Travel booking and management platform PSNGR1 has signed an
agreement with new travel management company TakeTwo to provide the platform to
the TMC's clients through its own technology ecosystem.
The PSNGR1 platform "will deliver a personalised and
streamlined digital booking platform for our customers that's quick and
reliable and matches our premium service standards", according to TakeTwo
CEO Chris Thelen, the former North America CEO of Corporate Travel Management
who co-founded TakeTwo with fellow CTM executive Julie Cope earlier this year.
"It also gives us access to the latest [New Distribution Capability]
content suitable for both sides of the Atlantic."
TakeTwo last week announced its expansion into the United
States.
PSNGR1, which won the People's Choice award at The BTN
Group's Innovate conference in October, this week also announced new features
to its TripBoards tool, which founder and CEO Chris Moss described as a
"container of a trip that can be stuffed, collaboratively planned and
managed". The newest features include the abilities to duplicate
itineraries and to add customised events such as dinners or business meetings
as well as a "TripChat" feature, where users can chat not only with
other colleagues on their trip but also to TMC partners, he said.
Moss said PSNGR1, which announced the closing of a $13
million funding round earlier this year, is working with feedback from its
initial corporate clients to fine-tune the platform further.
"There are some features we want to deliver to expand
on our policy engine, to be able to deliver not just good reporting but the
best and really leverage the data we have access to," Moss said. "So,
by no means are we a finished product."
In addition, PSNGR1 announced that it has hired Patrick
Fragale as its chief business development officer. Fragale was most recently an
EVP with Valerie Wilson Travel and was previously president and COO of
Directravel and president of Protravel International.