Take Control with Traxo: The Role of Booking Visibility in Building Connected Travel Ecosystems

In today’s complex corporate travel landscape, where an average of 40% of bookings happen outside approved channels, travel managers face an increasingly difficult challenge: how to maintain complete visibility and control over their travel programs while ensuring traveler safety, controlling costs, and meeting sustainability goals. The answer lies in building a truly connected travel ecosystem—one where data flows seamlessly between all stakeholders, from travelers and TMCs to duty of care providers and expense management systems.

The Hidden Crisis in Corporate Travel Visibility

Every invisible booking creates a cascade of risks. When employees book directly with airlines to preserve loyalty points, reserve hotels through consumer sites for better rates, or arrange ground transportation outside corporate channels, they create blind spots that can have serious consequences. These off-channel bookings don’t just complicate expense reporting—they expose organizations to duty of care failures, missed savings opportunities, and compliance violations.

The traditional approach of relying solely on TMC data and expense reports tells only part of the story. By the time bookings appear in expense reports, trips have already occurred, opportunities for cost savings have been missed, and potential safety risks have gone unaddressed. This reactive approach is no longer sufficient in an era where travel risk management standards like ISO 31030 demand proactive, comprehensive traveler tracking.

Traxo: Comprehensive Visibility

Traxo transforms corporate travel management from a fragmented, reactive process into a proactive, data-driven operation. As the world’s only provider of real-time corporate travel data capture and pre-trip auditing, Traxo serves as the command center for modern travel managers, delivering real-time transparency across more than 1,000 agency and non-agency travel points of sale.

The platform’s patented AutoDetect technology captures every booking—flights, hotels, car rentals, and ground transportation—the moment they’re made, regardless of the booking source. This happens automatically, without requiring any action or training from employees, who can continue booking through their preferred channels. Within seconds of a reservation being made anywhere, Traxo detects, captures, standardizes, and integrates that data into your travel management ecosystem. 

What makes Traxo particularly powerful is its ability to automatically collect, merge, and de-duplicate travel data from all sources. Travel managers gain a 99.7% accurate view  of their entire program, eliminating the blind spots that have traditionally plagued corporate travel management. This comprehensive visibility enables teams to:

• Ensure Complete Duty of Care: Know exactly where travelers are heading before, during, and after trips, enabling proactive safety management and rapid response to emergencies.
• Maximize Cost Savings: Leverage data-driven insights for price assurance, re-shopping, continuous sourcing, and stronger supplier negotiations.
• Achieve Full Compliance: Automatically detect off-platform bookings the moment they’re made and begin managing them proactively before trips begin.
• Streamline Operations: Automate workflows and eliminate manual data reconciliation across multiple systems.

The Power of Data Portability in Travel Management

A core part of Traxo’s value proposition is the concept of data portability—the ability to seamlessly move travel data between different systems and stakeholders. In an industry where critical information often remains siloed within individual platforms, data portability has become essential for building truly connected travel ecosystems.

Data portability in corporate travel goes beyond simple data transfer. It represents a fundamental shift in how travel programs operate, enabling:

• Real-time Information Sharing: Critical booking data flows instantly to duty of care providers, ensuring travelers receive timely safety alerts and support.
• Automated Expense Management: Booking details integrate directly with expense systems, eliminating manual entry and reducing errors.
• Enhanced Supplier Relationships: Complete visibility into direct bookings ensures organizations receive full credit for their travel spend during negotiations.

Traxo Connections: Building Bridges Across the Travel Ecosystem

Connections represents a revolutionary approach to travel technology integration. Rather than forcing organizations to replace existing systems, Traxo links them, creating a unified ecosystem where data flows seamlessly between best-in-class service providers. 

Connections includes 14 integrated partners across critical categories:

• Duty of Care Providers: Partners like International SOS, Crisis24, AlertMedia, and Global Guardian receive real-time booking feeds, ensuring comprehensive traveler tracking and rapid emergency response.
• Expense Management Systems: Integrations with Emburse, Chrome River, and Zoho Expense automate expense reconciliation by providing complete, accurate booking data before trips occur.
• Business Intelligence & Travel Tools: Partner services and apps like Elements and EmburseGo leverage Traxo’s comprehensive data to provide deep insights into travel program performance and enhance the traveler experience.
• Sustainability Tracking: As organizations increasingly focus on environmental impact, Traxo’s integrations enable accurate carbon assessments supporting sustainability initiatives.

Why Partner Organizations Should Proactively Connect to Traxo

For travel technology providers and service companies, integration with Traxo represents a strategic imperative. Here’s why forward-thinking organizations are proactively building connections to the Traxo platform:

• Access to Complete Travel Data: With more than 60% of booking events captured by Traxo occurring outside of TMCs, partners gain visibility into previously invisible travel activity.
• Rapid Market Penetration: Traxo has delivered hundreds of thousands of booking events to connected partners in just the past year. Over 1,000 companies have enabled at least one service in Connections, with some enabling multiple.
• Simplified Integration Process: Integrating into the Connections ecosystem is quick and straightforward, with Traxo managing and monitoring all links.
• Competitive Differentiation: In a market where corporate buyers increasingly demand comprehensive visibility and seamless data flow, Traxo integration becomes a key differentiator.
• Future-Proof Positioning: As the travel industry continues its digital transformation, particularly with initiatives like NDC driving more direct bookings, partners integrated with Traxo are positioned to capture and manage this evolving booking landscape.

Real-World Impact: How Connected Ecosystems Transform Travel Programs

The power of Traxo’s connected ecosystem approach becomes clear through real-world applications:

• Enhanced Traveler Safety: When organizations add Traxo technology to their travel programs, they capture reservations that would otherwise be missed by duty of care solutions. This ensures pre-travel advisories are issued, travelers receive critical safety updates, and organizations can respond rapidly to emergencies.
• Dramatic Cost Savings: With complete visibility into all bookings, organizations unlock new savings opportunities through price assurance, re-shopping, and data-backed supplier negotiations. Direct bookings are captured and credited toward negotiated agreements, maximizing leverage with suppliers.
• Operational Excellence: By eliminating manual data reconciliation and automating workflows, travel teams can focus on strategic initiatives rather than administrative tasks. The result is improved efficiency, reduced errors, and better traveler satisfaction.

Looking Forward: The Future of Connected Travel

As corporate travel continues to evolve, the importance of connected ecosystems will only grow. Trends like the increasing adoption of NDC, the rise of direct booking platforms, and evolving traveler preferences for flexibility and choice all point toward a future where traditional, siloed approaches to travel management are no longer viable.

Organizations that embrace connected travel ecosystems today position themselves for success in this evolving landscape. By implementing Traxo as their travel data command center and leveraging the power of Connections, they create resilient, adaptable programs capable of meeting both current challenges and future opportunities.

Take Action: Building Your Connected Travel Ecosystem

For travel managers, the path forward is clear: in a world where 40% of bookings happen outside traditional channels, complete visibility is no longer optional—it’s essential. Traxo provides that visibility while enabling seamless data flow to all the tools and services your program relies on.

For potential partners, the opportunity is equally compelling: join a thriving ecosystem where your solutions can immediately add value to hundreds of corporate travel programs. With Traxo’s comprehensive data capture and distribution capabilities, you can focus on what you do best while ensuring you never miss a booking.

The future of corporate travel belongs to connected ecosystems where data flows freely, securely, and purposefully between all stakeholders. Traxo stands at the center of this transformation, eliminating blind spots, enabling collaboration, and empowering organizations to build travel programs that are safer, more efficient, and more strategic than ever before.

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