Enterprise platform that rewards business travelers for going above and beyond introduces functionality to further encourage travel program compliance

PRESS RELEASE  UPDATED: JUL 16, 2019

NEW YORK , July 16, 2019 (Newswire.com) – Tripkicks, an enterprise technology platform that rewards business travelers for making better travel decisions, today announced new functionality to increase compliance with corporate travel & expense programs.

In addition to rewarding employees who make more cost-conscious travel decisions, companies can now select from a variety of compliance levers to achieve other desired traveler behaviors.

“While Tripkicks itself is a new technology, our team has deep roots in the industry and understands that as important as hard dollar cost savings are, it’s not the only priority,” said Tripkicks CEO Jeff Berk. “Travel program leaders work incredibly hard to design efficient processes and robust programs that make sense for both the traveler and organization, but communication and awareness of them is always a challenge. We offer organizations the ability to use rewards as a catalyst for better compliance. While organizations will always need ‘the stick,’ with the massive demographic shift we’re seeing, if you’re a business unit who is not also leveraging some type of ‘carrot’ you’re at risk of falling behind.”

Travel program leaders work incredibly hard to design efficient processes and robust programs that make sense for both the traveler and organization, but communication and awareness of them is always a challenge.

Jeff Berk, Tripkicks CEO

Companies can select from a variety of controls to influence the potential reward including:

• Advance booking time
• Timeliness of expense report submission
• Usage of the preferred payment method
• Source of the booking reservation.

For example, companies can configure the platform so that the traveler can receive less of a reward (even 0) if they booked last-minute or failed to use their corporate card. 

“Imagine a program where employees make more cost-conscious decisions and consistently follow all of the rules,” stated Berk. “That is what we are helping companies achieve.”  

Tripkicks will be exhibiting at GBTA Convention 2019 in Chicago, August 3-7, at booth IR-10. The Tripkicks team will be available for interviews and will be giving demonstrations of its platform during the Expo hours​.

About Tripkicks

Tripkicks is an enterprise technology company that rewards business travelers for making cost-conscious and policy-compliant travel decisions. When business travelers spend under their trip budget, they keep a portion of the savings. Companies can greatly reduce employee travel and expenses budgets by using a traveler-centric platform, where cost savings are driven by employee flexibility and empowerment. Tripkicks works to enhance the traveler experience – making business travel rewarding. Learn more at tripkicks.com.