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Game-changing business travel approvals
Approve or view booking notifications from multiple online bookings tools in one single source of truth.
A single tool that allows multiple approvers anywhere to easy manage travel requests from travellers around the globe.
Boost compliance with one travel approval process for online and offline bookings.
How Platform Approvals changes the game
Designed for managers, approvers, and travellers, this cutting-edge travel approval system is truly unique in its ability to notify and action all your travel approvals in one tool.
Enhanced control
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Reduce booking window risks: One unified platform that streamlines all travel approvals and provides one access point.
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Align with company policies and budgets: Every business trip and approval decision can align with your business travel programme goals.
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Easy access: Employees can view notifications and action approvals via desktop or app.
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Global compliance with local adaptability
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Cross-online booking tool (OBT): Simplify by rolling out one approval process for multiple OBTs in one place, even if the approver and traveller use different tools.
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Works in any country: Bring consistency business-wide with an approval process and access that works even when teams are based in different countries.
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Customise with rules: Create your own rules to suit global, regional and local needs for booking business trips.
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Harmonised approval process
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Reduce manual dependencies: With one place to access and increased automation of the approval process.
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Save up to two hours per approver: When managing approvals for offline bookings. Approvals can also be sent to more than one approver.
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Simplify travel policy updates: Because Platform Approvals is built on our own rule engine, you only need to decide one set of changes.
Smoother business travel approval process with Platform Approvals
Ease compliance issues and stop wasting time and money on chasing emails. Our global approval system offers one single source of truth and a seamless user experience, across any booking channel, in any country.
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How JTI customises its approvals
“We needed a concise notification of booked travel for line managers and travellers in more than 60 countries.”
“Our personalised solution has allowed us to start providing concise, useful information to help travellers and line managers make value-add decisions.”
Discover how Nichola Rimmer, Category Manager Travel & Events, JTI used FCM Platform Approvals to achieve her goal.
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One place to update travel policy rules
Break free from updating your corporate travel policy in various online booking tools. Because Platform Approvals is built on our own rule engine, you only need to decide one set of changes.
Stack any of these conditions to make unlimited amount of rules, for example, employees can only book business class when flight duration is over eight hours.
- Advanced booking/purchase
- Flight class and flight duration
- Destination category or banned countries
- Daily cap for hotels
- Cost of travel booking
- Lowest logical fare for flights
- More to come!