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Most small business professionals don’t have the resources of an in-house
travel coordinator. In fact, many hours are often spent by traveling
professionals, searching online to find the best airline deals, available hotel
rooms and rental cars. If you’re looking for a way to make your business travels
less of a hassle, you might be interested in a new resource launched this month
by Expedia.com.
Last week, the company announced the launch of its new Business Travel
resource (http://www.expedia.com/business) for
unmanaged business travelers -- those who book their business travel on their
own as opposed to going through a corporate travel department or full-service
corporate travel management company. Expedia.com Business Travel page offers
tools and information, including The MileageManager tool, which enables business
travelers to manage and track multiple travel rewards program totals in one
place.
Plus, the Expedia.com ThankYou rewards program takes travel rewards to a new
level, allowing users the freedom to earn rewards points across multiple travel
providers, and providing total choice and flexibility in redeeming rewards. And
there is no need to give up current frequent flier programs -- in most cases,
travelers can still earn their frequent flier program points when booking on
Expedia.com by simply entering their membership number at the time of booking or
check-in.
Those wanting to enroll in MileageManager can use a trial service free for 30
days. A one-year subscription is $4.95, a savings of $10 that is exclusive to
Expedia customers. Additional Tools for Business Travelers and Travel
Arrangers include:
- ExpediaToGo -- No need to print out lengthy itineraries or
panic because you forgot your departure time. The new ExpediaToGo
service enables business travelers to send their flight itinerary to
their mobile devices for easy reference while on the road.
- Special travel deals for business travelers -- Expedia has made it
easy for business travelers to find the deals that are most relevant to
them by pulling deals on the most popular business travel routes
and destinations into one place. These offers are consistently refreshed
in order to continually bring added value to our business
travel customers.
- Tips and tools for travel arrangers -- Expedia's own
professional travel arrangers compiled tips and advice on ways to more
efficiently and effectively arrange travel for others.
To complement the Expedia.com Business Travel resource for unmanaged business
travelers, Expedia Corporate Travel (http://www.expediacorporate.com/)
offers managed travel programs for small, medium and large enterprises. | 
