Editor’s note, Nov. 30: Report updated with additional information on hotel reshopping and future plans, provided by FairFly.
As TripBam and FairFly each branch out into one another’s territory, leaders of both platforms recently said they plan to continue to expand to cover a wider spectrum of travel management needs.
For its newly launched air solution, TripBam currently has eight clients going into production, and it expects to add about another dozen between now and the end of the year, founder and CEO Steve Reynolds said. As with TripBam’s solution for hotel stays, its air solution at its heart offers airfare reshopping, automated so that rates can be rebooked within seconds without the need for an agent to ensure savings are captured within the void window, he said.
With early clients, Reynolds said, TripBam has found lower airfares about 17 percent of the time, largely within the void window, with savings averaging about $70 each time they are found. With international…
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