From booking and billing to reporting: Modern IT streamlines travel management. But for which types of business trips is the "integrated process" truly worthwhile?

NP4 GmbH is an independent technology partner in the business travel industry. As a specialist, it collects travel data worldwide from a wide variety of sources and for a wide range of purposes. Its customers are globally operating large corporations with corresponding volumes of business travel.

The mechanical engineering group is currently undergoing a strategic realignment. As part of this, all travel and MICE management processes are being reviewed for plausibility and efficiency. One project within strategic procurement focuses specifically on the MICE segment.

Industry expert Ludger Bals explains in an interview with travelnews.ch  the volatile environment in which business travel providers and airlines are currently operating.

The Darmstadt-based travel data systems provider NP4 is strengthening its sales team: as of September 1, 2013, Ludger Bals will be responsible for driving sales development and customer management as Senior Director Business Development. The newly created role focuses on intensifying the quality of customer support and customer proximity, identifying innovative products, and increasing market awareness of NP4 solutions.

In cooperation with corporate travel data software provider NP4 and event specialist Intergerma, the GEA Group—one of the world’s largest systems suppliers to the processing industry—has developed an innovative strategic consolidation concept to integrate the group-wide areas of business travel and events. For the first time, key figures from Business Travel and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Events) can be consolidated and analyzed holistically on a single platform

With a new software solution, the mechanical engineering and large-scale plant manufacturer is consolidating its hotel procurement across both the business travel and events segments.

At the Specialist’s Forum in Frankfurt, Intergerma, myclimate, and up2-date-Solutions presented a new carbon dioxide measurement software for conferences and events. BizTravel participated as a partner.

The Darmstadt-based software company NP4 GmbH has appointed Melanie Schacker with immediate effect to handle its press and public relations activities. The PR expert will now serve as the main point of contact for editorial teams on all press-related matters concerning the business travel data specialist. In light of the current relevance of topics such as the consolidation, processing, and distribution of travel data, as well as the calculation of key figures in corporate tr

Fleet Management:  Mr. Polinski, how long has NP4 GmbH been operating on the market, and what motivated you to found the company? Achim Polinski:  NP4 GmbH has been around since 1997. We started back then by developing an automated itinerary distribution solution for Amadeus, one of the leading computer reservation systems on the market…. https://flotte.de/files/newspapers/2011/6/pdf/084-85_NP4.pdf