<p> Implementation of New Self-Booking Tool</p><p>To coincide with the new UW System contract for Travel Management Services and Self- Booking Tool technology, the following information has been developed to advise you of changes that will impact the University travel program and use of the current on-line booking tool.</p><p>Conversion to the new UW TravelWIse Portal and Custom Booking Tool (Concur Travel)</p><p>Effective 8/1/2013, all travel information and reservation services, including the booking tool will be part of a new portal called UW TravelWIse. To convert to the new portal and also launch enhancements to the booking tool (powered by Concur) there will be a one day outage which prevents completing reservations in the booking tool.</p><p> The booking tool will not be available for use beginning at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday 7/31 - Thursday, at 8:00 a.m. on 8/1.  Users will be able to enter the booking tool but will receive an advisory message during the search to notify that the site is unavailable. The message advises of the options available to book during the “down time”.</p><p>New UW TravelWIse Portal and Self-Booking Tool Access</p><p>The new UW TravelWIse portal and Self-Booking Tool will be available for use on Thursday, August 1 at 8:00 a.m. C.S.T. All registered users will receive email notifications about the new tool. The Email will notify users that they need to:</p><p> Log in and update their Div/College/School  Review their profile for accuracy</p><p>The Email will also contain a short narrative instruction on how to update the required data and will direct users to a short video tutorial on the topic within the UW TravelWIse portal should they want to see how to do the updates.</p><p>Employees will be able to access the portal from a link on the travel website http://www.uww.edu/adminaffairs/finance/travel.html When accessing the portal, employees will need to authenticate using their UWW login and password.</p><p>If you have not already set up a profile in Concur, you will need to do so before being able to book a reservation. If you need assistance with this, feel free to contact the Travel Office at [email protected] or call 472-3912.</p>