BCD Travel has expanded its agreement with expense management provider Emburse to integrate travel booking and expense management.
This combines BCD’s Tripsource platform with Emburse’s travel and expense (T&E) technology to automate the flow of travel and expense data from booking through to reimbursement. The companies said the integration will include embedded policy controls and financial reporting tools.
According to BCD Travel, this is designed to reduce manual administration for travellers, simplify policy compliance for travel managers and provide finance teams with real-time forecasting and reporting.
Mike Janssen, Global Chief Commercial Officer at BCD, said: “BCD’s Open by Design strategy connects the entire travel ecosystem, bringing together travel, payments, expense, and data harnessing the power of AI to deliver savings, greater visibility, smarter decisions and continuous program optimisation. By integrating booking, access to data, and policy controls more deeply with Emburse, we are helping travellers and finance teams simplify the traveller experience while improving compliance and operational efficiency.”
Michele Shepard, Chief Revenue Officer at Emburse, said: “What sets this partnership apart is that it is the only collaboration between a TMC and an expense provider to embed AI directly into connected travel and expense, bringing intelligence and guidance into the moments when decisions are made. Together with BCD, we’re connecting travel and financial workflows earlier, helping organisations guide spend proactively, strengthen control and give travellers a simpler experience.”
BCD and Emburse said they will also join hands on joint customer engagements, sales enablement and future product development. The companies will showcase this integration at the GBTA Convention in Chicago.
