Corporate Traveler, the small-to-medium-sized enterprise (SME) division of Flight Centre Travel Group, and Emburse announced a partnership to deliver a fully integrated travel and expense (T&E) experience for business travelers. The collaboration, said the announcement, connects travel booking with automated expense management, enabling organizations to capture receipts instantly, streamline reporting and reduce administrative work for both employees and finance teams.
The partnership, said the announcement, expands Corporate Traveler’s broader technology ecosystem, including its proprietary booking platform Melon, which provides built-in policy controls, personalized search and traveler support. With Emburse’s advanced technology, receipt data from Corporate Traveler bookings — including airfare, hotel, car and rail — will be automatically captured, categorized and routed to approvers, with “seamless” export to accounting systems, ultimately improving accuracy and strengthening compliance.
The integration will also accelerate reimbursements by prefilling expense lines in employee expense reports and supporting multiple payment methods — including personal cards, corporate cards and centrally billed cards. The streamlined workflows will result in enhanced employee satisfaction and enable greater productivity across the workforce.
Ama Amsellem, vice president of product management, fintech at Flight Centre Travel Group, said business travelers shouldn’t have to think about expense management after their trip. By connecting Corporate Traveler bookings directly into Emburse, she said, “we’re eliminating manual steps and giving finance teams real-time visibility into travel spend — all while making the experience easier for travelers.”
Holly Brosam, vice president of product management, travel at Emburse, said, “By integrating Corporate Traveler with Emburse Enterprise and Emburse Professional, and automating how travel data flows directly into expense reports, we’re eliminating manual steps, accelerating reimbursements and helping organizations reduce errors while delivering a better experience for both business travelers and finance teams.”
At launch, the Emburse integration will be available to Corporate Traveler clients in the US, with plans to expand to additional markets in the coming months.
