Workspace: Egencia launches its environmental dashboard
Egencia has just unveiled its new "Workspace CO2 Emissions", a dashboard enabling travellers to visualise the impact of their trips, and travel managers to steer a more responsible travel policy.
Expense claims: Expensya wins over key accounts
Expensya, the French company specialising in expense management, has established itself as a leading player on the European scene. Expensya is expanding rapidly and has set out to conquer the international market, segmenting its offering with a dedicated SME offering and one designed for major international accounts.
Expense claims: simplified user path
Pre-filled expense claims, paperless receipts: expense claim management solutions are evolving to make life easier for travellers and their companies. Another source of simplification is the ongoing convergence with booking tools and payment methods.
Notilus: 360-degree professional mobility
The expertise of a leader and the dynamism of a young start-up: this is the balance advocated by Notilus, which has been acclaimed by both companies - large groups and SMEs - and public bodies. With one key advantage: the ability to manage all aspects of mobility.
Payment solutions: the race for innovation
Driven by the changing habits of travellers in their daily lives and new competition from fintech start-ups, the incumbent players in the payment solutions market are starting to modernise their offerings.
Interview with Angelo Caci, Managing Director of Syrtals Cards & Beyond
Angelo Caci, Managing Director of consultancy Syrtals Cards & Beyond, looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional corporate payment players in the face of the rise of fintech start-ups.
Interview with Tristan Leteurtre, founder of Mooncard
Expense claims, card programme management, integration into the corporate payment ecosystem: Tristan Leteurtre, founder of Mooncard, demonstrates the agility of the solutions offered by fintechs.
Privateaser acquires BizMeeting
Privateaser has reaffirmed its ambitions in the professional events market with the acquisition of its competitor BizMeeting.
The collaborative economy: blurring the boundaries between the professional and the personal
The rise of the collaborative economy is forcing companies to adapt. The new generations are seeking to regain a degree of autonomy from travel policies by using platforms such as Airbnb or Uber for both their travel and their private lives. It's a mix of genres with the potential to generate savings.
Notilus connects to the CDS hotel catalogue
On 9 April, Notilus formalised a partnership with CDS Groupe, guaranteeing users of its solution access to the vast catalogue offered by the "business hotel marketplace".
Interview with : Stéphane Donders, CEO of Traveldoo
Traveldoo took advantage of the Business Travel Show to unveil a new interface, incorporating features such as character recognition (OCR) and, soon, the NDC standard. Stéphane Donders, CEO of Traveldoo, takes a look at the latest news from the technology publisher, and shares his vision of the business travel market.
Egencia starts the "Conversation" between hoteliers and business travellers
With the new "Egencia Hotel Conversations" feature, the corporate travel agency aims to facilitate direct communication between business travellers and their hotel, to increase personalisation and responsiveness. Egencia is also launching new features for duty of care and packaged reservations.
Traveldoo rethinks its booking and T&E tool
Character recognition, NDC integration, user-friendliness: Traveldoo is giving its booking solution (OBT) and its expense claim management tool (T&E) a major makeover. The new interface will be presented at the Business Travel Show in London.
Rydoo tackles VAT recovery
A new partnership with VAT IT will enable Rydoo to integrate a solution to facilitate VAT recovery.
Enterprise wants to acquire the services of Deem
Enterprise is to acquire Deem during the first quarter. A partner of the car rental company since 2011, this San Francisco-based player has distinguished itself in the field of business travel reservation technologies.
American Express adds two new Centurion airport lounges
American Express will add two airport lounges dedicated to Platinum cardholders and Centurion members at London Heathrow and Charlotte.
Booking.com for Business integrates AirPlus virtual cards
Booking.com and AirPlus International have entered into a partnership to enable hotel bookings to be paid for by virtual card.
AnswerIQ: CWT's business travel search engine
Carlson Wagonlit Travel is launching CWT AnswerIQ, a new tool designed to improve travel policy management and optimise the processing of business travel data, based on artificial intelligence.
Groupize joins the BCD Travel marketplace
Groupize, the booking and management tool dedicated to meetings and events, has just integrated SolutionSource, BCD Travel's marketplace.
Interview with : Bertrand Blais, Vice-President Product, KDS
Two years ago, American Express GBT acquired the services of KDS. Bertrand Blais, Vice-President of Products at the technology publisher, explains what has changed since the arrival of TMC, and sets the course for the months ahead.
