A TH!NK WEBINAR
Thursday, 28 August 2025

 

 

Travellers First: Empowerment vs. Cost Control 


Hear from travel buyers who’ve juggled both

 

 

 

Top key performance indicators to drive corporate travel programme efficiency

 

Let’s unpack competing priorities

Traveller-centric experiences offering personalisation, flexibility and empowered travel are a growing trend. Yet it’s an approach that conflicts with the cost, budget and supplier priorities of procurement teams...or that’s how it’s perceived.  

How do companies balance employee autonomy and comfort with the ongoing drive for cost control? How does HR play into everything?

It’s time to Th!nk on it. Watch this dynamic panel discussion between corporate travel experts across managed travel, HR, and procurement. 

You’ll come away with: 
 

1) What it means to have a traveller-first programme. 
2) Ideas on how to strike the balance. 
3) Understanding how Procurement, HR and Travel can collaborate.
 4) Positives and negatives of being traveller or cost focused. 

 

Watch On-Demand

Who you’ll hear from

Webinar speaker Alex Kington

Alex Kington

Temoji consultant - Moderator

Alex has nearly 20 years experience as a B2B marketer, working across a range of sectors, before joining corporate travel as Head of Marketing in 2017. An experienced moderator, speaker and content creator, Alex works with a range of corporate travel suppliers across the globe. She started her consulting journey with Festive Road in 2022, before joining temoji consulting.
Webinar speaker Danny Cockton

Danny Cockton

VP – Global Travel Services, Wood

Our HR voice on the panel, Danny Cockton has served the business travel industry for over 20 years and is responsible for Global Travel Services at Wood, where he oversees all travel, meetings, technology and payments. He serves as a board director for the UK’s Institute of Travel Management. In 2024, Danny led his team to the BTN European Travel Team of the Year and in 2025 was included on the BTN Europe Hotlist.
Webinar speaker Leslie Andrews

Leslie Andrews

Global Category Leader – Travel, JLL

Our Procurement voice on the panel, Leslie has more than 25 years’ experience as a travel buyer. At JLL she specialises in travel category value creation, optimising spend and policy adoption as well as the traveller experience. She was awarded GBTA’s Direct Member of the Year in 2024 for her drive and commitment to the business travel industry.
Webinar Brittany Taylor

Brittany Taylor

OTR Program Manager, FCM Consulting

Our Travel voice on the panel, Brittany is one of our experienced Outsource Travel Resources (OTR) from FCM Consulting. As Program Manager, Brittany is embedded into her clients’ team with her own company email address and internal access. She manages all aspects of the client’s travel programme, from strategy and supplier coordination to helping travellers and arrangers.
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