Duffel, the travel-tech toolkit that lets businesses sell flights, hotels and extras with a single API, has partnered with business software platform Rippling to launch Rippling Travel.
Through the integration with Duffel’s platform, Rippling businesses can now enjoy a fully integrated corporate travel booking experience inside Rippling’s Spend Management suite.
The suite already combines corporate cards, expense management and bill payment alongside payroll. Rippling now brings HR, IT and spend together on one platform.
Employees can book and manage flights, hotels, upgrades and extras without leaving the Rippling platform, mixing company cards with policy-controlled payment rules at check-out.
Finance teams can see trips in real time, with automatically syncing receipts, VAT codes, exchange rates and budgets meaning no manual expense uploads or end-of-month surprises.
Travel and entertainment is the second largest expense for companies, contributing up to 12% of an average business budget. However, a quarter of companies admit to having poor visibility over how and where the money is spent.
With business travel now surpassing pre-pandemic levels – $2.09 trillion was spent in 2024 – travel tech will become more important to manage business trips.
Duffel offers a vertically integrated travel agency, available via a modern API with integration taking weeks rather than months.
Rippling can tap into hundreds of carriers, including American Airlines, British Airways, Southwest and United, via Duffel Flights, and access millions of hotel rooms through Duffel Stays.
Banks and card issuers also embed Duffel so customers can redeem cash-back or points and book trips without leaving their banking app.
Steve Domin, co-founder and CEO of Duffel, said: “Travel is one of the biggest company expenses yet it’s often the last to come under real-time control. By embedding Duffel in Rippling, we’re turning that spend into something finance teams can track and shape, while employees get the same smooth booking experience they expect from consumer apps.”
Timo Sheridan, Rippling Travel Product Lead, added: “Travel can be a huge expense and administrative headache for businesses across all sectors. Rippling Travel leverages Duffel so our clients and their employees can easily browse and book flights and hotels in the same place where they manage payroll, cards and invoices.
“Rippling Travel gives companies full visibility and real-time control for the first time, without the administrative burden. Duffel gives Rippling full product customisability and support without the travel industry’s typical hassle and cost.”
