AirPlus International Inc and Pana announced (04-Dec-2018) a partnership focusing on non employee travel for businesses. The combined services will assist companies in booking travel for recruits, contractors and other guests that are not direct employees. AirPlus will centrally bill all pre trip expenses to the company via a single use virtual card and Pana will provide its chat platform and booking tools to suggest dining options and provide flight updates. Pana released internal research finding one in five business trips include a non business traveller. [more – original PR]
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