What’s New in Avenir: Broader Content and Smarter Approvals
August 2026: Avenir introduces a redesigned booking experience, expanded global coverage, and new tools to streamline travel program management.
Avenir - Travel Management
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Direct access to everything your travel program needs
Avenir is Direct Travel's intelligent travel management platform that brings together the people, technology, content, and data behind modern travel programs. By removing obstacles between travelers, travel managers, and the tools they rely on, Avenir provides direct access to everything needed to manage global travel with greater clarity, confidence, and control.
Business travel has become increasingly fragmented
Travel programs today are often built around disconnected booking tools, siloed data, inconsistent service models, and regional workarounds that make even simple tasks more difficult than they should be.
- Multiple systems instead of one connected experience.
- Limited visibility across your travel program.
- Inconsistent traveler experiences across markets.
- More time spent managing tools instead of managing travel.
Avenir removes these barriers to access by delivering:
Complete
Content
The broadest connected travel content with direct access to air, hotel, rail, and ground.
Actionable intelligence
On-demand reporting with AI-powered insights to answer questions and make better decisions faster.
Global
Service
A single operating model to deliver consistent service and traveler support across every market.
Connected infrastructure
An open approach built to evolve with your business and connect to leading technology partners.
One Platform. More Possibilities.
Avenir is designed as a growing ecosystem of connected capabilities.
Whether you're looking to improve traveler experience, expand access to content, gain better visibility, automate manual work, or prepare for what's next, Avenir brings those capabilities together in one connected platform
- Access a better booking experience.
- Access AI-powered insights.
- Access guest travel capabilities.
- Access stronger duty of care.
- Access a platform built to grow with your business.
Avenir in Action
One place to manage
your travel program.
Avenir brings reporting, traveler resources, program insights, and integrated partner capabilities together in one secure destination—giving travel managers a single place to oversee and optimize their entire travel program.
Faster Answers.
Better Decisions.
Avenir gives travel managers instant access to trusted answers about their travel program, helping them identify trends, uncover opportunities, and make informed decisions with confidence.
A more natural way
to book travel.
Avenir will enable travelers to book using everyday language, with AI-powered recommendations that simplify planning and help keep every booking aligned with company policy.
Avenir also enables our US agent team to support European travelers. In fact, our agent team can service anyone, anywhere, easily, which is a major improvement from our previous model.
Richard Clowes,
SAS Institute, inc.
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