Expense Management

MakeMyTrip acquires Quest2Travel
News / Online
MakeMyTrip enters corporate travel space with majority stake in Quest2Travel
By Mitra Sorrells | May 1, 2019
This investment will help MakeMyTrip extend its service offerings to large corporates. Read More
Travel policy 3.0: Six data-powered updates to improve corporate travel
From Our Partners / Technology
Travel policy 3.0: Six data-powered updates to improve corporate travel
By Ryan Wenger - WhereTo | April 5, 2019
Unlike the blunt rules of the analogue age, the new rules bear digital precision, and take advantage of access to live data. We call the new era of data-driven rules Travel Policy 3.0. Read More
customer data platform hype
Opinion / Technology
Customer data platforms in travel: Worthy of the hype?
By Valerio Fuschini - Carlson Wagonlit Travel | April 4, 2019
With the increasing competition for customers, TMCs are crying out for cross-functional windows into traveler data, but are customer data platforms the answer? Read More
PSD2: How to maximize benefits and minimize the impact of 3DS and SCA on your travel company
From Our Partners / Technology
PSD2: How to maximize benefits and minimize the impact of 3DS and SCA on your travel company
By Worldpay | March 29, 2019
Urgent things to learn: a payment directive shall require new customer authentication to be applied to every online transaction in the European Economic Area. Read More
Certify Chrome River merger
News / Online
Certify, Chrome River merge in $1B transaction
By Mitra Sorrells | March 6, 2019
Business travel management platforms Certify and Chrome River are merging in a transaction valued at more than $1 billion. Read More
certify-business-travel-expenses
News / Distribution
Business travelers continue to spend big on Uber and Lyft, food delivery services gaining share
By Linda Fox | February 7, 2019
The latest business travel expense report from Certify reveals the dominance of digital brands. Read More
VIDEO: ConnexPay - Summit pitch winner at Phocuswright 2018
Interview / Startups
VIDEO: ConnexPay - Summit pitch winner at Phocuswright 2018
By Kevin May | December 5, 2018
ConnexPay is transforming how travel companies accept cards & pay for travel to save millions of dollars in fees. Read More
Airplus partners with Pana for app-based booking and payment service
News / Technology
Airplus partners with Pana for app-based booking and payment service
By Linda Fox | November 23, 2018
Travel payments specialist AirPlus International is hoping to improve the travel process for non-employee business travel following a partnership with Pana. Read More
tripactions-seriesc-funding
News / Startups
TripActions raises $154M to boost R&D, claims unicorn status
By Linda Fox | November 8, 2018
TripActions, a corporate travel management startup, has raised $154 million in Series C funding, saying its value has shifted to over $1 billion. Read More
certify-acquires-captio
News / Technology
Certify swoops on Captio to further grow expense management ambitions
By Linda Fox | September 18, 2018
Certify acquires Spain-based Captio, its second expansion through M&A in the space of three months during 2018. Read More
GBTA exhibitor news
News / Technology
Egencia, Yapta, Traxo and more product news from GBTA
By Mitra Sorrells | August 15, 2018
The Global Business Travel Association’s annual convention wraps up today at the San Diego Convention Center.  Read More
HRS rate filtering tool
News / Technology
HRS tool eliminates incorrect hotel rates in business booking channels
By Mitra Sorrells | August 9, 2018
Business travel management company HRS is preparing to launch a filtering tool to prevent incorrect hotel rates from appearing in booking systems used by business travelers.   Read More
Airbnb for Work bookings triple, drive "significant" growth for Homes business
News / Online
Airbnb for Work bookings triple, drive "significant" growth for Homes business
By Jill Menze | August 6, 2018
Airbnb is reporting a sizable increase in bookings via its corporate travel platform - so much so that Airbnb for Work is now “one of the most significant growth drivers” for the company’s Homes sector. Read More
Certify snaps up travel expense tech platform Abacus
News
Certify snaps up travel expense tech platform Abacus
By Linda Fox | July 17, 2018
Certify, an expense management software specialist, has acquired real-time expense reporting system Abacus. Read More
Industry first alert - Way2VAT gets patent for automated invoice analysis
News
Industry first alert - Way2VAT gets patent for automated invoice analysis
By Marisa Garcia | July 11, 2018
Way2VAT has earned a patent from the U.S. Patent Office for a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered technology which, it says, will simplify VAT claims and travel expense management. The patent Read More
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