Egencia, the business travel division of the Expedia
group, and Concur, an integrated travel and expense management company,
have joined forces to make the process of expensing business travel
faster and more accurate for mutual customers.
Through this
strategic partnership, Egencia and Concur are connecting the corporate
travel booking and expense management processes into one solution for
mutual clients. Leveraging the Concur platform and its Open Booking
APIs, the combined solution aims to make the process of expensing
business travel easier and faster for companies whose business
travellers plan, book and manage trips through Egencia and manage
expenses with Concur.
Through Concur Open Booking, trips booked
and managed by Egencia are automatically added to Concur Expense where
the details pre-populate the expense report. Itinerary details,
e-receipts and credit card charges are all matched to deliver increased
insight and control their organisations, while making expense reports
easier and more efficient for employees.
“Egencia is pleased to
have brought this connected user experience together; its good for the
traveler and the company,” says Senior Vice President of Egencia
Americas, Mark Hollyhead.
“The Egencia and Concur partnership is
advancing the worldwide travel and expense experience for millions of
people by integrating the best technology from our respective
organisations. Travellers and travel arrangers save time, while travel
managers and business decision makers gain clear insights into traveller
spend and policy compliance with accurate data.”
The Egencia and
Concur Expense offering is available in the US and Canada as a
certified application and will be made available to customers in the
rest of the world later this year.
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