payment solutions

You've just launched OneMICE, a MICE expense management solution driven by Chateauform and the German platform MICE Portal. What is the origin of the project? J. d. Villeneuve Bargemont - This project was born from a shared observation and a common vision among the three co-founders: the MICE intermediation market is evolving…

The creation of the Rout'in joint venture by TotalEnergies and RATP Smart Systems is accompanied by the launch of a platform designed to simplify life for HR and employees. Its mission: "to provide a pragmatic and concrete solution to the challenges of home-work mobility, while supporting the transition to more sustainable travel", as TotalEnergies and RATP Smart Systems sum up the...

Taking the problem not the other way round, but in reverse: with the unveiling of a payment card, Naboo is tackling one of the biggest headaches for companies and their travel managers, that of MICE expenditure. This is an area where centralisation and consolidation are complicated by the myriad of suppliers potentially involved in a given project.

Booking low-cost flights or hotels online: these two issues for business travellers and their TMCs have underpinned the advent of virtual cards in the world of payments, alongside stored-value cards. While the virtual card has made significant inroads since the middle of the last decade, its use among business travellers is...

Qatar Airways has announced a new partnership with Klarna, the global digital bank and provider of flexible payment solutions. The collaboration introduces a range of new payment options designed to offer passengers greater control, convenience and flexibility when booking their flights. Klarna will now be available as...

Is business travel still a strategic investment for companies? Arnaud Bernet - More than ever, given the figures. Our study published in 2024 already showed this, and this year's study confirms it even more: 96% of companies tell us that they make business trips, which is 3 points...

So it's Crédit Agricole d'Ile-de-France. AirPlus International made no secret of the fact that it was developing a payment service in partnership with a French bank. But its name was still a mystery. Julie Troussicot, Managing Director of AirPlus France, mentioned it last year in an interview given to Voyages d'Affaires: "Without being able to give a precise name, we can't be sure of the...

Simplifying business travel payments is not the only concern of American Express or AirPlus. The Hilton Group is delighted to be the first hotelier in the world to use virtual payment. This is a step forward for travellers and companies, but above all for their agencies. In addition to the thousands of...

"It's a major issue for all our customers". Julie Troussicot, Managing Director of AirPlus France, made this point in an interview last year: controlling the MICE budget is as much a complex issue as it is a desire on the part of companies. Suppliers of all kinds and multiple invoices, deposits to be paid on time - which does not always coincide with the...

Navan has teamed up with Brex to combine the best of business travel and corporate cards, combining travel management, expense management and the corporate card programme through the integrated BrexPay solution for Navan. The scope of this partnership extends primarily to the United States, where Brex has 25...

The year 2024 marks an important milestone for AirPlus, with the Swedish bank SEB making your takeover from the Lufthansa group official. How are things shaping up with your new owner? Julie Troussicot - Since 1 August, our sole shareholder has in fact been the Swedish banking group SEB, whose ambition is to...

TotalEnergies' Mobility Business offer has been extended to include the hotel sector, with the integration of Hcorpo's solutions. The Mobility Corporate Card, launched in 2021 to extend the range of possibilities offered by its Fleet Fuel Card, already enabled employees to pay for all their business travel expenses, without any advance payments or receipts.

Put on the back burner during the covid, business travel has returned to near pre-pandemic levels. This means that business travel makes real economic sense for companies, as the latest American Express study shows. Arnaud Bernet - Business travel has long been regarded as a cost centre. Through this study...

As it has every year for the past 18 years, the Univ'AirPlus event marked the return of the business travel world after the summer break. Held on 29 August on the Polpo barge in Levallois, this traditional event brought together travel managers, buyers and finance professionals to spend a great deal of time meeting new people and visiting the stands of the...

Business travellers who frequently visit Africa will soon be able to use their American Express card in more of the continent's countries. This leading provider of corporate payment solutions has signed an agreement with the Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African financial services group, to significantly extend acceptance of the American Express card. Thanks to...

From your position as an observer, what trends are driving business travel management today? Julie Troussicot - First of all, I can see a significant impact of inflation on travel budgets. As a result, even companies that were not very mature when it came to managing their business travel, such as SMEs and...

Specialising in business hotel reservations, CDS Groupe is continuing its expansion in Europe with the acquisition of the German business portal CRC (Corporate Rate Club). The takeover of this player, which was launched in 2002 and offers services ranging from hotel reservations to payment, and which will continue to operate independently, creates a new market...

Last March, your Group symbolised the handover from Frédéric Oudéa to Slawomir Krupa at the head of the Executive Board with a rugby match in the salons of the Stade de France. Was this a coincidence? Katia Lazarew - The date of the France-Wales match did indeed coincide with...

Since 21 July, the Chinese government has allowed visitors to link their Visa and Mastercard accounts to China's most popular mobile payment platforms. This measure offers visitors the convenience of paying for a multitude of services online. These include booking taxis, taking...

The deal had been brewing for some time. All that remained to be seen was who would conclude the sale with the Lufthansa group. At the end of 2021, AirPlus CEO Oliver Wagner told Voyages d'Affaires: "I am certain and completely confident that Carsten Spohr and the entire Lufthansa management...