Blockskye, FCM, Kayak for Business to Unveil Partnership with Big Promises
Blockskye, FCM and Kayak for Business have announced a strategic partnership to build an end-to-end corporate travel, payment and expense solution that they claim will fundamentally re-architect managed travel. The trio aims to combine Kayak’s global booking front end, FCM’s servicing and program expertise, and Blockskye’s blockchain-based payment and data infrastructure to challenge traditional, monolithic TMC–GDS–OBT stacks. The offering is pitched as a more flexible, transparent and data-rich ecosystem for corporates, with emphasis on direct connections, cleaner data flows and reduced reliance on legacy intermediaries.
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- https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Technology/AI-is-Quietly-Rewiring-Buyer-Supplier-Relationships-in-Managed-Travel
- https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Management/Kayak-for-Business-Launches-Premium-Offering-for-SMEs
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- https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Technology/Blockskye-FCM-Kayak-for-Business-to-Unveil-Partnership-with-Big-Promises
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