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Sep 22Tue
  1. GBTA News & Press

    GBTA Poll: Business Travel Confidence Rebounds to 2026 High

    GBTA polled 604 business travel professionals worldwide online from August 27 to September 9, 2026. 63% are optimistic about the industry outlook for the next 12 months, up from 41% in April and above 59% in January; pessimism fell from 24% to 7%. Optimism rose among both buyers and suppliers, and Europe's net optimism swung from -17 to +44. 56% of buyers expect travel spend to increase and 45% expect more trips, with spend expectations continuing to outpace volume. Costs and geopolitical uncertainty remain the main constraints.

Sep 11Fri
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Positions Real-Time Travel Spend Reporting

    SAP Concur published an article outlining its travel spend reporting capabilities, arguing that consolidating booking, expense, and approval into one platform creates a real-time, single source of truth. The article cites common pain points: data scattered across booking platforms, card statements, expense reports, and inboxes; backward-looking reporting; hard-to-verify policy compliance; underused negotiated rates; and unreliable budget forecasting. SAP Concur says its approach embeds policy rules at booking, automates data capture, and produces connected reports to help finance teams improve compliance, strengthen supplier negotiations, and improve budget management.

May 2Sat
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Faster Isn't the Same as Better When Scaling Automation

    SAP Concur blog discusses that after finance teams deploy automated expense tools, early results are positive, but inconsistencies emerge later, such as out-of-policy expenses being approved and teams interpreting policies differently. This stems from a lack of governance. With global business travel spend projected at $1.69 trillion, small inconsistencies can multiply. The article recommends aligning policy design, approval logic, and governance to ensure automation delivers consistency and confidence.

Apr 29Tue
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Data Shows Increased Business Travel Spending in 2024

    SAP Concur analyzed 2024 expense transaction data and found higher business travel spending than the previous year. Domestic air travel volume for business trips rose 3% year over year, while international travel volume increased nearly 6%. Total expense transactions increased 13% year over year, with an average transaction of $102. Lodging, ground transportation, and meals saw the highest transaction increases at 17%, 16%, and 13% respectively. Average transaction amounts remained largely flat, with lodging falling from $140 to $136 and air rising from $425 to $438. On average, 15-20% of expense reports contain non-compliant spend.

Jul 18Mon
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    Viable for VAT? Blue dot on Domestic and Foreign Tax Compliance

    A SAP Concur podcast conversation with Dr. Mark Stirling of Blue dot discusses the complexity of domestic and foreign VAT reclaim. Blue dot finds 23% of expense reports have incorrect tax information, and about 100 VAT rule changes occurred across multiple countries. The discussion also covers the post-pandemic rise of non-trip spend from under 5% to 25%, and the tax treatment of taxable employee benefits and bleisure travel.

Jun 29Wed
  1. SAP Concur Blog

    The Hidden Costs of a Bad Expense Process

    A SAP Concur blog post outlines the hidden costs of a sluggish, manual expense process. Relying on paper and spreadsheets leads to back-and-forth communication among finance, employees, and managers, with every claim requiring manual validation and approval. Paper receipts get lost and manual data entry invites errors. Employees delay submissions due to tedium, hurting cash flow, and reimbursement averages nine days from approval. The post also notes that without automation, companies miss spend-analysis opportunities, while automated systems can reduce expense submission complications and errors by 36%.

  2. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur Explains How Automation and Reporting Can Help Budget Management

    A SAP Concur blog post discusses common budgeting and cash flow challenges for business owners, including surprise employee expenses, late payments, and travel spend control. It recommends expense report automation, invoice process automation, and automated travel solutions to improve financial visibility, avoid late fees, maintain credit scores, and better manage employee travel and duty of care. It cites Statista data that 43% of US business travel managers expect an increase in business travel this year.