America's Independent Business Travel Consultancy



welcome
Lower your travel costs. Raise and maintain service levels. Manage a complicated supply chain efficiently. Best-practice advice and systems from the independent experts.
audits
Do you really know what you are paying your travel suppliers? Most buyers don't. True cost is hard to measure. Are your fares really "best"? Are you receiving the services you are paying for? Precise benchmarking of fares, fees, commissions, and service levels.
contacts and emails
All the contact information for our Management Alternatives consultants in the region, and for our MSIG consultants worldwide.
consulting
Internal travel related processes are a substantial cost. From travel approval to payment and reimbursement. From policy setting to mandating. From online training to adoption. Good internal processes are easier to design than implement. Practical advice based on experience.
industry forum
Open to buyers and suppliers. Ask a question, Offer an opinion. Search for what you want to know in this building body of industry knowledge. A TMC in Europe? A consultant in America? A travel manager in Asia? You never know who you might meet.
become a member
For buyers only. Become a Full Access Member and receive free research, tools and advice. No obligations. No sales calls. Just good information.
global services
Global and regional tenders and arrangements are challenging. Management Alternatives combines forces with our MSIG partners in the US, UK and Germany to provide the world's only global service to travel buyers.
global home page
The MSIG global website will be released in May, 2006. Please contact your MSIG consultant in the UK, US, Germany or Australia
the global insider
For buyers only. Download our informative quarterly magazine the "Global Insider". Not just news and information available elsewhere, but useful articles and advice on travel management and industry issues that you won't see elsewhere. As always, frank and in buyers' interests.
independence
Management Alternatives is genuinely independent of the supply chain. We are different. We do not have deals or relationships with suppliers. We work for travel buyers ONLY, and in the interests of buyers ONLY. See why this really does matter.
management
Outsource the task of travel management to Management Alternatives. We will manage your travel supply, and monitor and maximise your outcomes. Reduce your internal costs while receiving best-practice supplier management from the independent experts. A careful eye watching over your interests.
research
Over sixty published articles, research notes and white papers. The largest information source for travel buyers in the region. Frank and to the point. All written for the buyer, with buyers' interests treated paramount.
internals
Internal travel related processes are a substantial cost. From travel approval to reimbursement. From policy setting to compliance. From online training to adoption. Good internal processes are half the equation, and under your control. Let us help you lower your internal costs and raise satisfaction levels.
blue spot specials
(1) Management Alternatives now provides RFP Express, the world's most popular web-based hotel tendering system.
(2) Spend under $1 million on travel? Join the Nebula Travel Consortium.
tenders
Automated and easy-to-use. Fair, detailed and rigorous. Management Alternatives's proven tendering systems for airlines, TMCs, self-booking tools, hotels, cards and expense management reduce your time, reduce your costs, and maximise your outcomes. Customised to your exact preferences and specifications.
clients
Testimonials: See the words of our clients.Case Studies: Not exaggerated claims, but real cases with real outcomes. Client List: Large and small. Public and private.
what we do
We are not a TMC. We are not an agent. That's the important difference. We are a travel buyers' advocate. We provide processes, tools and advice that lower travel costs, raise service levels, and enable you to efficiently manage this complicated and murky supply chain.
who we are
Since its founding more than 28 years ago, Management Alternatives has advised corporate America on the most efficient and cost-effective methods to control travel costs while improving services provided company travelers.