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.

SAP Concur

Expense claims: SAP Concur and Mastercard join forces

SAP Concur and Mastercard have just formalised a new partnership. The closer integration between the two partners should simplify the management of expense claims.
Expensya

Expenses on the rise according to the Expensya Barometer

The new Expensya barometer forecasts an increase in the number of expense claims for 2023, driven in particular by training.
cyber

Amex GBT Egencia: AI and Expedia to help track down fraud

Amex GBT Egencia customers will be able to benefit from "Fraud Prevention as a Service", an Expedia tool based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
Cegid Notilus

Interview with Laurent Lassure: Laurent Lassure, Product Marketing Manager, Cegid Notilus

Laurent Lassure, Product Marketing Manager at Cegid Notilus, shares his vision of the latest developments in business travel. And looks ahead to what's in store for the sector in the coming months.
BusinessToGo

BusinessToGo: with Lufthansa Group and Navan, business travel made easy

BusinessToGo is now available in France. The new global solution from Lufthansa Group and Navan promises to revolutionise business travel management for SMEs and beyond.
BusinessToGo

Lufthansa Group and Navan deploy BusinessToGo in France

The BusinessToGo platform is now available to French business travellers. The booking solution from the Lufthansa group and Navan targets SMEs to book flights, hotels, hire cars and trains.
Julie Troussicot, Managing Director of AirPlus France.

Julie Troussicot (AirPlus): "The culmination of our digital transformation".

AirPlus has just unveiled a new brand identity under the slogan "Smart & Simple". Julie Troussicot, Managing Director France of AirPlus International, provides an update on the latest news from the group.
Amadeus

"A business trip never starts in an SBT": Bertrand Poey, Amadeus...

After launching Cytric Easy, integrating its travel tool into its partner Microsoft's environment, Amadeus intends to take things to the next level with the help of AI. Bertrand Poey, CEO of Amadeus France, explains.
Ziad Minkara, CEO of S4BT, the holding company behind the acquisitions made by CDS in recent years.

Ziad Minkara: "CDS aims to be a benchmark player in Europe".

Conquering new markets in Europe, integrating the Cytric brick from Amadeus, distribution: Ziad Minkara, Managing Director of CDS Groupe, takes stock of what's happening at his company.
Mooncard

Mooncard barometer: questions about expense accounts

The 4th barometer of expense claims published by Mooncard highlights the impact of expense claims on the finances of business travellers, especially in a context of inflation. The corollary is the temptation to commit fraud...
As part of its international expansion, the CDS Group has acquired the CRD portal in Germany.

CDS: heading for Germany, referencing at Selectour

The CDS group has had a busy autumn, with the acquisition of the CRC business portal in Germany and the listing of its hotel reservation platform by the Selectour network in France.

China authorises foreign visitors to make e-payments with Visa and Mastercard

The Chinese authorities are finally allowing holders of foreign credit cards such as Mastercard or Visa to link them to local electronic payment platforms. A real revolution...
Lufthansa

AirPlus falls off Lufthansa's radar

On Wednesday, the Lufthansa group announced the sale of AirPlus to a Swedish bank (SEB Kort) for 450 million euros.
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.