Advito, the consulting division of BCD Travel, announced the pilot launch of APEX, a new AI-enabled consulting intelligence platform designed to help organizations make more informed strategic business decisions.
APEX, said the announcement, combines Advito’s proven experience in advanced analytics, multisource data consolidation and consulting expertise into a single platform, breaking down traditional travel category silos and helping clients take a holistic approach to optimizing their travel programs. The platform, said the announcement, provides a comprehensive, collaborative environment for connecting clients with their consultants, serving as the digital workspace for consulting deliverables, performance KPIs and analysis, and strategic recommendations.
APEX, which stands for Advito Platform Exchange, brings together dashboards, prescriptive analytics, and deliverables across Advito’s five consulting practice lines (Hotel, Multimodal, Sustainability, Engage, and Intelligence & Analytics) into one platform. It will serve as the central hub for consulting engagements, enhancing the client experience, and supporting strategic initiatives, like supplier sourcing and negotiations, contract performance analysis, ongoing program performance management, benchmarking, forecasting and travel policy optimization.
Through “Ask APEX,” the platform’s AI-powered interface, clients can use natural language querying to explore their data and surface program insights faster. The APEX Narrative capability can run full narratives on dashboard elements to identify trends and highlight opportunities to drive savings, reduce leakage and mitigate environmental impact. Travel managers can act on the recommendations, or work with Advito consultants on more complex initiatives, turning volumes of complex data into business decisions with meaningful results.
Olivier Benoit, senior vice president and managing director, said: “APEX opens a new cycle of innovation for Advito clients. By combining 20 years of trusted consulting expertise and our proven ability to build high-quality travel data with the power of AI, we are setting a new industry standard. With Advito consultants embedded in the platform’s design and validation, clients can trust the intelligence they receive and turn it into action at scale, AI changes what clients buy, how consulting is delivered, and which solutions create differentiation.”
The APEX pilot will run through the end of the first quarter 2027, with an anticipated broader roll out to additional clients in the second quarter.
Source: www.businesstravelexecutive.com
