Travel management tools

Ticket for train or plane, hotel, taxi Online booking has never seemed so simple. But organising a business trip involves certain rules, including those of the travel policy. Choosing your SBT (Self Booking Tool) and its Travel & Expense tool for expense reports This is a must for travel managers if they want to keep control of their travel budget. Not to mention payment solutions that allow companies to control it (see more)

Next to the corporate card which provides travellers with the means to meet their day-to-day expenses, the card housed and the virtual card are helping to dematerialise and centralise payments. For better data feedback.

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AirPlus distributes its payment solutions with Crédit Agricole d'Ile-de-France. Crédit Agricole SA head office ©SP

AirPlus rolls out its payment solutions with Crédit Agricole IDF

AirPlus has teamed up with Crédit Agricole d'Ile-de-France to roll out a range of payment solutions for the bank's business customers.
Laurent Lassure, Product Marketing Manager at Cegid Notilus.

L. Lassure (Cegid Notilus): "AI enables us to go further".

Reporting and mission order generation today, soon chatbots for travel policy: Laurent Lassure, Product Marketing Manager, unveils the advances made by Cegid Notilus thanks to AI.
American Express GBT's virtual agent becomes smoother thanks to AI

Amex GBT: AI to boost chat

American Express GBT is announcing a step-up in customer experience via TMC chat, thanks to artificial intelligence.
BCD Travel

BCD Travel: Cytric Easy connected to Microsoft Teams

BCD Travel and Amadeus are taking the integration of their technologies a step further. A new agreement allows TMC to combine Cytric Easy and Microsoft Teams.
Lufthansa and Visa "Click to Pay

Lufthansa Group simplifies online bookings in cooperation with Visa

From October 2025, the Lufthansa Group will introduce the "Click to Pay" online payment option on the websites of Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, in cooperation with Visa.
Reception at the Canopy by Hilton San Francisco SoMa.

Hilton simplifies virtual card payments

Hilton has teamed up with Conferma to simplify payment by virtual card by integrating this method of payment into its hotel management system.
Julie Troussicot, France Director of AirPlus International, and Arnaud Katz, CEO of Kactus.

AirPlus and Kactus partner to simplify MICE spending

Kactus and AirPlus are joining forces to simplify MICE spending through a partnership that will see payment solutions integrated into the B2B event booking platform.
Cegid Notilus

Myth #6: managing the vehicle fleet is simply a matter of handing out keys

If only managing a company's vehicle fleet was as simple as allocating vehicles and handing the keys to drivers according to a schedule... The task would still be accessible to everyone!
Cegid Notilus

Misconception about #5 expense claims: it's always the employees who pay...

Many companies still believe that it is simpler and more practical to let employees pay for their travel, and to reimburse them for what needs to be reimbursed via expense accounts. Is letting employees advance expenses really an appropriate solution?
Brex for Navan, a partnership between two ambitious technology players in the corporate card and travel management markets.

Navan and Brex push back the boundaries between payment and travel management

Navan has teamed up with US payment provider Brex to create a solution integrating corporate cards, travel management and expense reports.
Julie Troussicot, Managing Director of AirPlus France.

J. Troussicot (AirPlus): "Creating the leading payment provider in Europe".

Julie Troussicot, Managing Director of AirPlus France, looks back on the latest news from the corporate payment specialist, including its acquisition by Swedish bank SEB, the roll-out of co-branded cards with a French bank, and the wider acceptance of its solutions and MICE.
Cegid Notilus

Myth #4: I don't need a travel order to travel...

Many managers and decision-makers underestimate the importance of mission orders when their staff travel on business. Some see it as a superfluous administrative task, or think that it is only intended for the public sector. However, this attitude can expose companies to considerable legal and financial risks. The purpose of the travel order is to protect employees who have to travel outside their usual place of work, as well as the employer. It facilitates the management of business travel by establishing clear guidelines and providing for the payment of expenses.
From left to right: François Loos, Mobility Solutions Business Unit Director (TotalEnergies), and Fabrice Perdoncini, CEO of Gekko Group, parent company of Hcorpo, at the signing of the partnership agreement at the IFTM Top Resa trade fair.

Hcorpo, partner of the TotalEnergies Mobility Corporate Card

TotalEnergies is adding a hotel reservation service to its Mobility Corporate card in partnership with Hcorpo.
Cegid Notilus

Misconception about #3 expense claims: I'm doing just fine...

Expense management can quickly become a headache when it is not dematerialised, but it is not easy to break with what already exists. As the saying goes, "For want of thrushes, we eat blackbirds". We make do with what we have because we don't know what could be better. If you're thinking "I don't need an expense management software, I'm doing just fine", this article is for you!
From left to right: François-Xavier Yzenic, host of the 2024 edition of Univ'AirPlus, economist Pierre Bentata, Julie Troussicot, CEO of AirPlus France, anthropologist Fanny Paris and philosopher Raphaël Enthoven.

AI at the heart of Univ'AirPlus' thinking

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Marriott: an all-in-one travel platform for SMEs

For SMEs, Marriott is launching the Business Access by Marriott Bonvoy programme, including hotel, flight and train reservations and travel policy management tools.

#2 expense claim misconception: paper is safer...

The dematerialisation of expense claims is far from being adopted by all companies, with many still using physical archiving for security reasons. A preconceived idea that is far from reflecting the current reality of accounting and administrative processes.

Misconception about expense claims #1: Reimbursements take a long time and...

Is managing expense claims an obstacle course? Less so than you might think with the dematerialisation of the reimbursement process and the adoption of modern practices.
Acceptance of the American Express card is growing in Africa with the addition of twelve new countries under an agreement with the Ecobank group.

American Express: extended acceptance in Africa

Thanks to an agreement with the pan-African group Ecobank, American Express cardholders will be able to use it in twelve new African countries.