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Reducing the Costs, Environmental Impact of Corporate Travel
Rearden Commerce guides employees to make cost effective and environmentally smart travel choices at the point of purchase with online personal assistant
Foster City, CA — July 30, 2007 — Employee business services specialist Rearden Commerce is looking to help companies reduce costs and improve employee productivity while also shrinking their environmental impact through smarter travel and conferencing choices, according to the solution provider.
Rearden, creator of the first online "personal assistant" and the largest marketplace for employee business services of all kinds, was recently recognized by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) for its green efforts.
"Increasing costs, combined with greater corporate environmental consciousness, have inspired businesses to seek out strategic alternatives to travel," said Tony D'Astolfo, vice president of worldwide sales for Rearden Commerce. "Companies such as Cisco and British Telecom are setting a great example for how using sophisticated conferencing technologies can reduce travel costs, improve employee productivity and dramatically reduce carbon emissions."
"Green" Travel Choices
D'Astolfo said that Rearden enables "greener" policies by offering a corporate booking tool that guides employees to make cost effective and environmentally smart travel choices at the point of purchase. "The Rearden Commerce Personal Assistant is the only corporate booking tool that allows employees to book conferencing services from the same site they use to book travel, dining, package shipping and other services they use on a daily basis," the solution provider said.
In addition to communicating corporate travel policies at the point of purchase and guiding employees to green travel alternatives, Rearden said its solution helps organizations save money by ensuring that employees use preferred providers offering negotiated rates.
Employees using the Rearden Commerce Personal Assistant can book and manage their Web and audio conferences without having to remember access codes, can issue invitations to conference attendees directly from their address books, and have reservation details automatically inserted into their calendars. Rearden said its Personal Assistant supports leading conferencing providers and offers special negotiated discounts through preferred providers WebEx and PremiereGlobal.
Monsanto, ConAgra Sign up with Rearden
In addition, Rearden recently announced that it has grown its customer base by nearly 3,000 percent in the first half of 2007, allowing the company to stake a claim to being the fastest growing provider of solutions for employee spend management.
Rearden, creator of the first online "personal assistant" and the largest marketplace for employee business services of all kinds, was recently recognized by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) for its green efforts.
"Increasing costs, combined with greater corporate environmental consciousness, have inspired businesses to seek out strategic alternatives to travel," said Tony D'Astolfo, vice president of worldwide sales for Rearden Commerce. "Companies such as Cisco and British Telecom are setting a great example for how using sophisticated conferencing technologies can reduce travel costs, improve employee productivity and dramatically reduce carbon emissions."
"Green" Travel Choices
D'Astolfo said that Rearden enables "greener" policies by offering a corporate booking tool that guides employees to make cost effective and environmentally smart travel choices at the point of purchase. "The Rearden Commerce Personal Assistant is the only corporate booking tool that allows employees to book conferencing services from the same site they use to book travel, dining, package shipping and other services they use on a daily basis," the solution provider said.
In addition to communicating corporate travel policies at the point of purchase and guiding employees to green travel alternatives, Rearden said its solution helps organizations save money by ensuring that employees use preferred providers offering negotiated rates.
Employees using the Rearden Commerce Personal Assistant can book and manage their Web and audio conferences without having to remember access codes, can issue invitations to conference attendees directly from their address books, and have reservation details automatically inserted into their calendars. Rearden said its Personal Assistant supports leading conferencing providers and offers special negotiated discounts through preferred providers WebEx and PremiereGlobal.
Monsanto, ConAgra Sign up with Rearden
In addition, Rearden recently announced that it has grown its customer base by nearly 3,000 percent in the first half of 2007, allowing the company to stake a claim to being the fastest growing provider of solutions for employee spend management.
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