Effortless business travel, for everyone

Business Travel - Speedy Onboarding
Get up and running with quick and easy onboarding.
Business Travel - Visibility and Control
Track costs and automate approvals with our user-friendly platform.
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Serve up their preferred options no matter how they book.
Business Travel - Dedicated Support
Call or chat with a person 24/7, no matter where in the world you are.
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Traveller tracking and policy controls that keep everyone safe.

 

 

Advanced business travel management & approval tools

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Get your time back  

Make compliance a breeze with intuitive policy controls. 

Load your travel policy and adjust with the algorithm tuner to find just the right fit for your team.

Confirm your approval rules and start aligning your policy rules and compliance thresholds, with specialised training for bookers and approvers on how to effectively use your built-in notification and approval systems.

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Flexible, in-policy bookings 

Make the booking process simple with personalised recommendations. 

Need some help setting up your travel policy for easy management? Your Customer Success Manager is there to assist.

Melon’s Recommended Spend feature then presents bookers with compliant choices that help your business maintain a healthy bottom line.

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Hassle-free travel approvals 

No more waiting around. 

Take the stress out of waiting for lengthy approvals by setting up auto-approvals that ensure bookings stay on-policy.

Use Melon’s automated approvals flow to streamline the process. No more wasted time for travellers waiting around for an answer or time-consuming manual approvals to deal with.

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Traveller safety toolkit 

Make sure your travellers' safety is top priority.  

With traveller tracking, real-time alerts, and notifications for itinerary updates travellers stay secure, wherever they are.

No one wants to deal with disruptions on the road, but they happen whether we like it or not. Travellers’ also have 24/7 emergency support to manage their business travel by phone or live-chat through Melon.

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Maximise your ROI 

Keep tabs on costs and travel data. 

No more surprises! We’ll keep you informed and in control of your travel budget, with the reports you want and need.

Improve your spend and compliance visibility with all your booking details, spend categories, out-of-policy requests, and current approval statuses in a single, easy-to-use system.

 

How business travel booking & approvals work

 

  • Book

    Book, change, and track your trip from any digital device, or let your dedicated Travel Manager handle it for you.

    Step 1: Filter for travel options that fit your compliance policy

    Step 2: Automate your approvals process to save bookers and approvers time

    Step 3: Save traveller details and preferences bookings to find their favourite options

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  • Approve

    Simplify your corporate travel approvals to remove bottlenecks and blockers from the traveller -> approver -> finance chain.

    Step 1: Set spent limits that trigger notifications and alerts when searching or booking off-policy

    Step 2: Make last-minute bookings or itinerary changes less of a hassle with auto-approvals

    Step 3: All off-policy bookings are easily reportable for finance, improving accountability and reducing fraud

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  • Travel

    When you’re on-the-move, stay informed, flexible, and let Corporate Traveller’s experts handle the unexpected.

    Step 1: View your itineraries and edit your trips on any mobile device

    Step 2: Get real-time travel alerts and 24/7 support in any time zone

    Step 3: Track travellers and monitor their trip status every step of the way

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Supporting travel approvals across every role

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Travel managers & procurement

Spending limits don’t have to apply to everyone generally. You can customise your traveller spending limits, so your VIPs and C-Suite execs can still access the luxury options they want.
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Finance & accounting teams

Auto-approvals help you close painful travel spend leaks, as well as give your accounting and finance teams a way to hold every traveller accountable for off-policy expenses.
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Business travellers

Know instantly if you start searching or trying to book off-policy, so travellers can save time finding options on-the-road. Uploadable receipt images mean less paperwork lost submitting approved expenses.
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Automated travel approvals & policy control

See how Melon makes your corporate travel approvals smoother and easier to manage. With its ultra-intuitive design and on-point analytics, Melon can help you do everything from find the best bookings to live-chat with one of our travel experts.

 

See Melon in action

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What customers say about Corporate Traveller

 

"For more than a decade, Seaspan has had the pleasure of working with Corporate Traveller to ensure seamless and stress-free travel experiences. Whether it’s flights, accommodations, or car rentals, the experts at Corporate Traveller offer convenient and timely support, as well as cost-effective solutions."

James Clarke
CFO @ Seaspan

 

CASE STUDY: Contracts Consultancy Limited (CCL) Case Study 

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Streamlined approvals and improved processes for CCL

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The value of working with a TMC is not always apparent. That was the case for CCL.  

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After years of complicated itinerary changes, inefficient approvals, the need for a one-stop-shop was growing.  

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With Corporate Traveller, CCL were able to realise immediate cost savings and unbeatable service, even with complicated itineraries. 

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“Lucy and her team have been amazing. No words to describe their professional, efficient, and 24-hour services.” 

 

- Vanya Ivanova, Operations Coordinator @ Contracts Consultancy Limited 

 

 

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GUIDE

Managed travel vs unmanaged travel…what’s the right fit? 

Your business travel is unique, and your travellers are looking for more flexibility than ever. Doing it yourself might sound like the best option, but what are you really getting?  

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What do our customers love about Corporate Traveller?

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It's time for better business travel management.

 

With the perfect balance of modern travel technology and dedicated experts, you really can have the best of both worlds.

  • Dedicated Travel Manager
  • Intuitive all-in-one travel platform
  • Search, book, and report in minutes
  • 24/7 emergency support & live chat
  • Traveller tracking & duty of care dashboard
  • Exclusive deals, negotiated rates, and more!

 

Talk to an expert

Frequently asked questions about business travel approvals

  • Do I need to book everything on my own? 

    No, you don’t! You’ll have a designated Travel Manager to help with any of your day-to-day travel requests. We find most customers use Melon for their simple bookings, and then turn to our experts for the tough stuff. Once you have your compliance policies and auto-approvals set up (with the help of your Customer Success Manager), booking is a breeze - no matter how you want to handle it. 

  • How can my company streamline travel approvals? 

    Melon’s automated travel approvals workflow makes it easy to streamline your process. Notify managers, and approve or decline travel requests at a click. Anything that’s attempted to be booked off-policy will warn with an alert and notification. If it’s requested, it’s instantly sent to approvers, and their approval or denial choice is then sent back to the booker in real-time. 

  • How do automated travel approvals work? 

    Either on your own in Melon, or with the help of your Customer Success Manager, you need to start by creating an approval policy to manage your business travel. Once a policy is created, bookings that are within the policy will be automatically approved, saving both bookers and approvers time. Off-policy requests are sent as a separate alert to approvers, where they can instantly choose whether to approve or deny the request. 

  • Can we customise approval workflows by role or spend? 

    Yes, you can. Your travel approval workflow can be customised to fit specific roles or travellers within your organisation. This way, you can ensure that your VIPs and execs get the options they want. Your individual traveller information helps them find spend-appropriate booking options, so they can still travel comfortably and safely within their allotted budget. 

  • What visibility do admins get into travel spend and approvals? 

    Admins get as much visibility as they’d like, since all of your travel spend analytics are collected in Melon for future reference and use in strategising. Create unique reports based around different types of travel spend or approvals, so that you can quickly and easily identify the data you need to start travelling smarter.