https://www.commutec.in/assets/guides.corporate-travel-management-india-DOW-zlHr.js

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What corporate travel management actually covers",icon:u,items:["Travel policy design — class of travel, per-diems, city tiers, approver hierarchy","Booking rails — TMC portal, self-booking tool (SBT), out-of-policy handling","Ground mobility — airport transfers, in-city cabs, multi-day car rentals, employee transport","Accommodation — negotiated hotel programme, service apartments for long stays","Expense, reconciliation and MIS — one source of truth for finance and CFO reviews"]},{id:"why",title:"2. Why Indian enterprises are re-tendering now",icon:y,items:["Travel spend is back above pre-2020 levels; ground mobility is the fastest-growing line","Fragmented vendors (5–15 per company) inflate cost by 12–18% via duplicated fixed fees and no volume leverage","GST input credit is routinely missed — a 5–12% hidden leakage on ground travel invoices","Boards now expect real-time MIS, women-safety SLAs and ESG reporting — not monthly PDFs"]},{id:"structure",title:"3. How to structure the programme",icon:f,items:["One managed ground-mobility partner across cities — replaces the 8–12 local vendor patchwork","One TMC for air + hotel with an SBT plugged into HRMS / SAP Concur / Zoho Expense","Central policy engine — pre-trip approval, class-of-travel rules, out-of-policy flagging","Named control-tower SPOC for escalations, incident drills and monthly business reviews","Quarterly savings & compliance dashboard shared with CFO and CHRO"]},{id:"tmc",title:"4. Choosing a TMC / mobility partner",icon:n,items:["Live enterprise references at your headcount, in your cities — not case studies","Own control tower + 24×7 SPOC, not a call-centre BPO","Rider app, SOS, women-safety SLA with financial penalty — non-negotiable for ground","GST-clean invoicing with correct HSN, place-of-supply logic and ITC-eligible line items","Integrations: HRMS roster sync, Concur/Zoho expense feed, SFTP for finance MIS","Multi-year rate lock with a transparent fuel-escalation formula"]},{id:"controls",title:"5. 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