Kayak for Business, Blockskye and FCM are partnering on a new enterprise platform that combines travel booking, payments and servicing into a single system for corporate travel programs.
The companies said the partnership is intended to address fragmentation across corporate travel operations, where travel management, payments and expense systems often operate separately.
The combined offering will integrate Kayak for Business’ booking capabilities, Blockskye’s payments and expense infrastructure and FCM’s global travel management network.
Michael Share, co-CEO and co-founder of Blockskye, a PhocusWire Hot 25 Travel Startup for 2024, described the partnership as a “structural reset” for enterprise travel, arguing that consolidation and legacy systems have narrowed options for buyers in recent years.
"By pairing our best-in-class booking experience with Blockskye’s data and payments expertise and FCM’s global reach, we are coming together to simplify enterprise global travel programs,” said Eva Fouquet, senior vice president of Kayak for Business.
The companies said the platform will provide greater visibility into travel spend, more flexible payment options and automated expense management capabilities alongside broader access to content and multinational support services.
The partnership expands an existing relationship between Kayak for Business and Blockskye that dates back several years.
In 2023, Kayak CEO Steve Hafner told PhocusWire the companies were developing an enterprise-focused platform designed to combine direct airline connectivity, blockchain-enabled payments and expense automation into a more unified corporate travel system.
At the time, Hafner described blockchain as a way to create a shared system for managing bookings and itinerary changes across suppliers and intermediaries while also reducing reliance on traditional credit card payment flows and expense reporting.
FCM parent invests in Blockskye
In tandem with this partnership news, FCM parent company Flight Centre Travel Group is making a $5 million strategic investment into Blockskye. The company said FCM will receive early access to Blockskye’s blockchain-based payments platform.
“This investment provides FCM with access to emerging payment technology that solves some of the corporate card and expense management challenges that corporate travelers typically encounter,” Flight Centre's Corporate CEO Chris Galanty said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange.
Blockskye in 2025 raised $15.8 million in a funding round led by Blockchange, bringing its total funding at the time to $33 million.
The companies said additional details on the integrated offering and rollout timeline will be announced in the coming months.