Planner for reducing travel costs for meetings
First Claim
1. A method for planning travel costs, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more potential meeting locations;
receiving a meeting date range;
receiving one or more originating locations, each of said one or more originating locations having a number of attendees associated with the originating location. for each of the one or more potential meeting locations determining a total location travel cost, wherein determining the total location travel cost includes determining a travel cost for each of the one or more originating locations, said travel cost including an air-travel cost based on a lower of a city-pair cost for the originating location and potential meeting location and a zone fare cost for the originating location and potential meeting location; and
displaying at least one of the total location travel costs.
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Abstract
Systems and methods provide a meeting planner that provide information allowing a user to select a meeting location that provides the lowest travel related cost relative to the desired qualities for the meeting location. One aspect of the systems and methods is the use of multiple airfare types for determining the travel cost associated with the meeting. These multiple airfare types include historical average airfares, contract airfares, and zone airfares. A further aspect of the systems and methods is the calculation of hotel days required, and the use of multiple hotel rate types. These multiple hotel rate types include historical average hotel rates, contract rates and group rates.
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1. A method for planning travel costs, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more potential meeting locations;
receiving a meeting date range;
receiving one or more originating locations, each of said one or more originating locations having a number of attendees associated with the originating location. for each of the one or more potential meeting locations determining a total location travel cost, wherein determining the total location travel cost includes determining a travel cost for each of the one or more originating locations, said travel cost including an air-travel cost based on a lower of a city-pair cost for the originating location and potential meeting location and a zone fare cost for the originating location and potential meeting location; and
displaying at least one of the total location travel costs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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