What is the National University Travel Consortium?
The NUTC, also known as Go Blue Pty Ltd, is a consortium of Australian universities which have the common purpose of achieving maximum savings in travel service costs. The NUTC has, via its relationship with Global Destination Management (GDM), negotiated hotel rates which on average are 20% cheaper than the government rate for domestic hotels and 40% cheaper for international hotels. GDM provide specialised accommodation and conferencing services to the Tertiary Education sector. Back to Top • Do I have to use the specified travel agents? Yes. The previous University policy permitted you to use the agent of your choice but we found ourselves dealing with well over 30 different travel agents. Very few of those providers gave us price rebates and as a consequence we were spending well in excess of $100,000 per annum more than we needed to. In addition, the proliferation of agents meant we were unable to capture accurate data on where and how we spent our money. The comprehensive managem
