Innovation, Ideas and News
Welcome to our initial installment of TCG Consulting's " Innovation, Ideas, and News" for 2018, providing industry specific insights and subject matter expertise.

Throughout our 24 year history, TCG has remained committed to providing our clients with superior Advisory and Management Services to integrate and optimize their Corporate Travel, Meetings, Payment & Expense Programs. We deliver high ROI solutions to elevate programs from tactical to strategic and deliver on company strategic imperatives - whether cost take out, policy compliance, user acceptance, process and workflow efficiencies, program consolidation & integration, supplier and technology strategies, spend oversight & reporting, or other key goals.
Assessment and Analysis From Recent Industry Events
TCG leaders and subject matter experts were in attendance at two recent high visibility industry events:

  • The Business Travel Show in London
  • SAP Concur Fusion in Seattle, WA.

See the summary assessment plus key observations and insights from both events.


UPDATED 2018 Global Industry Forecasts
In case you missed our recent delivery of this, enclosed are updated 2018 Industry Forecasts using recent and relevant client benchmarks across spend categories and global geographies.
 
We have also added a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) regional forecast for the 8-23% of additional spend not captured and managed by traditional approaches.

TCG Perspective: AEGBT's Acquisition of HRG
In response to the industry announcement regarding the AEGBT/HRG supplier consolidation event, TCG developed a new position paper containing in-depth analysis around program level considerations and an overall assessment from both a strategic and tactical perspective.


Fundamentally Rethinking How Corporate Travel, Meetings, Payment & Expense Management Are Delivered & Optimized
TCG recently developed a new Whitepaper in collaboration with industry leader Mastercard, which discusses a disruptive & fundamentally innovative approach to deliver, manage and optimize Travel, Meetings, Payment & Expense Programs.

Download your copy to learn about the powerful results leading global organizations are delivering by adopting this TCO-TMPE SM spend baseline and management model.
New Associate Introductions
TCG is proud to welcome several new associates to our team. These talented and experienced subject matter experts support global engagements and clients within our Management Services group and Global Business Services Center.