Starting July 1, 2025, all employees traveling on university business will be required to book airfare through Collegiate Travel Planners (CTP), U-M’s designated travel partner.
The new requirement was announced in an April 14 email from U-M’s executive vice presidents to all deans, directors, and department managers. The University Record featured an article explaining the reason for the policy change and detailing savings that individual units can expect.
Booking travel with CTP offers a variety of benefits to the U-M community, including:
- Access to the best negotiated rates — U-M and CTP discounts will be automatically applied when booking business travel with CTP.
- Payment through U-M’s Central Travel Account, with receipt information automatically populating into Emburse Enterprise for straightforward expense reporting.
- 24/7 assistance to travelers through CTP agents and the travel portal.
- The ability to easily apply unused ticket credits to new bookings or reallocate them to alternate travelers within the university.
- Duty of care for U-M employees while traveling domestically and abroad, which helps ensure their health, safety and security.
For more information, the Travel Booking webpage contains a list of Knowledge Base articles and a schedule of upcoming virtual sessions.
Additionally, the CTP requirement was discussed at length during Buying Blue CoP’s April webinar. The archive materials are another great resource!