Travel Management: Simplifying the Most Complicated Process

Despite living in a digital age, the need to meet partners face-to-face is just as present as ever. And it’s not just about feel-good hobnobbing and fancy dinners.

Whether those face-to-face meetings are for client engagements, site inspections or the forming of new partnerships, that personal touch may just be the catalyst that seals the fate of your professional future. The need for face-to-face meetings with your customers and partners is very apparent, both at a commonsense level and when you look at the data. But managing corporate travel requests brings up lots of questions.

Many confuse the term ‘business travel management’ with ‘expense management’ – the latter being a common process within an organization that has already benefited from much automation and corresponding ease of implementation. The requirements for handling corporate travel management differ according to the organization type. But there are few common features that one can expect from a dedicated travel management system.