Modern corporate travel requires a fast, functional booking experience. From personalized offers and self-service changes to disruption management and agent support, today’s programs must be designed to handle the complex workflows that happen before, during, and after a trip.
Avenir: Travel Edition is designed with this reality in mind, powered by cutting-edge technology from Spotnana. By pairing a modern booking engine with intelligent automation and Direct Travel’s expert global service, Avenir brings simplicity, flexibility, and control to every stage of the travel journey.
Below, we take a closer look at one aspect of Avenir — its booking engine — and how it empowers users to keep pace with today’s evolving travel demands.
Why Traditional Booking Tools Fall Short
Many legacy corporate booking tools are constrained by siloed technology. They rely on disparate systems where individual data elements such as traveler profiles, fare rules, and reporting reside in separate databases. This forces travel advisors and managers to piece together workflows from a wide range of sources like agent desktops, carbon calculators, duty of care systems, and more.
This fragmentation leads to inconsistent results, slower innovation, and a disjointed experience for travel managers, advisors, and travelers alike. Over time, it drives more out-of-policy bookings and heavier administrative burden. To move beyond these limitations, travel programs need a fundamentally different approach.
Avenir’s Modern Booking Engine
At the core of Avenir is an intuitive booking engine that brings the most critical components of travel together in real time. Built on Spotnana’s scalable, microservices-based architecture, it acts as the conductor for every element of the travel lifecycle.
Rather than treating booking as a single moment in time, Avenir delivers a more connected travel experience, from the initial reservation and exchanges to cancellations and unused ticket management.
Let’s take a closer look at what this looks like in practice.
Real-Time Booking Intelligence
When a traveler searches for a flight, hotel, or rental car, Avenir’s booking engine brings together profile data, corporate travel policies, negotiated rates, and ticket credits. This is done without manual intervention and ensures every result the traveler sees is relevant, accurate, and aligned with program rules.
Once a selection is made, the engine captures the booking, triggers any workflows, and initiates payment. Records are updated in real time and the traveler receives a confirmed itinerary, ensuring a seamless experience from search to confirmation.
Scalable for Every Program
Beyond facilitating individual bookings, Avenir’s engine also enables users to configure workflows that align with their organization’s specific priorities. That flexibility translates into tangible program advantages, including:
- Streamlined, intuitive booking that feels consumer-grade for travelers
- Greater compliance and control through real-time policy enforcement
- Transparent visibility into spend, inventory, and unused ticket credits
- Faster servicing and disruption support when plans change
By bringing every piece of the travel lifecycle into a single, cohesive platform, Avenir helps organizations reduce friction, make data-driven decisions, and elevate the traveler experience.
The Heart of a Unified Program
Corporate travel has evolved, and so should the systems that support it. With its modern booking engine, Avenir: Travel Edition is not just a tech platform but the foundation for an adaptable, future-ready travel program.
What also sets Avenir apart is the human expertise behind the technology. Backed by Direct Travel’s global service team, Avenir combines modern innovation with the hands-on support that travel programs need to perform at their best.
If your organization is ready to streamline bookings, strengthen compliance, and empower your travelers without sacrificing control, Avenir offers a smarter way forward. To learn how Avenir can support your program today and scale with you into the future, connect with the Direct Travel team.
