Global travel consultancy Advito has partnered with travel technology platform, Tripkicks (an SAP Concur App Center Partner) to develop a solution that provides accurate air emissions calculations at the point of sale.
The partnership leverages Tripkicks’ integration with the SAP Concur online booking tool (OBT) to display Advito’s GATE4 carbon emissions figures on the air travel search results page. GATE4 accounts for several key factors that have a significant impact on emissions, such as aircraft type and radiative forcing.
This solution provides accurate, pre-trip emissions data, enabling travel managers to educate travellers and influence their booking behaviour in real-time, while also empowering employees to make informed and sustainable choices.
Until now, travel managers were only able to rely on post-trip emissions data to identify the best options for reducing their carbon footprint. However, with this partnership, they can integrate this information directly into the booking path.
With the solution enabled, a traveller who searches in Concur Travel will see GATE4 emissions figures for each flight in the search results, along with a green leaf icon to highlight the most sustainable options. There will also be messaging explaining how the most sustainable choices compare to the rest of the results, allowing travellers to understand how much of an impact they are making by selecting the most sustainable flight.
The addition of the carbon emissions data in the display does not impact the sort order of the search results. The solution is fully compliant with the corporate travel policy and existing preferred supplier set-up in the OBT.
The next iteration of the solution, expected in 3Q of this year, will include GATE4 emissions figures on the hotel and rail search results pages.
