Doubling Corporate Clientele with Customized Travel Management Solutions
Background:
Thompsons Travel, a leading travel management company with a 40-year legacy in South Africa, aimed to enhance its corporate client management capacity. They required a sophisticated system that could accommodate specific corporate rates, adhere to complex policies, and enable efficient client onboarding without the need to expand their operational team.
Challenges:
Adapting to a variety of corporate travel policies with a single solution
Managing complex booking flows and private rates efficiently
Growing the corporate client base without proportional increases in management resources
Solution:
Thomalex engaged closely with Thompsons Travel, leveraging their deep industry knowledge to develop a solution that would address the needs of both enterprise-level and smaller businesses. This solution included the development seve ral policies enhancements as well as the integration of a loca content likel hotel provider, NightsBridge, to enhance accommodation options.

Client
Thompsons Travel
Location
South Africa
Implementation Period
4 Years
Implementation
The strategic approach included:
Step01
Collaborative identification of essential features and modules for the South African market
Step02
Creation of a robust and flexible platform that could scale with the client's growth
Step03
Integration of NightsBridge to offer comprehensive local hotel content
Results
The implementation of Thomalex’s versatile solution allowed Thompsons Travel to double its corporate client base each year over four years. This significant growth was achieved without any increase in the company’s operational resources, showcasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the system.
Conclusion
Thompsons Travel's remarkable growth trajectory, facilitated by Thomalex's custom-built solution, underscores the value of a system that caters to a full spectrum of corporate clients. The case exemplifies how technology can drive business expansion in the travel industry, affirming Thomalex’s position as a key player in travel management solutions.