Business travel for professional services
When you head on a business trip, you’re focused on securing a deal or building a client relationship. Business travellers don’t want to be busy finding a new flight if there’s a sudden change in plans.
That’s where Corporate Traveller comes in. We’ve been streamlining business travel for banking, legal, and consulting firms for 20+ years using vetted and trusted travel suppliers we’ve worked with for decades. Our consultants provide personalised service, give advice, and coordinate any changes.
Complex, last-minute travel requirements? You’ve come to the right place. Wherever your people are, our experts are on call when emergency strikes - 24/7, at no extra cost.
Helping hundreds of professional services companies travel easier
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What professional services actually need from a travel programme
Professional services firms need a travel programme that delivers dedicated support, smart technology, strong duty of care, real cost savings, and tight policy control. The right partner ticks all five boxes without leaving you to chase invoices or pay over the odds for short hops.
Client work moves fast, and travel plans shift with it. Here's what matters most to professional services teams, and how Corporate Traveller delivers on each.
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Dedicated support with a single point of contact
You get a dedicated Travel Manager with expert advice who knows your firm, your travellers, and your quirks. There's no faceless call centre and no repeating yourself. When plans change at 11pm before a client pitch, out-of-hours support picks up in under 60 seconds, so you never lose precious time.
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Technology and reporting that show you everything
Melon, your travel platform, brings booking, itineraries, and reporting into one place. Track spend in real time, pull comprehensive financial reports, and access emissions data to support your sustainability goals. Spot trends, review budgets, and find savings at a glance.
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Duty of care you can rely on
Knowing where your people are matters when plans go sideways. Melon gives you risk maps, traveller tracking, and critical alerts, so you can act fast if disruption hits. Continuous monitoring of global alerts means there's always a plan of action ready.
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Cost efficiency that adds up
Load your preferred rates, tap into negotiated fares worldwide, and keep travel spend in check. Strategic planning and detailed reporting help you find and lock in savings across your programme, year after year.
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Policy control and easy approvals
Set your travel policy, enforce it automatically, and manage approvals for out-of-policy bookings without the back-and-forth. Online approval tools let managers sign off travel in a few clicks, and Melon fits alongside your existing systems for smooth adoption.
Meet Melon: Your innovative platform for corporate travel management
Your technology platform for booking, safety, reporting, policy, and expenses. Make bookings in 5 minutes and access millions of travel options tailored to you.
- User experience designed for SMEs
- Bookings, online check-in and itineraries in one place
- Insightful reporting for analysing your travel programme
- Enjoy the best negotiated rates worldwide
- Chat to a travel expert with one tap
- Stay in the know with travel alerts and tracking
Melon is powered by real people supporting your every need. Chat with experts, use safety features, and manage budgets, anytime or anywhere.
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Traveller wellbeing and duty of care
Our Travel Experts and Melon are always on hand to make sure everyone travels safely and efficiently. It's essential to make sure employees are safe and feel safe while on a business trip.
Here are the best ways to maintain employee safety and ensure duty of care:
- Prepare: Share information ahead of a trip, including emergency contact numbers and visa details.
- Set expectations: Let your team know the standard procedures they'll need to follow, and review travel policy.
- Update: Get real-time alerts to staff if there are delays or disruptions.
- Empower action: Melon provides 24/7 access on any device.
- Track: See where your people are with risk maps and tracking.
- Scan: We provide continuous monitoring of global alerts to have a plan of action in place.
- Review: Your Customer Success Manager will offer regular checks of your duty of care programme to reflect changes and best practices.
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Supporting traveller safety during an emergency
Spirent, a UK telecommunications company, faced challenges during a sudden travel disruption. An employee was stuck in NYC during 9/11. Airspace was closed, and no flights were taking off.
Corporate Traveller stepped in with a rapid approach, moving the traveller out of the city with new accommodation for 10 days. During the initial uncertainty, constant contact from our travel team kept her aware of changing travel information.
The result? A calmer traveller during a stressful time. Corporate Traveller was able to manage all the rebooking, making a difficult time a little easier for Spirent's internal team.
Read the Spirent story and learn how we can help get your travellers.
Managing professional services travel
Clients in the professional services industry trust Corporate Traveller to support their travel programmes. Hear what some of them have to say:
FAQs
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What counts as business travel for professional services?
Business travel for professional services covers trips taken by consulting, legal, finance, and life sciences teams to meet clients, pitch for work, attend hearings, or support projects on site. These trips are often time-sensitive, premium, and prone to last-minute change, so they need flexible booking, exceptional service and responsive support.
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How does Corporate Traveller help control travel costs for short-haul and domestic trips?
Corporate Traveller loads your preferred and negotiated rates so you get competitive fares across short-haul, domestic, and international routes. Detailed spend reporting helps you spot where money goes and where to save, so your programme stays cost-efficient even on frequent shorter trips.
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Can Corporate Traveller integrate with our finance and approval systems?
Yes. Melon works alongside your existing systems, supports online approvals for out-of-policy bookings, and delivers reporting that helps with cost centre tracking and reconciliation. That means less manual recoding and fewer invoicing headaches for your finance team.
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What support is available when travel plans change out of hours?
Corporate Traveller's emergency team is available 24/7 at no extra cost, with calls answered in under 60 seconds. There are no call centre transfers and no bots, just real travel experts who rebook flights, sort accommodation, and keep your travellers moving.
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Is Corporate Traveller a good fit for firms with lower flight volumes?
Corporate Traveller works best for firms that value dedicated support, strong duty of care, and clear spend visibility across their travel programme. During an initial conversation, our team reviews your travel patterns and volumes to confirm where the partnership delivers the most value for your firm.