TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Concur®
(Nasdaq: CNQR), the leading provider of spend management solutions
and services, today announced at Fusion Exchange in Toronto a
partnership with Air Canada to develop and enable corporate travel
booking solutions functionality for aircanada.com and Air Canada
apps. By leveraging Concur TripLink, companies can capture direct
Air Canada corporate bookings while still receiving their corporate
benefits and meeting their corporate travel reporting requirements
through Concur.
Concur TripLink complements travel programs by providing
visibility and information continuity to enable travelers and
companies to book directly with Air Canada. Through TripLink,
corporate travelers can use Air Canada channels to book their
corporate fares and automatically have the trip data sent back to
Concur to populate travel and expense reports on Concur and related
platforms. In addition, travelers who link their profiles to Air
Canada receive great benefits, including:
- More Choice: Whether a traveler chooses to book through
Concur Travel, their TMC or directly with Air Canada, Concur
TripLink accommodates the travelers' choice by allowing the user to
define their travel shopping experience.
- Greater Value: Concur TripLink enables travelers to take
advantage of their corporate programs regardless of where they book
travel; travelers and their companies get better visibility,
negotiating power and control. Organizations and their TMCs
can use the information to drive programs and services to increase
compliance.
- Improved Traveler Tracking: By capturing out-of-program
bookings, companies know where their employees are traveling at all
times, supporting their Duty of Care requirements. This also
enables their TMCs to support these travelers and deliver new
services.
"Air Canada is very excited about partnering with Concur to
ensure our high value corporate customers always have access to the
best, richest Air Canada content, while maintaining the benefits of
tracking and reporting of expense through Concur," said
Keith Wallis, Manager of
Distribution Business Development for Air Canada. "Air Canada has a
long history of being an early adopter of innovative technology to
meet and exceed their customers' high expectations. Integrating
Concur technology directly into the Air Canada website is the next
step in the evolution of corporate travel as we seek to deliver
exceptional benefits to our corporate customers."
"Corporate travelers want to stay compliant with corporate
policies, but at the same time, they crave the convenience of
direct booking. With today's announcement, we are giving our mutual
customers a transparent and seamless experience so they can get the
most out of their travel budgets," said Steve Singh, chairman and CEO at Concur. "By
enabling direct booking at an enterprise-level, we are creating a
new and deeper level of customer experience that is centered on
direct end-user connections. These are the same types of
connections that have transformed other industries."
To date, Concur TripLink has the following partners, including:
Airbnb, Avis, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Marriott Hotels,
Starwood Hotels, and United Airlines.
About Concur
Concur is the leading provider of spend management solutions and
services in the world, helping companies of all sizes transform the
way they manage spend so they can focus on what matters most.
Through Concur's open platform, the entire travel and expense
ecosystem of customers, suppliers, and developers can access and
extend Concur's T&E cloud. Concur's systems adapt to individual
employee preferences and scale to meet the needs of companies from
small to large. Learn more at www.concur.com or the Concur
blog. The Concur Perfect Trip Fund invests in leading edge
travel technology companies and is awarding $100,000 in innovation funding at the awards at
The Perfect Trip DevCon 2014, from Concur & TripIt. Learn more
at www.concur.com or the Concur blog.
Press Contact:
April Moh, Grayling for Concur,
april.moh@grayling.com
SOURCE Concur
