Beijing, June 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, Tempus Global, as a leading representative in the corporate travel management industry, attended the 2016 China Business Travel Innovation Development Conference. The conference was successfully held in Beijing, where Chen Shujie, Senior Vice President of Tempus Global, as a representative, engaged in an insightful discussion and shared valuable perspectives with other industry leaders during the high-level dialogue session on the topic of "Innovative Thinking in China’s Corporate Travel Management Services."
The conference, themed "Transformation, Innovation, and Win-Win," brought together distinguished guests from national ministries, relevant international organizations, Fortune 500 multinational corporations, central and state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, corporate travel managers, executives from corporate travel management service providers, airlines, and hotel groups. In-depth discussions were held on new thinking in China’s corporate travel management services, new changes and trends in China’s MICE market, as well as innovations in corporate travel services, technology, finance, and big data.
Chen Shujie, Senior Vice President of Tempus Global, also shared his views. The concept of corporate travel management was introduced to China in 2002, and after more than a decade of development, it has gradually become known to most enterprises. At present, the vast majority of government and corporate entities have chosen specialized service providers to handle unified booking arrangements for their employees' business travel, achieving preliminary centralized procurement management. However, at the same time, most companies only view corporate travel management as booking travel services, arranging supplier advances for travel expenses, and providing cost analysis reports. Areas such as safety rescue, administrative arrangement, budget and expense management within corporate travel management have not yet achieved truly effective application.
It is the responsibility of Tempus Global, as an industry leader, to achieve breakthroughs and innovation within the existing scope of corporate travel management services. Starting with areas currently lacking in the industry, Tempus Global addresses the growing needs of government and corporate clients for internal refined management through systematic solutions. Tempus Global has upgraded the traditional corporate travel management platform system. On top of realizing basic functions such as travel booking, itinerary management, and payment settlement, it has enhanced features including travel alerts, safety assistance, work collaboration, compliance checks, and travel analysis. More importantly, it has developed an expense management system that closely integrates with the original travel system, adding corporate travel reimbursement and expense management services, thereby providing clients with an integrated online and offline solution for managing corporate travel expenses. Among these, the mobile expense reimbursement system prominently reflects Tempus Global’s innovative thinking. With the increasing maturity of mobile internet development, the use of mobile terminals has gained widespread acceptance, and their convenience for use anytime, anywhere aligns even more with the habits of business travelers. With just a smartphone in hand, the once complex and cumbersome reimbursement process and document management become fragmented — receipts can be photographed and uploaded on the go during business trips. For enterprise management, this also makes compliance checks more convenient. This is also one of the components of the corporate travel management cloud platform project that Tempus Global began investing in last year.
Chen Shujie introduced at the conference that Tempus Global was established in 1998, starting with airline ticket distribution. It entered the corporate travel management business in 2012 and has since achieved an annual growth rate of over 100%, accumulating more than 5,000 government and corporate clients. By building deeper relationships with clients, Tempus Global has gained a clearer understanding of their needs. It studies the different requirements of clients according to the organizational structure of various enterprises and departments, matching them with tailored management strategies while continuously optimizing its own systems to keep pace with the times. Strengthening internal capabilities, delivering services to the highest standard, is the foundation of innovation and also a reflection of an enterprise’s core competitiveness.