Southwest Airlines To Bring Industry-Leading Travel Tools To Business Travel
August 19, 2022
Southwest Airlines Co. announced it is making it easier than ever to manage business travel on Southwest with the addition of its new travel portal, Southwest Business Assist. The self-service tool will enable Corporate Travel Buyers, Travel Decision Makers, and Travel Management Companies to better manage their Southwest Airlines business travel using unique dashboards, reports, automated processing of contractual benefits, receiving or requesting Customers Service, and much more. Southwest Business Assist is anticipated to be available to current Southwest Business Partners starting Aug. 24, 2022.
“Southwest Business Assist is a transformational one-stop shop for our Southwest Business Customers as we deliver industry-leading capabilities on one of the most advanced platforms available today,” said Dave Harvey, vice president of Southwest Business. “The on-demand self-service tool will provide easy access to real-time information, reporting, and benefits designed to improve efficiencies and communication for our business travel Partners and continues our journey of making it easy to manage business travel on Southwest.”
When the first phase of Southwest Business Assist is available, it will bring a variety of new features to the business travel community including:
- Travel funds management
- Enhanced insight to contractual benefits, account performance and dashboards
- Expanded sustainability reporting
- Increased automation with real-time capabilities and service
More features are planned as additional phases of Southwest Business Assist are released including duty of care reporting, the ability for travel managers to manage eligible flight credits and additional automated functions.
Learn more by visiting southwestbusinessassist.com.