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Outsource for today, resource for tomorrow. Future proof your travel and expense programme

Limited access to talent, operational overload, and a need for specialised expertise often emerge as travel, meetings and payment programmes expand their remit. These resourcing challenges highlight the importance of efficiently resourcing your team and integrating organisational design into your strategic planning — whether for the short-term, long-term, or both.

Our clients value our ability to increase their capacity and enhance their capability to drive meaningful results. With access to the full breadth of our expertise, not just one consultant, you gain the collective strength of our company. Plus, our 100% independence guarantee ensures that our goals are always your goals.

We’re here to help you create better, tackle any challenge, and ensure your programme thrives well into the future.

Are Hiring Bans and Talent Shortages limiting the resources you need to drive initiatives?

Have the operational needs of your programme increased, impacting the time you have for strategic objectives?

Do you need specialised expertise to meet the expanding demands of Travel and Expense?

At Festive Road, we pride ourselves on being your independent trusted partner

Our Hive Mind is dedicated to serving your best interests and taking extra care at every step of your travel, meetings and payment journey. Hear from our Clients and Outsourced Roaders on how our valued partnerships Create Better.

How have others experienced the power of Outsourcing?

Hear from Mark Teerink at Randstad and Esther van der Aa at Festive Road about how our outsourcing partnership empowered a travel manager through executive coaching and mentorship to implement a strategic travel programme, achieving remarkable results in half the expected time frame.

Lacking resources to drive strategic travel initiatives?

See how Festive Road’s outsourced resource helped streamlined strategy and empowered Randstad’s travel manager for long-term success!

Working with Festive Road and Esther van der Aa transformed my approach to corporate travel management. Esther’s genuine care and support to put my best interests first, not only equipped me with the necessary skills but also empowered me to lead with confidence and resulted in me achieving both professional and personal milestones.

- Mark Teerink, Global Travel Manager, Randstad

Meet Carol Peter, a Festive Road Consultant who shares her experiences discussing the roles she’s fulfilled as an Outsourced Roader, challenges she’s helped clients overcome, how she Creates Better for our clients, and what she’s loved most about her Outsourcing roles.

CAROL PETER

LONDON, UK

Carol has over 26 years’ experience in the travel industry. She previously worked for American Express as a Travel & Expense Consulting Manager where she worked with clients to focus on ensuring delivery of project objectives. More recently she was the Travel Program Manager for American Express and was responsible for supporting the stakeholder lead in key sourcing activities, supplier management and assisting in the operational management of the EMEA & JAPA travel program. During her career, she has worked on a variety of engagements including hotel & air sourcing, programme management optimisation, policy redesign and change management projects.

Based in central London, Carol enjoys travelling, playing badminton, and loves nothing more than spending quality time with her family.

On Resource Planning we often get asked questions such as, “How many resources does my travel and meetings programme need? What should the operating model look like considering both my team and supplier resources? How should regions, categories and other responsibilities be split?”

How do we look after our Outsource Roaders?

It’s crucial for your programme’s success to have motivated, engaged, and knowledgeable people supporting it. That’s why our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) is key. We prioritise creating an environment where our team thrives, bringing passion, ambition, and expertise to every project.

If you’re curious about how we foster this culture or if you’re considering the next step in your career, we invite you to explore our EVP and see how we could be the perfect fit for you.

The Future is now

Future-proofing your travel and expense team is not a static exercise; it requires ongoing assessment. This involves an annual review of your workload, priorities, and strategy, aligned with your team's bandwidth and skill set. While unexpected challenges will arise, proactive planning can help you manage them effectively. Long gone are the days of establishing travel, meetings and payment teams that remains sufficient for the next five years! Today’s and tomorrow’s teams must be built on agility - flexible and adaptable to rapidly changing needs.

- Louise Kilgannon – Head of Outsourcing

I value how Festive Road recognizes that while their Outsourced Travel Managers are strongly embedded as part of our team, they are also a part of the Festive Road team and they take this time to develop deeper connections, support individual and team development and engage everyone in strategic thought leadership.

- Festive Road Client – Global Technology Company

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