Travelport has forged a partnership with IBM to develop an integrated expense management and booking solution.
The technology will combine IBM’s Global Expense Reporting Solutions (GERS) with all Travelport GDS bookings.
Under the agreement, Travelport GDS will focus on delivering GDS content and Traversa, its online travel management booking solution.
IBM will provide expense management services via its GERS solution which allows employees to submit, approve, reimburse, and monitor travel and expenses and other business related expenses.
Travellers whose organisations use Travelport solutions, coupled with GERS, be able to have credit card billings automatically matched against travel reservation transactions.
This is designed to let them see more clearly what has been booked versus actual spend.
Jerome Moisan, general manager UK and Ireland, Travelport GDS. “This integrated solution will provide our mutual customers with innovative expense management capabilities, helping companies control travel and expense processing costs and manage, analyse and retrieve reports on business travel-related operations.
"Importantly, it will also facilitate travel policy compliance.”
By Bev Fearis
