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TravelBank
Announces All-in-One Solution
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for
Travel Managers
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The leading all-in-one travel and
expense platform adds BOBA feature,
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making life easier for executive
assistants and travel managers
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San
Diego, CA – August 2018 | Newsmaker Alert | TravelBank,
the leading all-in-one travel and expense platform, announces the release
of its Book on Behalf of Another, or BOBA, feature for desktop. The new
feature will make it easier for executive assistants and travel managers
to juggle booking and scheduling for multiple travelers at once.
According
to The Economist, more business travelers are using apps and other online
tools, like TravelBank, to book corporate travel. However, executives and
companies planning group travel still prefer bookings to be managed by
one trusted contact who is familiar with the corporate travel policies,
can ensure the company is getting the best deal, and can organize travel
booking expenses. This often falls on executive assistants or travel managers
who are required to navigate through complex calendars, personal travel
preferences, and unpredictable travel issues, all while multi-tasking the
day-to-day demands of their job responsibilities. With the new Book on
Behalf of Another feature, TravelBank will provide some relief for those
tasked with this complicated task.
The
Book on Behalf of Another feature empowers TravelBank users to:
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Manage
multiple calendars to book flight and hotel stay for team members
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Create
and manage multiple traveler profiles, including frequent flyer and loyalty
program information
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Reach
out to TravelBank’s complimentary 24/7 personal travel concierge service,
available by phone
TravelBank’s
mission is to deliver a delightful and complete travel and expense experience
for every business user. Through Book on Behalf of Another, once a new
traveler profile is created, the traveler’s information is saved in the
dropdown list for ease of use on repeat bookings, saving time on the booking
process. In the process, communication is streamlined by making all the
information about a trip available and accessible to the person booking,
while keeping the traveler informed along the way.
The
focus on desktop for this new feature is no coincidence. After spending
time with users who book travel for others on TravelBank, we found that
all of them prefer using the TravelBank desktop app on the web to get the
job done. Currently, 30 percent of our users book on behalf of another
on TravelBank.
“I
book and manage several executives’ complex travel schedules on my own.
One of our executives traveled to more than 20 cities alone last month.
Using TravelBank has simplified making last-minute changes, including late-night
or early-morning requests,” said Maggie Wu, Business Associate at Lime.
“Their travel concierge gives the support of a full team and the Book on
Behalf of Another feature simplifies the process immensely.”
This
announcement comes just a few months after the company announced a new
hotel booking feature, LodgingX, and an analytics dashboard in May 2018.
Founded
in 2016, TravelBank is a modern and easy-to-use, all-in-one travel and
expense platform for companies of all sizes. In the last year, TravelBank
has increased the number of new business users per month by 30x and is
on track to have processed 1 million in expenses by the end of 2018. To
learn more about TravelBank visit: TravelBank.com.
About
TravelBank
TravelBank
is the leading all-in-one travel and expense platform for small-to-medium
sized businesses, and uses a proprietary algorithm to predict travel costs
and build budgets with real-time pricing. Designed for busy professionals,
the app features a camera-first experience for tracking expenses on the
fly, a curated travel bookings portal with special corporate rates for
business travel, and an auto-rewards program that incentivizes employees
to choose more cost-effective options.
Media
Contact:
MightyPR
for TravelBank
Brandi
Licciardo |