The General Services Administration has awarded a one-year,
extendable contract to CW Government Travel Inc. to manage the
federal premier lodging program.
The award “plays an important role in the development of
One-GSA-Travel,according to Tim Burke, GSA’s eTravel Program Manager.
GSA said contracting the program is consistent with a July
2003 government per diem advisory board recommendation to manage and
market FPLP with an industry partner.
A GSA and CWGT team will manage the transition, and CWGT will be
expected to increase the number of hotels available through the
program to federal travelers. Currently FPLP includes hotels in 90
cites that guarantee rooms.
The FPLP program coordinator, Rick Freda, called the award a
“logical step for such a successful government program,” adding that
GSA would oversee the “hospitality management company.”
More information on the program can be found here: www.gsa.gov/fplp.
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