-building, hospitality or major event.
Over and above the standard ‘business’ city centre hotels and country house hotels, we can source unique and alternative venues, such as
managed office space, sporting arenas, stately homes and castles, specialist training centres, museums, riverboats and yachts, as well as multiple
conference component suppliers such as coach transportation, AV equipment and team-building activities.
Venue Sourcing
Jigsaw Conferences can:
• Find the perfect external venue for your meeting or event – all our people are industry experts with significant agency and venue sector experience
• Negotiate significant discounted meeting rates & favourable venue terms • Negotiate significant discounted meeting rates & favourable venue terms
to drive cost reduction, our team are skilled negotiators
• Negotiate added-value extras as complimentary
• Arrange venue inspections and undertake health & safety risk
Accommodation
Total Accommodation Management
Our dedicated team of reservation consultants are on hand 24/7 to assist with enquiries made by telephone, fax or email.
with enquiries made by telephone, fax or email.
Today Jigsaw Conferences confirms more than 70% of bookings during the incoming enquiry and the whole booking process from enquiry to
confirmation takes around 10 minutes. However, our experienced and knowledgeable agents are fully trained to handle the unusual and unexpected – they are proactive in sourcing alternatives, making recommendations and negotiating the best possible rate.
Accommodation
Where you are making group bookings, our account directors will work with your specifications and use our allocation management service to deliver you a fast budget – friendly solution for you and your group We handle individual traveller reservations and group bookings.
With over 110,000 chain hotels, independent properties, budget brands, guesthouse and serviced apartments around the world at our fingertips, we’re sure to find the most suitable overnight accommodation at the best possible price.
Business Travel
We’ve built excellent relationships with the airline industry and use those relationships to leverage the best possible prices
By being fully ATOL and IATA bonded, you can have complete peace of By being fully ATOL and IATA bonded, you can have complete peace of mind that you’ve in safe hands
• Corporate, group and business
travel bookings
• Charter flights for specific events • Alternative route sourcing
• 24-hour traveller assistance • ATOL and IATA bonded
• Fast crisis response
• Preferred partner with several
Flexible Payment Settlement Options
Our system technology enables flexibility on payment settlement.
Depending on your requirements, we can manage all payment settlement options either managed by Jigsaw Conferences – i.e., billback or lodged corporate card – or by the customer, such as payment on departure or invoice directly to customer.
invoice directly to customer. Billback
We offer a range of billback services to meet customer requirements delivering reconciliation, payment policing and payment integration systems.
Expenses
All expense costs are effortlessly uploaded in bespoke portals from employee level with administrative rights set by the clients policy. All specific travel or venues data are linked which allows clients to conclude the factual costs. Subsequently the total is routinely presented for approval and when accepted processed automatically within accounts payable, so and when accepted processed automatically within accounts payable, so clients will be getting access to understandable important and actionable management reports.
Expenses
• Easy to get started with speedy implementations
• Simple to use
• Gain instant control of your expenses • Flexible to your business
• Flexible to your business • Multi-entity configurations
• Submit expenses in different currencies • Accurate mileage with mileage verification
• Submit expenses on the move from your mobile • Track your carbon footprint
• Populate directly from credit card statement
• Attach receipts electronically
Reporting
Standard and Bespoke Reporting
During the booking and payment process, Jigsaw Conferences collects 100+ formatted data fields enabling bespoke reporting using any combination of captured data. Formatted data entry ensures data integrity and consistency across both online and offline booking channels.
Reporting
Jigsaw Conference’s reporting capabilities include:
• Real-time online reporting available 24/7 allowing pre-trip & post-trip
data reporting
• Automated electronic report distribution for online and offline
reporting (delivery, frequency etc…) reporting (delivery, frequency etc…)
• Standard suite of offline monthly and quarterly reports delivered in Microsoft® Excel format
• Ad-hoc, bespoke reports built per client based on all 150+ data fields
• Data analysis, benchmarking and trend reporting • Strategic forecasting based on historic trend data • Missed savings & denied business reporting
• Behavioural reporting – what did the traveller see or have offered
We are the right solution for you…
• If you are looking for a business travel agent that can book global
meetings, travel and accommodation
• If you want to be able to simply and quickly manage your travel and
entertainment expenses on a regular basis
• If you want to remove the need for your employees to use a corporate or
personal card to book travel personal card to book travel
• If you want the information at hand to see how much is being spent, as
well as where and by whom, it is being spent
• If you do not want to put unnecessary restraints on your employees that
could make it difficult for them to carry out their jobs properly
• If you want to consolidate all of your reporting, invoicing and payments to
your business travel agent
• If you want to implement a robust authorisation process for booking
travel
• If you want to negotiate better rates
• If you are concentrating on cost cutting and supplier relationship
JIGSAW CONFERENCES has been very successful in establishing controls for compliance and audit. We understand that each company’s interpretation of the various codes and regulations is unique, covered in internal processes and procedures. We will follow the customer’s guidelines while managing the program and will often include a compliance manager on staff to certify that guidelines are enforced and adhered to from end-to-end,
guidelines are enforced and adhered to from end-to-end,
particularly with HCP meetings. The guidelines include interim meeting compliance checks throughout the process to prevent non-compliance issues and/or gaps in the process.
Our process for creating SOPs, training and ongoing management has also contributed to our success in managing meetings.
