PSNGR1 has announced its launch as an interactive, tech-forward platform designed to streamline the travel booking process through sharing, engagement and collaboration. The industry-inclusive platform allows users to book both corporate and leisure travel in one profile and interface. According to according to PSNGR1, it enables corporations to sign up and connect with their preferred travel management company (TMC), all in a matter of minutes—not the standard four–six-week onboarding timeline offered by existing corporate travel solutions.
PSNGR1 was founded by travel-industry veteran and CEO Christopher Moss and was bolstered by a $13 million funding round closed in May. “PSNGR1 makes travel booking—corporate or leisure—smarter and more cost-effective for every stakeholder in the travel supply chain. By bringing together disparate segments of what has always been a burdensome process into a more personalized and streamlined system, PSNGR1 offers tools to deliver a modern, cohesive experience for end-users,” said Moss in a press release. “With the travel industry bouncing back from the global pandemic pause, and a lot of pent-up demand for travel, the timing is perfect for PSNGR1 to deliver its updates on corporate and leisure travel planning, booking, and management that benefits everyone—personally and professionally.”
Current booking tools focus on single reservations, making planning and booking full itineraries laborious and unorganized. PSNGR1’s TripBoards allow users to easily invite colleagues, friends or family to collaboratively plan, book and manage all aspects of their trip, in one intuitive experience. On the platform, groups and individuals are enabled to add flights, hotels, cars, trains and custom events (like restaurant reservations) to build full itineraries where all travel components combine simply and efficiently. PSNGR1’s TripBoard functionality not only allows groups to collaborate on, interact with, and track costs of their own itinerary, it also empowers future travelers to search and reference a library of existing TripBoards as inspiration for their next journey.
Businesses in the travel supply chain—such as hotels, airlines, car rentals and more—get access to travelers’ information via a universal (yet anonymous) profile, which affords them the flexibility to create and provide customized offerings to consumers at the point of sale. PSNGR1 also delivers the most advanced flight search, allowing all fare options to be displayed via one-search request. Leveraging the Next Generation Storefront (NGS), PSNGR1 says it can drive upsells for airline partners up to 30 percent more than traditional one-cabin search responses. The goal is to standardize content across the entire travel ribbon, ensuring users are fully educated during the planning and purchasing steps of their journey.
Most importantly, according to the press announcement, travel managers can now sign up, choose their preferred TMC and start leveraging PSNGR1 tools within minutes without the hassle of subscriptions or booking fees. Traveling employees can take advantage of deals and personalized offers that enhance their overall travel experience. They’ll also have a full suite of tools that make it possible for them to self-serve on all changes and cancellations: saving the company time and money while avoiding extra calls to customer service.
The platform provides travel agencies with access to all Global Distribution Systems (GDS), New Distribution Capability (NDC) content and more, including restaurants, tours and a range of travel activities and saves current agency partners up to 25 percent in cost reductions and allowing them to efficiently onboard the next generation of travel agents with a proprietary point-and-click travel agent application (TAA). In addition, PSNGR1 aims to help these agencies time and money by decreasing onboarding time by 97 percent, with no extra fees for additional corporate sites, passive segments, or direct access to preferred suppliers.
PSNGR1 offers travel suppliers means to engage travelers with real-time, data-driven targeting based on behavior, preferences, and the holistic footprint of individual users. The platform further enables suppliers to maximize yield by meeting current supply with demand-generation tools in the PSNGR1 marketplace.
To learn more, visit www.psngr1.com.
This story originally appeared on www.travelagentcentral.com.
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