2024

  1. New Lodging and Meal Per Diem Rates Effective October 1, 2024

    September 20, 2024

    ​The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has finalized their annual market review of lodging maximums & meal/incidental per diem rates and have released new domestic lodging maximums for travel that […]

  2. Global IT outage impacting airlines, businesses and emergency services

    July 19, 2024

    Flights are severely disrupted today with many cancellations and delays on American Airlines, Delta, and United airlines. All three airlines have change waivers allowing for no-cost flight changes if travelers […]

  3. Concur Trip Details and Open Ticket Memo

    July 9, 2024

    Trip details for reservations booked prior to the transition to Fox World Travel on July 1, 2024, are no longer visible in Concur. Changes to these bookings can be made […]

  4. Transition of Travel Services to Fox World Travel

    July 2, 2024

    Universities of Wisconsin’s individual travel services are now supported by Fox World Travel. Travelers can contact the Higher Education Team at Fox World Travel via phone at 608-710-4172 or via […]

  5. Switch from Travel Inc. to Fox World Travel for Individual Travel

    May 21, 2024

    On July 1, 2024, the UW’s contract with Travel Incorporated will lapse and all individual travel arrangements previously managed by Travel Inc. will move to Fox World Travel. UW is […]

  6. Important Fiscal Year End Expense Processing Deadlines

    May 21, 2024

    Note: Does not apply to UW-Madison, for UW-Madison dates, please reference: https://businessservices.wisc.edu/accounting/year-end-accounting/ Friday, May 24 – TER Deadline for TERs Audited Centrally – This is a suggested date that will allow adequate […]

  7. Expense Report Awaiting Approval?

    April 18, 2024

    Please see the current timeframe of Expense Report approvals on the Reimbursement page. During this peak period for expense report submissions please expect a longer approval time. Expense reports are […]

  8. Travel Incorporated Contract Ending July 1, 2024

    February 9, 2024

    On July 1, 2024,  travel bookings managed by our required contracted vendor, Travel Incorporated, will be transitioned to Fox World Travel. This is a result of leadership’s review and decision, based on feedback from travelers, arrangers, […]

  9. SFS Branding Memo

    January 19, 2024

    On January 24th, The branding in the SFS module will be updated to reflect the new UW branding.

  10. 2024 Mileage Rate

    January 2, 2024

    The IRS issued mileage rates have been updated in the e-reimbursement system. The new rates are as follows: Standard- Personal Vehicle $0.670 Travel on or after 1/1/2024 Standard- Motorcycle $0.655 […]