A Silent Revolution in Business Travel
While French companies are still debating whether to centralize travel bookings, other markets — such as the United States and Asia, have already taken a major leap forward. In those regions, business travel has been transformed thanks to the powerful synergy between Travel Tech and Fintech.
The result? Solutions that fully automate the booking > payment > expense report cycle with unprecedented speed and security. We’re talking about:
Smart virtual cards
Real-time compliance AI
Integrated NDC payments
Predictive spend analytics
Business travel is no longer just a cost center, it’s become a strategic, profitable, and modern lever.
Travel + Fintech: The Rise of Frictionless Business Travel
In the US, platforms like Navan (formerly TripActions), Brex, and Ramp have completely redefined corporate travel management. In Asia, giants like Yokoy and Grab for Business are betting on native payment integration at the booking stage.
And in France? Ayruu Stands Out
In France, few players dare to break the mold. Ayruu is a pioneer with its QuickPay solution, an instant-use virtual card module automatically generated at the time of booking.
With QuickPay, the travel experience becomes:
Prepaid and secure (train, flight, hotel, car rental, taxi/ride-hailing) through a unique card per booking
Integrated into a single workflow: booking, payment, invoice, travel policy
Fully controllable in real time by finance teams
Say goodbye to manual expense reports, budget discrepancies, and lost receipts. Say hello to a unified, digital, and compliant process from the start.
Artificial Intelligence: The New Pillar of Travel Compliance
The most advanced travel management solutions go beyond simple anomaly detection. Thanks to AI, they can:
Analyze bookings in advance
Verify real-time compliance (budgets, suppliers, ESG/RSE criteria)
Automatically generate expense reports
Ayruu’s Proactive Approach
Ayruu embeds smart compliance rules directly into its platform:
Automatic alerts when a booking falls outside company policy
Direct link between trip, invoice, and cost center
Export-ready data for accounting and audit purposes
This saves time for employees and finance teams alike, while ensuring a streamlined and compliant travel process.
Book, Pay, Track: The New Business Travel Equation
With the rise of NDC content, companies want to book at the best price, through the right channel, using the right payment method — all without sacrificing visibility or control.
Ayruu’s Answer to This Complexity
A multi-supplier, NDC-ready platform
Centralized payments, with or without a TMC
Unified expense tracking via a single dashboard
The goal: unify flows, access more content (outside of GDS), retrieve all invoices (hotels, ride-hailing, alternative accommodations), and effectively enforce your travel policy, even with multiple vendors.
Why Is Innovation Lagging in France?
Despite the clear benefits, many French companies remain stuck in outdated processes:
Refusal of centralized or virtual payments
Manual expense reporting
TMCs reluctant to integrate NDC or open their APIs
Whether due to lack of awareness, fear of change, or inertia, business travel innovation in France is still too often seen as a risk — instead of a strategic opportunity.
What French Companies Stand to Gain
Choosing a solution like Ayruu means:
Reducing hidden costs: errors, fraud, wasted time
Empowering employees with more comfort and autonomy
Securing data and processes for finance teams
Anticipating RSE/ESG requirements
All this, without needing to change your TMC or overhaul your existing setup.
Choosing Innovation Means Refusing to Settle
At Ayruu, we believe that business travel should be:
Simple
Streamlined
Responsible
And more than anything, we believe it’s time for France to break free from Excel spreadsheets and join the global movement toward modern business travel.
The technologies exist. They work. They’re already transforming the way companies travel abroad.
👉 So, when will you take the leap? Request a demo today.
