New programme will track all corporate travel bookings in real-time
US-based corporate travel data company Traxo and healthcare provider International SOS have made a commercial agreement, which can provide clients with immediate access to all travel itinerary data before travel begins
As a result of the integration with Traxo’s API (application programming interface), when an International SOS corporate client signs with Traxo, both International SOS and its client gain immediate visibility into all travel itinerary data from every booking made outside the client's mandated corporate travel policy.
"As organisations begin to re-open their business travel, travel risk management programmes must be revitalised and rooted in effective tools that will protect all travelling employees and ensure the business is meeting its requirements for duty of care,” said Andrew Miller, Director of Partnerships at International SOS. “The need for travel managers to effectively manage ‘booking leakage’ is more critical now than ever before, making it essential for us to ensure all out-of-policy and supplier-direct bookings can be integrated into our monitoring solutions.”
The Traxo pre-trip booking-data detection solution works in the background by capturing all off-channel bookings immediately after purchase, whether that be a reservation for a hotel, airline, car rental, rail, or ground transportation or a cancellation or trip modification. All booking data is automatically passed to International SOS for risk management monitoring of all upcoming travel. There is no extra effort required on behalf of the employees or travel managers.