The World of Business Travel g Introduction to
The World of Business Travel
g. Introduction to Air. Plus g. Air. Plus Payment Solutions g. Air. Plus BTM Portal g. Reporting facilities g. Interfacing g. Implementation g. Your Company Advantages g. Questions and Answers
g. Introduction to Air. Plus
The Company Air. Plus is a leading international supplier of online solutions and card systems for the day-to-day management of business travel. Half of the top 500 companies in Western Europe count on our know-how to help optimize their business processes. More than 20, 000 company customers rely on Air. Plus for their in-house process management, thus saving considerable costs. Approximately 600 people in Air. Plus develop new solutions and take care of the customers.
The Company The company was founded in 1989 and reached 75 % market share in Germany after 3 years of existence. The strategic focus has been put on internationalization five years ago. Exclusive card processor for Lufthansa, Swiss, British Airways, TAP and Continental Airlines. Subsidiary in Austria with Diners and Austrian Airlines.
g Air. Plus payment Solutions
Air. Plus - Business Travel Management
Air. Plus payment solutions Company Accounts Corporate cards MIS Air. Plus Information Manager
Air. Plus payment solutions Air. Plus card products offer corporations a cost efficient payment and accounting system Reduced number of invoices, reduced costs Customised invoices -based on your company structure Improved data quality Insurance € 400. 000 ‘on top of’ No investment costs Easy implementation process
Air. Plus payment solutions Air. Plus card products offer the business traveler an efficient payment and accounting system -while you‘re traveling, but not only then. The COMPANY ACCOUNT - a highly competitive global accounting medium VISA and Master. Card products, with the broadest acceptance network worldwide The simple combination of the Company Account and a personal credit card creates clarity in the accounting of travel expenses Most flexible invoices - easy invoice management Optimisation of all payment and accounting processes for a business trip
Air. Plus Company Account Improved data delivery for total cost control. - Date of purchase - Passenger name - Date of travel - Airline - Ticket number - Class - Routing - Currency - Cost centre - Project number - Personal ID - Department - Internal Code - Accounting unit - Etc. .
Air. Plus Corporate Cards Air. Plus card products offer corporations a cost efficient payment and accounting system Corporate cards: for car rental, hotel expenses, cash. . . National bank partners: respect for national card users patterns Work with the most broadly accepted cards Our partnership with local bank partners: a know how in terms of data integration from various sources
Air. Plus Corporate Cards Most flexible corporate card programme Company liability, personal liability or joint liability Individual or central billing Flexible billing and payment terms Integration with expense management systems available Online statements for individual cardholder 2 nd half of 2004 Electronic statements available for data integration Master. Card and Visa
g Air. Plus BTM Portal
g. Air. Plus Portal www. airplus. com The Air. Plus Business Travel Portal A platform with valuable information on Business Travel Management
Discover the World of Business Travel!
Overview of all containers
Container: Credit Card Management Here you can see your invoice data
Container: Credit Card Management Information including demo version of Air. Plus Invoice Control!
Container: Credit Card Management Analyse all business travel expenditure - online!
Container: Administration Here you can register and administrate portal users!
Container: Administration The Card Manager gives an overview of the Company Accounts which are assigned to you
The advantages of the Portal at a glance Discover the World of Business Travel Transactions of the Company Account -before the transactions have been invoiced Platform to communicate with other Travel Managers Tips and tricks on Business Travel Management Air. Plus Electronic Billing for download Download functionality (incl. Invoice Control) Air. Plus Information Manager Extensive travel information
G Reporting facilities
Air. Plus International Data Consolidation Air. Plus Company Account Air. Plus Travel Data Warehouse Air. Plus Information Manager ACCN Cards Corporate Cards Other Corporate Card Providers, e. g. in other countries Data processing and international data consolidation
Homepage of Air. Plus Information Manager Mr. R. . van Geffen
Air. Plus Information Manager Management analysis system for airline expenditure Analysis on ticket and on coupon level Allocates the exact coupon value to each airlines according to the airline ‘Pro-rating’ method Designs hierarchical reports on various company levels Data on-line available Consolidated (multi-national) reports in EUR, GBP and USD The perfect tool for supplier negotiations and the management and steering of these contracts and travel policies Option to show flown DATA from BA and Lufthansa
G Interfacing
Cost savings with EDI invoicing Conventional dispatch of invoices preparation of invoices print enveloping mail dispatch incoming mail registration (accounting) check payment Electronic dispatch of invoices preparation of invoices dispatch receipt check payment Time savings through electronic dispatch Reduced work efforts Low error rate through machined reading Reduced paper consumption filing
Electronic invoicing Formats offered by Air. Plus for Company Account data LARS - Air. Plus invoice set SARA and/or ATX- Special (Air. Plus) travel expenses billing set for SAP EDIFACT - Electronic Data Interchange For Commerce and Transport XML -Extensible Mark-up Language CSV Format
Electronic invoicing Formats offered by Air. Plus for corporate card data Excel format ASCI format SAP FI and HR
Air. Plus - Business Travel Management Integration of invoicing data into z Within SAP Financials and SAP Expense Report Module, each transaction will be auto-assigned to the respective trip z Optimised processes due to automatic reconciliation z Unused tickets can be found easily èhigher liquidity for the company
Process today TE System Travel Expenses Travel Agency compares Financial System
Process optimisation with SAP and Air. Plus zeasy integration into SAP-Systems zusage of standard interfaces zno additional costs zelectronic invoices zdata delivery on a daily basis zflight transactions are matched to travellers zapproval by traveller himself zcost-centre related travel-budget zcomplete overview of the entire travel costs
G Implementation
Implementation Plan Definition of company’s requirements and implementation plan (invoicing structure and transfer methods, reporting levels) Processing of cards applications (approximately 10 days) Communication with and instructions to your travel agency Start usage of company account Roll-out of Corporate card programme Data integration of Corporate cards + Company account in AIM Training sessions of selected users on chosen software (2 -3 weeks) Evaluation meeting on the achievements on a regular basis
G Company Advantages
Advantages for your company Gain on administrative costs Less administrative transactions (= less costs!) Electronic data delivery Improved quality of invoice data Choice of 9 fields for company specific data Optimisation of internal company processes Cost cutting realized by corporations: from 3 to 15 percent
Advantages for your company Gain on travel expenses Documentation and analysis of all travel expenditures Full transparency of total travel expenditure Complete control on the travel policy International data consolidation Outstanding basis for negotiations -unique data quality Our focus is on your cost and expenditure cuttings
Why Air. Plus International ? The Complete Business Travel Solution Only organization that provides the UATP card concept on an international basis Independent and neutral Completely focussed on Business Travel Management Over 14 years of professional experience Proven international performance Electronic data integration
A selection of the Air. Plus partnership network
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS We would be delighted to welcome your company as our account in The Netherlands. You can be convinced that we will do all possible to service you to your full satisfaction! Air. Plus International Kingsfordweg 151, 1043 GR Amsterdam, The Netherlands Phone: +31 -(20)-201 39 10 , Fax: +31 -(20)-201 39 11 Email: amsterdam@airplus. com, Internet: www. airplus. com
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