Transform your business travel with Melon, our travel management platform
Business travel shouldn't require juggling multiple systems, waiting for approvals, or guessing where your money goes. Melon is our proprietary all-in-one platform built for UK businesses. Book, manage, optimise—all in one place. Backed by dedicated UK Travel Managers who actually know your business.
One platform. Complete control.
Trusted by UK businesses
Thousands of UK companies across mining, energy, technology, construction, professional services, and more trust Melon to simplify their travel.
Why Melon?
Why thousands of UK companies choose Melon
Everything in one place, finally
Melon is not just a tool to coordinate corporate travel booking. Melon centralises your entire travel programme - bookings, approvals, spend, compliance, traveller locations, and unused credits.
Finance, HR, and admins see real-time visibility. No more spreadsheets. No more email chains. Everything in one home.
Built for your business, not cookie-cutter
Because Melon is ours, we adapt it to you—not the other way around. Custom policies, coding, approval flows, rate management. We listen to your feedback and make it better. Continuously. No waiting for third-party vendors. No workarounds.
Real people when you need them
Dedicated UK Travel Managers and 24/7 support via chat, phone, or email. We answer in minutes, not hours. Real problem-solving. 4.5/5 customer satisfaction on chat support. No call centres here.
Savings from day one. No Strings.
Access our global buying power immediately - no minimum spend thresholds, no waiting periods. Partner perks, negotiated contracts, and preferred inventory are available for airlines, hotels and car rentals the moment you log in. Got existing rates? We can load them. One less thing for you to worry about.
How Melon works
Four steps. No friction.
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Search
Find the best travel options, faster
Search flights, hotels, and car rentals in one place, compare travel options from preferred suppliers, access special rates, and find the itinerary that works best for your travellers. Need a second opinion? Your dedicated Travel Manager is only a call or click away.
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Book
Book your way
Book simple trips in just a few clicks with Melon or hand complex itineraries to your dedicated Travel Manager. Company policies, traveller preferences, and loyalty programmes are built in, so every booking is fast, compliant, and personalised.
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Approve
Keep travel moving
Customise approvals, enforce travel policies, and keep bookings moving without chasing emails. Managers get complete visibility, travellers get faster approvals, and your dedicated Travel Manager is there to help whenever extra support is needed.
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Report
Turn travel data into smarter decisions
Track spend, monitor policy compliance, uncover savings opportunities, and create customisable reports in just a few clicks. With clear insights and support from your Customer Success Manager, you'll have everything you need to continuously improve your travel programme.
How Melon delivers more value as your travel management platform
Different features for different needs.
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Your travellers
Book your way. We'll support you 24/7.
- Self-serve simple trips in minutes or hand off complex ones to your Travel Manager
- Changes made fast, no back-and-forth
- 24/7 support via chat, phone, or email when you need it
- Earn all your loyalty miles and points as if you booked directly
- Mobile access everywhere—book, track, and manage from anywhere
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Travel bookers & admins
Book efficiently. Stay in control.
- Create and share trip proposals so travellers can review options in one streamlined flow
- Book and manage travel for multiple people from a single platform
- Reuse traveller profiles, preferences, and past trips to save time on every booking
- Get clear policy and budget guidance upfront to reduce rework
- Update trips quickly when plans change, all in one place
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Finance & accounting
Control without compromise.
- Real-time budget tracking and automated policy enforcement—policy controls that actually work
- Visual dashboards with transaction-level detail, filterable by traveller, timeframe or any of your custom fields
- Customise your approval chain and enable one-click mobile approvals
- Export to Excel in seconds for deeper analysis
- Invoices and reports always accessible in one place—no manual reconciliation
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HR & risk teams
Peace of mind, built in
- Know exactly where your people are with traveller location tracking and immediate alerts for weather, security, and health risks
- Complete itinerary visibility and HR-friendly duty of care dashboards
- Crisis protocols and escalation paths ready to activate
All your travel data. One clear picture
This is where Melon really shines.
What you see:
- Total spend across your organisation
- Cost per trip trends
- Compliance metrics
- Budget performance by department or traveller
- Unused credit tracking
- Transaction-level detail
What you can do:
- Filter by team, traveller, timeframe, or custom parameters
- Drill down to individual bookings
- Export to CSV or Excel for deeper analysis
- Build custom reports for your business
- Share insights with stakeholders
The result:
One home for all your travel data. Smarter decisions. Faster.
Melon is proprietary. We own it
That means we control your experience.
Why this matters:
You're not waiting for a third-party vendor to add features. You're not dealing with workarounds or limitations built into someone else's system.
We listen. We build. We improve. Customer feedback goes directly into our product roadmap. You get updates, new features, and optimisations built specifically for how UK businesses travel.
Because we built it, we can customise it.
Custom policies, approval workflows, rate management—tailored to your business, not the other way around.
No compromises. No limitations. Just continuous innovation.
Fast onboarding. Real results.
Live in days. Not weeks.
Switching platforms shouldn't feel like a project. With Melon, it isn't. We can onboard you in 3 days*, and our customers rate the experience 4.9/5.
*Average onboarding timeline. Some clients go live in 2 days; more complex setups may take slightly longer.
| What we handle | What you get |
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| Dedicated onboarding specialist | Up and running in days, not weeks |
| Change management support | Faster adoption because Melon is intuitive |
| Custom configuration (policies, approvals) | Immediate visibility into spend and compliance |
| Rate loading from your existing contracts | Quick ROI without implementation pain |
| Expert-led training for your team | |
| Go-live support and hand-holding |
Helping create success stories for UK SMEs
Ready for a better business travel management platform?
- Powerful travel tech + real people. The best of both worlds.
- Your own personal Travel Manager (no call centre)
- Melon: The smartest travel platform around
- Search, approve, book, and report in minutes
- 24/7 emergency support & live-chat with real people
- Real-time traveller tracking dashboard
- Partner perks you won't find anywhere else
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FAQs about our corporate travel booking system, Melon.
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What is a corporate travel management platform?
A corporate travel management platform helps businesses search, book, manage, and optimise business travel in one place. Melon, Corporate Traveller's travel management platform, combines bookings, travel policies, approvals, traveller tracking, reporting, and exclusive negotiated rates into one connected solution, making business travel easier, more efficient, and easier to control.
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What can I book through Melon?
Melon lets you search and book flights, hotels, rail, and car rentals in one place. Company travel policies, traveller preferences, and negotiated rates are built into every booking, making it easy to book business travel while staying compliant and in control.
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Does Melon include corporate travel rates?
Melon gives you access to Corporate Traveller's negotiated rates, supplier offers, to help reduce travel costs without limiting traveller choice. Combined with guidance from your dedicated Travel Manager, you'll always have access to the best available options for your business.
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Can I keep my airline, hotel, and car rental loyalty points?
Yes. Whether you book through Melon or with your dedicated Travel Manager, you'll continue earning airline, hotel, and car rental loyalty points while benefiting from Corporate Traveller's negotiated rates.
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How does Melon help businesses stay within travel policy?
Your dedicated Travel Manager and Customer Success Manager works with you to build travel policies that fit your business, while Melon helps travellers follow them automatically during booking. Built-in policy controls, recommended spend guidance, and customised approval workflows improve compliance while reducing manual administration.
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How does Melon help reduce travel costs?
Melon combines negotiated rates, built-in travel policies, real-time reporting, and recommended spend guidance to help businesses make smarter booking decisions. Combined with ongoing support from your dedicated Travel Manager and Customer Success Manager, it helps optimise your travel programme and uncover new savings over time