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Top 4 must-have capabilities to fuel profitable Corporate Sales

PROS Airline Corporate Sales provides airlines with a unique, powerful set of capabilities to:

  • Automate and digitize the corporate sales contracting process
  • Deliver AI-fueled, tailored discounts and soft factor benefits
  • Collaborate in real-time across internal teams (Sales, Revenue Management and Pricing) and external (JV, Alliance) partners
  • Gain visibility over contract performance with actionable insights

As a critical revenue stream, corporate sales delivers the most profitable segment of travelers for airlines. To capture, keep, and grow this segment, airlines must tap into new innovative sales and quoting approaches to transform their sales process, achieve efficiencies and deliver customer experiences that drive long-term customer loyalty.

According to McKinsey & Company1, now is the time to update and optimize your approach to corporate sales, ensuring you continue to drive value through this critical revenue stream as business travel rebounds.

PROS Airline Corporate Sales addresses your largest pain points in corporate sales contracting.

Sales Automation and Configuration Engine Enables Streamlined Contract Generation

  • With guided selling workflows, airline sales teams can quickly identify the right products and accelerate the quote-building process while eliminating common errors.
  • Corporate account profile management predetermines discount structure (O&D, terms, fare class, and more), proposes discount and amenity (soft factor) structure.
  • The configuration engine handles both rules and constraints for granular route configuration.
  • High-performance and intuitive UI efficiently manages up to 10,000 line items in the proposal.

AI-fueled Sales Intelligence Delivers Tailored Discount and Incentive Recommendations

  • Industry-leading AI provides recommendations and deal-level analytics based on:
    • Customer and market segmentation
    • Buying and usage patterns
    • Market and competitor data
    • Customer willingness-to-pay
  • Deal and line scoring guides help sales make more informed decisions and streamline approvals.

Deliver AI-fueled discounts graphic

Real-Time Collaboration Provides End-to-End Contract Digitization

  • Automated agreement workflow from quoting to contract design to signature, fully integrated with Salesforce, or CRM of choice, helps remove the silos between departments and streamline agreement and approvals.
  • Full Agreement Lifecycle Management, including the ability to amend (in bulk) while supporting different T&Cs per country, region, and different currencies, and renew, extend and terminate contracts.
  • Shared access for joint venture and alliance partners to access quotes assigned to them, allowing them to add incentive structures and pay plans to their specific sections.
  • Signed contract to bookable fares within hours with ATPCO integration.

Data Visibility and Analysis Deliver Actionable Insights

  • Analytical insights such as waterfall charts and profitability ratings enable sales teams to analyze every deal and see the business impact of each pricing decision.
  • Actionable data around performance, gaps, and contract compliance help sales manage accounts and identify opportunities.


     

The Results You Can Expect

  • Increased efficiency by an average of 67%
  • Reduced email communications by up to 75%
  • Increased customer lifetime value by 20%
  • Increased customer loyalty
  • Cost optimization
  • >4x ROI

To learn more about PROS Airline Corporate Sales, please contact us at airlines@pros.com.

Benefits of PROS Airlines Corporate Sales


1 https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/travel-logistics-and-infrastructure/our-insights/trying-to-boost-corporate-travel-sales-five-questions-for-airline-executives

About the Author

Amy Williams, Senior Industry Marketing Manager, is responsible for driving a consistent and compelling narrative for the PROS Travel portfolio. She is passionate about understanding the unique challenges that plague the industry and developing rich content and points of view that showcase PROS expertise and differentiation in the market.

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