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Corporate Travel Planners Incorporated (CTP) is the contracted travel agency for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston through December 31, 2008.

HOURS OF OPERATION:
Monday through Friday
7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

UT System Dedicated Agents (toll free): 1-866-366-1142
Fax: 210-308-8758

After-hours: 800-441-6512
($15 service fee incurred for each call made to After-hours number)

Leisure Travel: 800-460-9691


Past-Date Quote Form must be completed and sent via email: pastdate@ctptravelservices.com


ADDRESS:
Corporate Travel Planners, INC
7550 IH 10 West Suite 1300
San Antonio, TX 78229
http://www.utctp.com

E mail: uttravel@ctptravelservices.com

 REQUIRED USE OF UNIVERSITY TRAVEL
The State Travel Management Program (STMP) through the Texas Building & Procurement Commission (TBPC) http://tbpc.state.tx.us/communities/procurement/prog/stmp requires state entities to use contracted travel agencies - this is mandated under Senate Bill 1295. While institutions of higher education are exempt from this ruling, we do participate in the state travel program on a wider scale - benefiting from contracted air, car and hotel rates. Continuing to effectively work with the TBPC is crucial to controlling costs system-wide. This includes use of state-contracted airfares and accurate data collection on travel volume and patterns.

To complement the TBPC program, UT System together with the fifteen components, designed a travel program tailored to our needs. UT System strongly encourages participation in this program in order to use combined purchasing power and economies of scale to control costs, maintain service levels, and offer innovative travel tools to travelers and travel planners. It also allows us to collect travel data (volume for airlines) system-wide providing information needed for the TBPC to negotiate airfare rates and for UT System to negotiate on an independent basis. Reservations made outside the program, using the internet, do not count toward System or State of Texas travel volume.

UTHSCH POLICY AND GUIDELINES

OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY TRAVEL
Policy and guidelines for booking airfares outside of University Travel

FEDERAL TRAVEL-FLY AMERICA
Employees traveling on Federal grant funds must comply with the requirement that U.S. Flagship carriers be used to maximum extent possible when commercial air transportation is the meals of travel between the U.S. and a foreign country, or between foreign countries. This requirement shall not be influenced by factors of cost, convenience, or personal travel preferences. For purpose of the use of United States flab carriers, "Unites States" means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.

INTERNATIONAL SOS INSURANCE FOR TRAVELERS ON UNIVERSITY BUSINESS
All employees and students traveling abroad on university business or programs now have access to worldwide assistance and evacuation services through International SOS. This includes employees and students who are already overseas on university programs. The coverage is fully funded by UT System for employees and students traveling on university business.

UTHSCH TRAVEL TRANSACTION FEES
Travel transaction fees accessed when booking travel arrangements

WASHINGTON, D.C. TRAVEL
Required reporting for any trips made to the Washington D.C. area

STATE OF TEXAS
CORPORATE TRAVEL CARD
The STPM of the Texas Building and Procurement Commission secured a contract with JP Morgan Chase to provide Master Card corporate travel services
http://tbpc.state.tx.us/communities/procurement/prog/stmp.

STATE OF TEXAS
AIRFARES (CITY PAIRS)
The State of Texas contract airline fares for fiscal year 2007, effective April 1, 2007 — March 31, 2008. City-pair listings are one-way, in alphabetical order only, and applicable in both directions

STATE OF TEXAS
RENTAL CAR CONTRACTS
The State of Texas rental car contracts were awarded to Advantage Rent-A-Car, Avis Rent A Car System, Inc., and Enterprise Rent-A-Car effective April 1, 2006–March 31, 2009.

STATE OF TEXAS
CONTRACT HOTEL DIRECTORY
http://hotel.tbpc.state.tx.us/hotel_
directory/dirindex.cfm