6 December 2021

CTM launches new features for more sustainable business travel in 2022

Business travellers will have more power to manage their carbon footprint, using new solutions launched by Corporate Travel Management (CTM) in response to customer demand for more sustainable travel.

Approximately one-third of CTM Australia’s customers said that sustainability will be a top priority for their business and travel program in 2022, in a recent global customer survey¹.

In response, CTM has released a range of new sustainable business travel solutions in 2022 that allow customers to calculate, compare and offset the carbon emissions of their air travel, hotel and car rental choices.

CTM’s proprietary online booking tool, Lightning now gives customers the ability to compare carbon calculations per travel segment (air, hotel and car rental), alongside additional sustainability features (including NABERS hotel ratings), and select those with lower environmental impact.

Feature enhancements in Lightning also enable travel bookers to offset their itinerary’s carbon emissions either at the time of booking or end of the month, with the option to utilise CTM’s Climate+ program or the customer’s own verified carbon offset partner.

CTM’s fully integrated solution means offsetting functionality is available for both offline and online bookings, including carbon footprint display, offsetting costs, invoicing, itineraries, and reporting.

CTM AU/NZ CEO, Greg McCarthy said, “Knowing that our customers care about environmental sustainability, it was important for our teams to develop a solution that allowed for environmentally responsible travel without reducing their ability to connect with customers, employees and supply chain.

“Despite the pressures of the pandemic, we have continued to invest in developing our proprietary travel technology on behalf of our customers. By owning our own product roadmap, our teams can quickly develop and deploy new and enhanced solutions for our customers based on their direct feedback and needs.

“We build our technology from our Sydney-based Tech Hub and engage our customers throughout the development process via our CTM UserLabs, so we know we’re delivering meaningful solutions that meet the local needs of our customers and market.”

These latest sustainability features extend CTM’s Climate+ program which provides businesses with critical tools and solutions to better understand and minimise the environmental impact of their travel. They also complement other sustainable travel tools such as CTM Ride Share, an automated notification solution which advises travelling colleagues of opportunities to share a taxi or car rental to further reduce carbon emissions.

The CTM Climate+ program and Lightning online booking tool will be demonstrated at the 2021 CAPA conference in Sydney on 7-8 December.

To learn more about CTM’s sustainability solutions, visit:

https://au.travelctm.com/corporate-travel/climate/

¹CTM Business Travel Survey 2021