How Far Do You Have to Go to Connect All Your Travel Data?

The article notes that as employees book directly through hotels, airline websites, and dozens of travel sites, corporate travel data becomes increasingly fragmented, leaving companies unaware of where employees are, how they are traveling, or what they are spending. It suggests evaluating travel system connectivity in three areas: connection to existing systems to capture every itinerary; connection to supplier data to manage bookings made outside the booking tool; and connection to third-party applications to improve compliance and find savings. A unified expense and travel solution sends every itinerary and purchase straight to the system and addresses duty of care.