Jul 01, 2025
BCD Travel taps SkyLink to offer AI-powered travel assistant
UTRECHT, The Netherlands, July 1, 2025 – Leading travel management company BCD Travel announced today a strategic partnership with SkyLink, an interactive AI-based corporate travel assistant. This next-generation technology offers a fully autonomous chat-based booking experience focused on improving productivity and efficiency for travelers, travel arrangers and agents while driving program compliance and cost savings for customers.
SkyLink leverages a suite of leading AI technologies to deliver personalized, policy-compliant recommendations through a chat-based experience. This technology securely integrates directly into customers’ existing enterprise chat channels, such as Microsoft Teams and Slack. Travelers can instantly engage with the SkyLink application 24/7 to shop and complete reservations, modify or cancel existing reservations or find answers to important travel related questions.
“We are addressing traveler demand for efficiency and speed, while also driving cost savings and compliance for customers,” said Yannis Karmis, BCD’s senior vice president of Product Planning & Development. “SkyLink’s integration with our open platform creates a market leading engagement capability with travelers. Our partnership reinforces BCD’s commitment to offering flexible, innovative solutions that meet the unique needs of our customers’ program.”
SkyLink’s market-leading platform integrates with BCD’s robust Travel Commerce Platform, offering unparalleled flexibility and scalability. Designed to deliver a fully autonomous and touchless travel experience, every SkyLink booking remains standardized and fully supported by BCD’s expert agents.
Atyab Bhatti, cofounder and CEO at SkyLink expressed his enthusiasm: “We’re proud to partner with BCD Travel, a global leader in digital travel technology and service. By integrating BCD’s capabilities, we can seamlessly deploy into global travel programs. Together, we’re redefining the corporate traveler experience through modernization and collaboration, bringing best of breed technology to everyone.”
SkyLink is currently available for BCD’s large-scale customers in North America, with Europe and additional markets to follow.
SkyLink leverages a suite of leading AI technologies to deliver personalized, policy-compliant recommendations through a chat-based experience. This technology securely integrates directly into customers’ existing enterprise chat channels, such as Microsoft Teams and Slack. Travelers can instantly engage with the SkyLink application 24/7 to shop and complete reservations, modify or cancel existing reservations or find answers to important travel related questions.
“We are addressing traveler demand for efficiency and speed, while also driving cost savings and compliance for customers,” said Yannis Karmis, BCD’s senior vice president of Product Planning & Development. “SkyLink’s integration with our open platform creates a market leading engagement capability with travelers. Our partnership reinforces BCD’s commitment to offering flexible, innovative solutions that meet the unique needs of our customers’ program.”
SkyLink’s market-leading platform integrates with BCD’s robust Travel Commerce Platform, offering unparalleled flexibility and scalability. Designed to deliver a fully autonomous and touchless travel experience, every SkyLink booking remains standardized and fully supported by BCD’s expert agents.
Atyab Bhatti, cofounder and CEO at SkyLink expressed his enthusiasm: “We’re proud to partner with BCD Travel, a global leader in digital travel technology and service. By integrating BCD’s capabilities, we can seamlessly deploy into global travel programs. Together, we’re redefining the corporate traveler experience through modernization and collaboration, bringing best of breed technology to everyone.”
SkyLink is currently available for BCD’s large-scale customers in North America, with Europe and additional markets to follow.
