Concur, a leading provider of integrated travel and expense management services, announced the availability of deep integration between TripIt Pro and Concur’s industry-leading expense claim solutions. Now, any Concur corporate client can enable TripIt Pro to deliver business travel itinerary data - no matter where that travel is booked - directly into their employee expense reports. In addition to providing companies with enhanced visibility into business travel spend, this integration gives any company - even those with lightly managed or unmanaged travel programs - the power to link travel and expense with zero disruption to their current approach to travel procurement.

“Concur pioneered expense report automation and continues to innovate, enabling more and more companies around the world to enjoy the benefits of integrating travel and expense management through an open platform,” said Rajeev Singh, president and COO of Concur. “Thousands of Concur clients already enjoy one integrated travel booking and expense reporting experience. Now, by leveraging the power of the Concur Connect Platform to integrate TripIt Pro with Concur’s automated expense reporting, it’s possible for companies of any size - and any style of travel management - to have complete visibility into all of their travel spend.  For the first time, companies can now leverage itinerary data from any source and then apply robust policies and sophisticated workflow - all through one seamless solution.”

Concur already automatically sends travel data for Concur Travel customers, whether booked on-line or directly through their travel management company (TMC), to TripIt accounts, so business travellers can have all their travel plans in one place. Now, Concur clients can have all their business travel itinerary data - whether booked through Concur, the TMC, or through another source – automatically available for import into their employees’ expense reports.  Employees get the benefits of having the expense report auto-created with the combination of itinerary data and card charges.

For established travel programs, the integration of TripIt Pro with Concur expense reporting enables companies to gain greater visibility into all of their travel spend. Best of all, since TripIt Pro captures itinerary data from any source, companies can use any method of travel procurement to integrate their travel booking data directly into the expense reporting process – giving them greater visibility and insight into their travel spend.

And for organisations that require even deeper integration, Concur’s most comprehensive travel and expense management solution comes complete with the power of Smart Expenses - Concur’s unique capability to match travel booking information with credit card charges and electronic receipts to create a secure system of checks and balances. And by adding the unique capabilities of TripIt Pro, clients with a managed program that use Concur’s travel and expense solutions now have even greater visibility to leakage issues. With Concur’s reporting, travel managers will be able to distinguish between trips booked through Concur Travel, the TMC telephonically, or booked outside the program, giving them greater insights.