Indian food delivery giant Swiggy has repositioned Crew as a subscription-based, invite-only personal travel concierge targeting affluent, time-poor urban consumers. It covers flights, hotels, cabs, visas, forex, reservations, and local experiences with 24/7 support. Priced at INR 999 ($10.60) for six months. In earlier tests, 40-50% of requests were travel-related.
This week's travel tech news includes: Loveholidays names Sarah Helppi VP of land; eDreams expands Prime in South Africa; Key Data appoints Dustin Downing as president; Lumo partners with BizTrip AI; Smartvel launches TravelAble; Nuitée partners with Globe Thrivers; Track completes Expedia Group integration; Dida partners with Tsinghua x-lab; Traveloris AI booking engine goes live; Navan launches audit engine; TProfile partners with Nomupay; HI USA selects Cloudbeds; NextTrip partners with QSTAK; Repayd appoints Erik Crouch.
SAP announced that as of July 15 its GROW with SAP premium subscription will include access to SAP Sales Cloud and Concur Expense. Concur Expense offers automated expense management from receipt capture to report approval, supports compliance needs, and includes a mobile app; SAP Sales Cloud provides AI-powered sales automation. SAP says the combination delivers a complete lead-to-cash process on cloud-native, user-centric UX.