Business Travel at the University of Adelaide
The University has negotiated corporate arrangements with all domestic airlines in Australia so travellers should never pay more than the relevant fares publicly available and in many cases will pay less.
The University has also reviewed its current international travel vendor arrangements in relation to air, accommodation and car hire. The University has 3 preferred travel consultants that provide University travellers quality services and competitive pricing.
In terms of accommodation, arrangements have been established to enable University travellers to access discounted rates across a wide range of hotel chains in capital cities and other major centres and to confirm room availability at the time of booking.
For car rental, University travellers will have access to Avis, Thrifty and Europcar discounted rates.
To acheive an improved service for University travellers the University:
- Selected the ANZ Visa program as its corporate credit card provider which will provide much greater levels of customer support and merchant acceptability.
- Acquired a leading Expense Management System which is widely utilised by other Universities and includes modules for requesting approval for travel and acquitting travel expenses.
- Benchmarked other leading Australian Universities travel policies and developed a proposed process delivery model and new electronic travel request process.
- Acquired an on-line training tool that will be a critical component in the implementation of the new travel and entertainment tools.
Any queries in relation to Travel & Entertainment can be directed to the Corporate Credt Card & Travel Services Support Desk or by telephone (08) 8303 3330 (33330 internal)
