Kayak for Business and Blockskye have selected Altour to serve as their global travel agency partner for its Enterprise clients, the companies have announced.
The partnership will allow clients of the Kayak for Business Enterprise platform – which was built from a collaboration between Kayak for Business, blockchain technology provider Blockskye and initial corporate client PwC US – to access Altour's travel management services in more than 80 countries. Altour is a division of Internova Travel Group.
Those services will support a "growing global client base" for the platform, according to a statement from the companies.
“Altour brings the reach, expertise and service excellence to expand our platform to more global markets," said Blockskye co-CEO and co-founder Michael Share.
Eva Fouquet, senior vice president at Kayak for Business, added: “Altour's global presence and multi-source capabilities make them a strong partner as we roll out Kayak for Business to more international markets."
In a statement provided to BTN, Altour’s president Gabe Rizzi said the TMC would be providing regional and centralised servicing including 21 points of sale with local content and currency, a billing and settlement plan and duty-of-care with Amadeus as the GDS (global distribution system).
Travel support services will be available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and Italian, added Rizzi.
Besides PwC US, other announced clients include Deloitte for its US programme and beyond, as well as TripAdvisor and multinational alcoholic beverage company Diageo.
Rizzi said the partnership is targeting its first multinational clients which will go live in the first quarter of 2026, and ultimately would make its AI-enabled offerings available for Blockskye clients in the target markets.
"All of these clients in the current pipeline will be contracted with BlockSkye, with Altour as the sub-contractor in this relationship providing all the global servicing, local ticketing, BSP and currency support," according to Rizzi.
In the BTN Next News Desk programme last month, Blockskye’s chief commercial officer Hank Benedetti said Fortune 500 companies remain the primary market.
"For a smaller business, saving in the single digits or low double digits [percentages] in terms of travel spend is important but not as meaningful as a PwC," Benedetti said. "That is why the larger the company, the more attractiveness that Blockskye, at this point in our lifecycle, can offer them."
Kayak for Business has a separate offering targeting small and mid-sized businesses.