VantisCorp Launches White-Label TMC Platform; Booking Loses Etraveli Appeal
VantisCorp launched a white-label corporate travel automation platform for TMCs, unifying hotel and flight booking, approvals, multi-entity compliance workflows, tax-compliant invoicing and payment integration, with contracted clients live in India, the UK and Saudi Arabia. The EU General Court rejected Booking Holdings' appeal against the European Commission's decision to block its €1.6 billion acquisition of Etraveli Group, upholding the EC's finding. Spotnana announced a direct integration with Marriott International covering 10,000+ properties and the industry's first verified Marriott Bonvoy loyalty linking. Laters.com (formerly Fly Fairly) raised a $1.5 million seed round, offering 10…
Impact and considerations
VantisCorp's white-label platform targets TMC back-office costs, potentially changing technology procurement and operating models for smaller TMCs. Booking's failed Etraveli appeal reinforces the EU's scrutiny of digital-market mergers, potentially affecting OTA M&A strategy. Spotnana's direct Marriott integration enh…
Key points
- VantisCorp launched a white-label corporate travel automation platform for TMCs, unifying booking, approvals, multi-entity compliance, tax-compliant invoicing and payments, with contracted clients live in India, the UK and Saudi Arabia.
- The EU General Court rejected Booking Holdings' appeal against the European Commission's decision to block its €1.6 billion acquisition of Etraveli Group, upholding the EC's finding.
- Spotnana announced a direct integration with Marriott International covering 10,000+ properties and the industry's first verified Marriott Bonvoy loyalty linking.
- Laters.com (formerly Fly Fairly) raised a $1.5 million seed round led by XBO Ventures, offering 100+ payment methods including roughly 40 buy-now-pay-later plans and 70+ cryptocurrencies.
- Tencent Cloud will provide scalable cloud infrastructure for MENAP travel platform Bookme, which serves over 15 million customers.
- Amadeus data show back-to-back Malaysia and Singapore F1 races fuelled Southeast Asia travel demand, with Kuala Lumpur-to-Singapore arrivals up 74% year-on-year.
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- Web in Travel
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- First source publication
- 10 Sept 2026, 13:07
- Page published
- 12 Sept 2026, 00:17
- Last updated
- 10 Sept 2026, 13:07
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- Web in Travel：F1 boosts SEA travel. Booking loses Etraveli appeal. Laters.com raises $1.5M. VantisCorp's TMC platform. More - WiT (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 10 Sept 2026, 13:07