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.

BCD

Travel expenses, payment : BCD Travel analyses the habits of mobile professionals

BCD Travel surveyed business travellers to gain a better understanding of their travel spending practices, and above all to identify the sources of frustration they can generate.
Air France-KLM is integrating Amadeus' Cytric travel and expense management solutions.

Air France integrates Amadeus' Cytric suite into its corporate booking tool

Air France-KLM is to integrate Amadeus' Cytric suite of business travel and expense management solutions into its corporate booking tool.
Navan

Train Vs Plane: Navan releases the comparator

The Navan Sustainability suite is gaining in consistency with the addition of a new Train Vs Plane feature, designed to promote the rail alternative where it exists.
Navan IA

Navan uses OpenAI's AI to analyse travel expenditure

Navan is turning to artificial intelligence to improve the management and understanding of travel expenses, using its new virtual assistant Ava. For the time being, these functions are reserved for a small number of users as part of a test phase.
Amex Neo

Companies ready to entrust their travel expenses to AI, according to Neo

Trading in the financial balance sheet for the carbon balance sheet, and relying on AI to manage business expenses: the companies surveyed by Neo say they are ready to change the way they manage travel expenses.
Concur

SAP Concur: the Travel solution continues to move upmarket with...

The SAP Concur Fusion event was held this week in Houston. The event was an opportunity to confirm the forthcoming launch of a new interface to simplify the car rental user experience.
FreeNow

Interview with Benjamin Giovanni Benjamin Giovanni, Key Account Manager Europe, FreeNow

Benjamin Giovanni, Key Account Manager Europe at Freenow, talks about the launch of a new virtual card. We also take a look at the construction of the "super-app", which will incorporate an ever-increasing number of mobility bricks.
Navan

Navan replaces TripActions and hires OpenAI

TripActions confirms its change of identity: the platform will now be called Navan. Another new feature is the integration of OpenAI generative intelligence into the product infrastructure.
the Treep

Laurent La Rocca, CEO of the Treep: "Putting all the cursors to the full".

Will 2023 see a sustainable turnaround in business travel booking? Laurent La Rocca, CEO of the Treep, believes so.
CWT

CWT uses AI to save on air travel

CWT has extended its partnership with Wenrix to enable TMC customers to save on their flight tickets thanks to artificial intelligence, even after booking.
Jean-Christophe Lacour, Head of Merchant Services, Payments at Amadeus.

J.-C. Lacour (Amadeus): "creating a more fluid experience by integrating payment".

Amadeus has created a subsidiary dedicated to payments, in addition to applying for a licence to issue virtual cards. Jean-Christophe Lacour, Head of Merchant Services, Payments at Amadeus, looks back on this announcement and the prospects it opens up.
For AirPlus and Uber corporate customers, VTC journeys can now be paid for via the AirPlus escrow account.

AirPlus joins forces with Uber to centralise VTC expenses

AirPlus has teamed up with Uber for Business to simplify the payment of VTC journeys. Travellers no longer need to pay and then be reimbursed: everything is centralised in the company's escrow account.
Mooncard

Mooncard study: when expense accounts undermine executives' finances

According to a study carried out by Mooncard on the subject of expense claims, three out of ten executives have already been in financial difficulty because of an advance on business expenses.
Amadeus

Amadeus puts a figure on the potential savings on expense claims

Amadeus has published a study on the savings that companies could make by making better use of payment solutions, in particular by developing the use of virtual cards and doing away with expense accounts.
Expense claims, fleet management, travel booking, expense analysis: soon to be acquired by Cegid, Notilus advocates a global approach to mobility management.

Notilus: the first steps towards integration with Cegid

Complementarity with Cegid's offering, new commercial strength: Notilus intends to reap the rewards of its integration into this leader in cloud management solutions to accelerate its growth.
BNP Paribas is starting to market an expense management solution in association with Expensya.

BNP Paribas is rolling out an expense management solution in partnership with...

BNP Paribas is adding an automated expense management solution to its corporate card range, in partnership with Expensya.
The John Paul concierge company offers practical benefits to Mooncard Premium cardholders.

Mooncard combines John Paul concierge services with its premium card

Following a partnership with Air France, fintech Mooncard, which specialises in corporate payments and expense management, is expanding the range of services offered by its premium card with the John Paul concierge service.
On the right, Ziad Minkara, Managing Director of CDS Groupe, next to Pierre Mesnage, at the unveiling of Rydoo Travel's new name, Goelett.

From Rydoo Travel to Goelett: interview with Ziad Minkara (CDS Groupe)

Unveiled last spring, the takeover of Rydoo's travel division by CDS is now complete, with the announcement of a new name for its online booking tool: Goelett. We spoke to Ziad Minkara, Managing Director of CDS Groupe, about the objectives of this takeover, and also about the dynamics of business travel.
Amadeus

Amadeus: investments in line with an "accelerating recovery

With the recovery gathering pace, Amadeus management is approaching the autumn with ambition, and is continuing to invest. A partnership with Karhoo has also been formalised, with a view to furthering multimodality.
Apple Pay is now accepted by many restaurants, hotels and shops.

AirPlus integrates its Corporate Card into Apple Pay

AirPlus has announced the integration of its Corporate Card into the Apple Pay payment solution, offering a new way to pay for business expenses without contact.