{"id":1499,"date":"2018-11-01T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/finance-news\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2018-11-01T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T15:00:07","slug":"new-travel-policy-and-new-travel-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/finance-news\/2018\/11\/01\/new-travel-policy-and-new-travel-provider\/","title":{"rendered":"New Travel Policy and New Travel Provider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/finance-news\/files\/2018\/10\/key-travel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1506 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/finance-news\/files\/2018\/10\/key-travel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height: 18.0pt;background: white\"><u><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Key Travel:<\/span><\/u><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\"><br \/>\nThe University has awarded a contract to Key Travel as our new Travel Provider. Key will replace Click Travel imminently, and access to Click will be discontinued from December 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height: 18.0pt;background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">If you currently book with Click Travel, Procurement will contact your Schoo<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">l\/Department Finance Administrator by mid-November to discuss access rights and training dates for the rollout. Should you be unable to attend the training session there will be frequent webinars which you will also be invited to attend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height: 18.0pt;background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height: 18.0pt;background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:procurement@kent.ac.uk\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: #4a7194\">procurement@kent.ac.uk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height: 18.0pt;background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height: 18.0pt;background: white\"><u><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Travel Policy<\/span><\/u><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">:<br \/>\nThis new contract also aligns with the launch of the new Travel Policy which was approved by Executive Group (EG) and went live on 10th October. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height: 18.0pt;background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height: 18.0pt;background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">The policy can be found\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/finance-staff\/docs\/procurement\/28.09.18%20-%20UoK%20Travel%20Policy%20Final%20Approved%20Version%20(Full%20Length%20Version).pdf\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: #4a7194\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">\u00a0and clarifies and expands upon the previous policy, providing guidance on when and how to book travel, how to assess and manage risk when travelling (especially to countries that may present danger to visitors), the use of rail, hotels, taxis, flights, and specialist providers such as Uber, AirBnB, and Booking.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height: 18.0pt;background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height: 18.0pt;background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">There is also an attached\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/finance-staff\/docs\/procurement\/Travel%20High%20Level%20Overview%20and%20Introduction.docx\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: #4a7194\">summary<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">\u00a0which provides a high level overview of the contents.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Travel: The University has awarded a contract to Key Travel as our new Travel Provider. 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