Gant Travel Opts for Vindow to Streamline Hotel Sourcing and Contract Renewal Processes

Gant Travel Opts for Vindow to Streamline Hotel Sourcing and Contract Renewal ProcessesGant Travel, an awarding-winning TMC serving the North American corporate sector, announces its selection of Vindow’s hotel sourcing technology platform to automate its corporate hotel rate process.

Gant Travel Opts for Vindow to Streamline Hotel Sourcing and Contract Renewal Processes
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – August 9, 2022 – (Newswire.com)

Gant Travel, an awarding-winning TMC serving the North American corporate sector, announces its selection of Vindow’s hotel sourcing technology platform to automate its corporate hotel rate process. 

Part of the account management function of every travel management company (TMC) is assisting corporate customers in selecting and applying negotiated rates at key hotel properties. Recent articles in the trade press indicate a potential trend by travel managers to opt for a standard discount rate off the rack rate instead of conducting the often laborious process of negotiating with hotel properties. The former option supports the idea that the total cost of acquiring the negotiated contract can involve hours of coordination in the procurement process that negates the savings the discounted rate achieved.  

“In our experience in the corporate mid-market, a hybrid approach towards hotel procurement is best. The negotiation process to acquire a corporate rate often beats a set discount off the rack rate if the process used to get the negotiated rate is simple. Over the past three months, we’ve seen how Vindow can significantly automate and streamline the hotel rate negotiation process, and that’s why we’ve selected them as the core technology to integrate into our account management process,” said Chad Seybold, Gant’s SVP of Strategic Partnerships. 

“What Vindow brings to a company like Gant is the ability to apply a new level of automation to a very time-intensive process. Gant’s pilot test of our platform demonstrated that they can achieve a new level of productivity for their clients with far fewer labor hours. While we are confident in our platform, we were gratified by the results Gant achieved by integrating Vindow into their internal systems. Vindow’s flexible architecture, robust hotel database and intuitive user interface empowered terrific results for Gant,” says Vic Pynn, Vindow’s CEO and President. 

Gant demonstrated that integration of Vindow into its systems automates a critical choke point in the account management process and provides immediate cost relief to the current “seller’s market” for the corporate hotel marketplace.  

About Gant 

Gant Travel is a digitally driven, data-centric travel management company that helps travelers enhance their travel experience while controlling the expense of business travel. Gant provides advanced technology, processes, and highly trained people to coordinate business travel and achieve the highest possible ROI from travel. Gant is the two-time winner of the Concur Innovation and earned multiple Call Center Weekly awards. Gant has also been named on the Inc 5000 list and earned the Best Workplace Institute certification. For more information on Gant, contact: [email protected] or visit www.ganttravel.com.

About Vindow

Vindow, headquartered in Coral Gables, FL, offers the group travel industry with the only cloud-based SaaS platform that combines a centralized, full lifecycle management of the procurement process, from RFP generation through contract management, further empowered with intelligent market analytics. Vindow’s platform harnesses the power of Artificial Intelligence, which significantly improves the entire sourcing lifecycle by bringing unprecedented levels of transparency, efficiency and insight to all transactional parties. 

To find out more about Vindow, Inc. or to arrange an interview, please contact Jennifer Nagy at [email protected] or +1.786.420.1160.

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ASMC Launches ‘The Business of Defense’ Video Podcast

ASMC Launches ‘The Business of Defense’ Video Podcast

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – August 9, 2022 – (Newswire.com)

The American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC) launched a new video podcast – The Business of Defense – in July 2022. ASMC is committed to bridging the gap between the boardroom and the battlefield while supporting transformation in the defense sector. The Business of Defense podcast brings viewers inside the companies working toward that goal, to hear directly from the business leaders, and to understand how they create value for their companies and their customers.

Produced in collaboration with WTOP News and Federal News Network, The Business of Defense is released on a monthly basis. It is available on Federal News Network and audio versions are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify. Each episode includes peer-to-peer conversations with business leaders in the defense/aerospace industry. Discussions include business strategy, markets, competition, risks and opportunities. Episode 1 with Sunny Singh, President & CEO of Aeyon, is available at federalnewsnetwork.com, search “ASMC”. Episode 2 with Mike Monson, President & Chief Customer Experience Officer at Definitive Logic, will be available in mid-August.

“Most transformational ideas, whether in the digital or financial management space, originate in the private sector. It is important for ASMC members, the defense financial management community, defense customers and commercial providers to have a better understanding of how defense contractors create value through new opportunities or the management of risk. This translates into better return on investment in terms of military readiness and national defense.” Rich Brady, ASMC CEO and host of The Business of Defense.

About ASMC:

ASMC, established in 1948, is the non-profit educational and professional organization for persons, military and civilian, involved in the overall field of defense financial management. ASMC promotes the education, training, and certification of its members, and supports the development and advancement of the defense financial management profession. The Society provides professional programs to keep members abreast of current issues and encourages the exchange of information, techniques, and approaches.

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