Data provider and TMC focus on airfares, with hotels to come later

Traxo, a travel data provider, announced a technology collaboration with Partnership Travel Consulting, a TMC. The deal, according to the announcement, aims to bring the expertise of PTC’s Fare Audit Division to Traxo clients, expanding audit capabilities beyond traditional booking sources, such as the GDS and NDC, to include off-channel bookings captured by Traxo from any travel booking source.

The collaboration, said the announcement, will initially focus on airfares, specifically comparing the fare booked off-channel by the traveler to the lowest fare within company policy. This analysis will be applied to the same flight, with an option to expand to include other policy-compliant alternatives. Hotel rate auditing will be launched in the next phase. With buyer consent, booking data will automatically flow between Traxo and PTC in near real-time, enabling PTC’s Fare Audit Division to deliver precise airfare audits across managed and unmanaged bookings.

This collaboration, said the announcement, empowers corporate travel managers to maintain oversight, compliance and cost control — even as employee booking behavior shifts across multiple channels. Andres Fabris, CEO of Traxo, said that “with the latest retailing revolution driven by suppliers, corporate travel is undergoing a seismic shift — and program visibility must evolve to keep pace.”

Together with PTC, said Fabris, “we empower companies to audit all travel activity, not just what flows through traditional channels, unlocking new opportunities for savings, compliance and a better traveler experience.”

The collaboration, said the announcement, also enhances the value of the Traxo Marketplace, with PTC’s Fare Audit Division now available as an integrated endpoint. This enables clients to activate audit capabilities directly within their existing travel data environment, streamlining their travel program operations.

Andy Menkes, president of Fare Audit, Inc., and CEO of PTC, said that “with access to off-channel bookings, we will ensure that no booking goes unaudited, helping clients uncover missed savings and reduce policy leakage in ways that weren’t previously possible.”