Business spend management platform Coupa is launching its long-anticipated travel booking module, built from its acquisition of Pana and integrated into its expense and, ultimately, its payment platforms.
Coupa’s travel booking tool, which it now is beginning to offer to U.S.-based customers on both its web and mobile platforms, aims at “unifying travel and expense,” Coupa VP of product management Valerie Layman said. Users can plan trips on the tool with the help of itinerary suggestions tailored to the user, one of Pana’s key features, and upon booking, it creates line items in an expense report based on the selections. The Travel Saver tool, built from Coupa’s acquisition of Yapta, monitors bookings for price changes in case there’s a chance for savings with rebooking.
Sabre is providing content for the tool, and Coupa also has partnered with Travel Leaders Corporate to provide around-the-clock live agent assistance, Layman said.
In addition, the tool features a “Spend Coach”…