Clarity Travel Management has secured a new contract to provide travel services to the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC).
It is now one of six TMCs providing business travel management services and one of four providing hotel and conferencing services to the SUPC.
The SUPC is a combined purchasing consortia representing over 300 higher education and further education institutions across the UK. Total travel spend for the group, which includes air, rail, accommodation and vehicle hire is expected to exceed £100 million.
Members of the SUPC, which include Aston University, Cranfield University and Kings College London, will now receive a 30 per cent reduction in transaction fees compared with the previous agreement.
It is the third successive time that Clarity, formerly Co-operative Travel Management, has been awarded a place on the SUPC framework.
Clarity CEO Pat McDonagh, said: “We know that business travel isn’t one size fits all and we allow travel managers to specify complex sets of rules and regulations for trips, personalising the results and flagging the most cost effective options.
“We love working with academic institutions, where the travel needs differ from department to department and budgets are key. Our investment in the best people and best technology is what sets us apart and enables us to deliver savings for organisations of all sizes.”