Serko Offers AirPlus Expense Information with 'InCharge'
September 19, 2014
By David Delony, Contributing Writer
Serko Ltd, a company providing travel and expense management for business, has announced that it has teamed up with AirPlus, giving its customers access to AirPlus transaction information within Serko InCharge.
“AirPlus is already an established form of payment for our Serko Online customers, so it’s only natural for us to want to give Serko InCharge customers direct access to their AirPlus transactions inside the expense management tool,” Serko CEO Darrin Grafton said.
Grafton said that Serko InCharge, which shows a complete breakdown of by traveler, can help reduce the friction when reimbursing them for business travel. This reduces errors and saves customers time and money.
“The Serko InCharge partnership is important for AirPlus,” AirPlus Australia company manager David Newington said. “It offers our clients the opportunity to effortlessly integrate with Australia’s leading online expense management system and positions AirPlus competitively with major credit cards as a favorable form of payment for business travel.”
Although travel might not seem related to telecom expense management, the issues involved in managing travel expenses are very similar to those that businesses encounter when managing their telecom expenses. In both cases, billing errors can be expensive, so it’s important that entries are very accurate. Examining contracts to make sure that they contain favorable terms is also similar to poring over travel expense reports to make sure money is being spent effectively.
That’s where solutions like Emptoris, owned by IBM (News - Alert), come in. Emptoris’ Spend Analysis offers comprehensive views of where the company is spending its money overall, including in telecom and travel.
Even as videoconferencing has become a mainstream business technology, it’s still occasionally necessary for people to visit other locations, even as the quality of videoconferencing continues to approach face-to-face conversations. Sometimes there’s just no substitute for being there. Using expense management can help companies to make sure that their travel dollars are well-spent.
Edited by Rory J. Thompson