Abacus International, Asia’s leading provider of travel solutions and services, today launched Abacus TripPlan, an integrated travel approval and management solution for the Asian enterprise.

Abacus TripPlan is designed specifically for business travel within Asia Pacific and offers several unique features including the pre-travel approval process – a common practice among Asian corporations often implemented through a manual process or separate system. With Abacus TripPlan, trip planning and approval is integrated and streamlined – supervisors are automatically notified of new trip requests that they can then approve with a single-touch – anytime, anywhere, through any device. This approval process applies to both travel within and outside of normal travel policy parameters, such as when travelling together with a client.

Another key feature is the integration with Abacus FareX and Abacus SmartPrice, through which it can offer the best competitive and corporate-negotiated available fares. Simultaneously, these fares are filtered and highlighted based on the corporation and each traveller’s profile, ensuring full compliance with corporate travel policies while delivering the best savings.

“Abacus TripPlan is a ready-to-go solution that enables corporations to arrange and manage all their travel arrangements in a single platform, ensuring higher organisation productivity,” said Mr Brett Henry, Vice President Marketing, Abacus International. “In today’s challenging economy, corporations are constantly monitoring their travel expenses and staff adherence to travel policies. Abacus TripPlan can help corporations drive employees towards responsible travel behaviour and optimise the organisation’s travel expenditure.”

Abacus TripPlan can be implemented as a corporate branded site with zero capital investment, offers easily customisable travel policies, support for travel administrators and detailed trip reporting. With its streamlined workflow, it will help corporations and their travel management providers promote travel policy compliance, increase employee productivity and simplify travel management.