Travel tech platform Spotnana has released a new self-service tool to manage travel for in-person meetings and events.
Known as Spotnana Events, the new product is available to corporate clients as an add-on or standalone offering and can be purchased via Spotnana or its TMC partners, which, according to the company, will be able to white-label, embed and integrate event booking into their offerings.
In a blog post on Wednesday, Spotnana CEO Sarosh Waghmar said the tool “greatly simplifies travel management for groups of any size travelling to the same destination – whether it’s a small gathering or a large-scale event”.
According to the company, Spotnana Events allows meetings and events planners to create an event (a dedicated page with branding) with “advanced travel controls” such as the ability to apply travel policies and specify travel windows, designated hotels and payment methods as well as the types of bookings that are permitted (including air, hotel, car and rail).
Via the tool, employees and guest travellers, such as event speakers, will be able to book their own travel as well as manage exchanges and cancel trips, while meeting managers will have access to real-time data to monitor booking status for invitees and travel spend, according to the company.
There’s also the ability to upload invite lists and send customised emails prompting invitees to book their own travel, as well as deploy automated reminders.
In a LinkedIn post on Wednesday, Johnny Thorsen, Spotnana’s VP of business development for content distribution, said the tool was designed “to finally bring meeting and events related travel into the same platform where regular corporate travel lives”.
Thorsen added that NDC fares will be available via the tool as well as the ability to measure the carbon footprint associated with an event.
Deployment of Spotnana Events is managed through a single, cloud-based software instance, which, according to the company, enables “rapid global rollouts, global event destinations and seamless travel for invitees located anywhere in the world”.
As well as corporate clients, the tool is available to TMCs, suppliers and technology providers.
“We’re thrilled to make Spotnana Events available to everyone,” Waghmar added in the blog post. “Spotnana Events plays a vital role in bringing teams together, and it represents the next step in our journey to build a travel platform that connects humanity.”