Coupa on Tuesday announced the launch of a travel-focused expansion to its solution for business spend management (BSM), adding capabilities like trip planning and booking, 24/7 traveler support services and category-specific community intelligence.
The product launch completes an expansion for Coupa from an expense reimbursement-focused solution to a full travel-and-expense management suite that helps companies maximize capture of travel spend to be more efficient and more sustainable.
Coupa said in a briefing with Spend Matters that it assembled the components of the new T&E solution, called Coupa Travel and Expense, from underlying elements in its suite, as well as its acquired and rapidly integrated assets, including the companies Yapta (for automated air/hotel price monitoring and rebooking) and Pana (the foundation for Coupa’s new travel booking capability).
Most notably,…