SAP Concur and Amex GBT Strengthen Their Unified Travel and Expense Platform


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On the occasion of the SAP Concur Fusion 2026 event, SAP Concur and American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) announced new advances around Complete, their joint travel and expense management solution.

Objective: accelerate the integration of traveler and financial journeys through artificial intelligence and an enriched content offering.

Launched in October 2025 within a strategic alliance between the two groups, Complete aims to combine booking, services, payments and expense management within a single experience.


An AI connected to travel advisors

Since then, its adoption has accelerated, driven by enterprises’ demand for a smoother and smarter travel experience, according to the release.

Among the main evolutions announced, the solution now integrates a conversational platform connected to Joule, SAP’s agentic AI.

This platform is able to accompany the traveler throughout their trip, with a particular feature: an automatic transfer to an Amex GBT human travel advisor when the situation warrants, without the traveler having to switch interfaces.

The full integration of Joule is expected in the second quarter of 2026.


Expanded access to transport contents

Complete also gains a new interface dedicated to travel managers. This homepage centralizes data, management tools, approvals and duty-of-care information.

Presented as a single entry point, it should enable monitoring programs, accessing reports and anticipating budget overruns, with analytical capabilities set to be strengthened in future versions.

Another major evolution: the complete integration of the Amex GBT marketplace, giving access to more than 600 airlines and 2 million properties, as well as content from Booking.com, Expedia, NDC and GDS.

The platform also opens to more than 80 rail operators.

The two partners also announce working on a unified NDC implementation to ensure consistent and predictable access to direct airfares.


Towards full automation of expense reports

Building on the 2025 announcements, the integration between Concur Expense and Amex GBT Egencia is being realized. Reservations made via Egencia now automatically feed expense reports with prefilled data.

« Employees no longer have to re-enter their travel details, and finance teams benefit from more reliable data », states the release. This feature is slated for rollout in April 2026 after a pilot phase.

Finally, SAP Concur and Amex GBT are launching a program dedicated to business travel management (TMCs), with two levels of certification: Gold and Silver.

HotelRez Names New VP of Platform Strategy


Gary Torres, nouveau vice-président d'HotelREZ, photo HotelREZ

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It’s official! Gary Torres has been named Vice President Platform Strategy at HotelREZ. This is a global company specializing in travel representation and distribution in the hospitality industry.

Gary Torres is a man with more than 20 years of experience designing and developing technology products tailored to travel and hospitality. He previously held executive roles at major industry players such as Pegasus Solutions and Duetto.

I am excited to join HotelREZ at such a pivotal moment in its evolution. The focus on building a robust, forward-looking platform is compelling, and I look forward to advancing our connectivity infrastructure and supporting the continued growth of REZswitch® at the pace of our global expansion.” he stated.

Sharon Rubin, Director of Product and Marketing at HotelREZ, adds:

Gary brings deep platform expertise and a clear understanding of how to evolve connectivity within a complex global ecosystem. His leadership will strengthen the foundations of our platform as we continue to grow with reliability, security, and consistency at the core of our priorities.

This appointment marks the fourth senior leadership hire since December, following John Seaton as Chief Growth Officer, Hadley O’Dwyer as Vice President of Customer Success and Engagement, and Frank Fuentes as Senior Vice President for the Americas.

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As part of his role, Gary Torres will be focused on achieving precise strategic objectives, namely:

  • strengthen the core infrastructure to securely and resiliently support the company’s worldwide growth.

  • enhance connectivity, data governance, and collaboration with global partners.

  • An evolution of REZswitch®: Gary Torres will lead the evolution of this essential bidirectional API, which links property management systems (PMS) to the central reservation system (CRS).