Insights

Today’s business travel programmes deliver huge amounts of data – everything from details of hotel bookings and flights to individual passenger expenses and preferences for food, seats and rooms.

The idea behind NDC is that everyone involved in the business of distributing content – such as airline seats and fares – are all talking the same (technical) language and using the same syntax to exchange messages on shopping and booking components of travel...

The value of working with a TMC can be quantified in many ways, from savings, user satisfaction and traveller safety to time-saving processes, visibility of spend and even employee engagement. So where does the TMC fit in, and how can travel managers ensure they leverage maximum value from its TMC relationship?

FCM knows that a web interface isn't always how a client wants to access its data - not all of our customers want to log into a reporting platform to see their data. So how can we provided customised data and analytics for your business travel programme?

There is a huge wealth of data to be captured and mined from spending on company credit cards or the expense forms employees put in to claim back money laid-out during the course of their business travel. But where do you start?

At FCM, we always think two steps ahead - that's why we use your business travel programme data to make clever predictions, as well as use them to ensure the safety and well-being of your employees when they travel. 

Ensuring you have access to consistent and accurate data is key and something we can offer you in real-time. That is what we mean when we talk about our next-generation data platform.