The Lufthansa Group, an industry pioneer in the area of New Distribution Capacity (NDC), and TripActions, the only all-in-one travel, corporate card and expense solution, have announced an enhanced strategic partnership to shape the future of corporate travel.
On Wednesday (December 8, 2021), The Lufthansa Group announced the launch of a new partnership with TripActions. Jointly, a customer-driven solution has been developed which will allow small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to enjoy all the benefits they experience from the Lufthansa Group Airlines (Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Lufthansa and SWISS) via the TripActions travel platform. The solution matches the rich corporate offers and programs of the Lufthansa Group airlines with the user-first intuitive solutions of TripActions to relieve the multiple ‘pain points’ of corporate travel.
In Wednesday’s announcement, Lufthansa Group’s SVP Channel Management at Group
Network Airlines and SWISS Chief Commercial Officer, Tamur Goudarzi Pour, said,
“Lufthansa Group is firmly committed to delivering superior customer experiences along the entire travel journey, also for our small- and medium-sized corporate customers. Jointly with our strategic partner TripActions, we take a big jump towards cutting edge digital airline corporate retailing all the way from intuitive corporate trip planning to speedy servicing. With this industry leading concept, I am very excited to grow our successful partnership with TripActions in the interests of our Corporate Partners.”
Also commenting on the partnership with TripActions, Lufthansa Group Network Airlines’ SVP of Sales and Chief Commercial Officer for Lufthansa, Stefan Kreuzpaintner, said,
“Thanks to the partnership with TripActions, we are pleased to now also provide a solution to our valued corporate customers who have previously booked via our airline websites and have long had the desire for a suitable solution and associated enhanced functionalities. This unique offering expands the available TMC offers in the market for corporates, adding to the current solutions offered by our other TMC partners.”
TripActions’ Chief Travel Officer, Danny Finkel, added,
“Providing an amazing user experience through industry leading technology has always been TripActions' top priority. We're excited to further our partnership with Lufthansa Group with this industry-first joint booking platform that will provide deeper technical integrations and the unique ability to offer integrated loyalty. It’s the best of both worlds, marrying Lufthansa Group passenger experience with TripActions' user-first experience.”
Customers will now be able to book work travel using an industry-leading solution that includes policy and profile management, duty of care, sustainability solution, real0time reporting, 24/7 customer support and centralized billing. Additionally, the partnership will enable corporate members of Lufthansa Group’s PartnerPlusBenefit program to earn and redeem points directly through the booking tool, with enhanced functionalities being launched regularly. As a first step, the solution will be launched in the home markets of the Group’s airlines in early 2022, and over the course of the year, both teams will work together to add enhancements. These will include additional redemption benefits, corporate products, and multiple languages, as well as expansion into new markets.
Source: Lufthansa