In a deal that will undoubtedly provide a boost to Uber, travel and expense management solution provider Concur has sealed an expanded partnership with the ridesharing provider to make it easier for business travellers to track and expense their Uber trips.
As the first partnership of its kind, Concur customers will have access to Uber for Business features for free, as well as automated employee onboarding, policy controls, savings performance and exclusive trip summary dashboards.
Concur and Uber believe the partnership will help companies reduce their ground transportation spend by allowing users to more easily access affordable ridesharing options. Once accounts are connected, all business trips taken with Uber will be sent to Concur to enable automated expense report population for travellers, savings insights and policy controls.
“Our average enterprise customer expenses almost $1 million in ground transportation annually and about 7 percent of that is with Uber today. By shifting more spend to Uber, these companies stand to save hundreds of thousands of dollars” said Elena Donio, president of Concur. “We’ve seen almost 230 percent growth in Uber transactions in the past year, and with this integration, we expect to see that growth accelerate as we help companies leverage the benefits of Uber as part of their travel program.”
The integration will be launched in Q4 2016 through the Concur App Center.
