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Corporate Traveller vs Stayntouch

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Corporate Traveller

Travel

SME travel management from Flight Centre, combining the Melon booking platform with a named consultant

From
On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Stayntouch logo

Stayntouch

Travel

Cloud property management system for independent hotels

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Corporate Traveller service quality depends heavily on the individual consultant assigned, and a consultant leaving is a real disruption because the relationship rather than the software carries the institutional knowledge.; Stayntouch quote-only pricing scaled by rooms, with no published rates
  • They diverge on capability: Corporate Traveller covers Melon booking platform, Stayntouch covers Mobile check-in.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Corporate Traveller and Stayntouch actually diverge.

Attributes where Corporate Traveller and Stayntouch differ
AttributeCorporate TravellerStayntouch
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android, Cloud

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Travel).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Corporate Traveller

  • Melon booking platform
  • Dedicated consultant
  • Trip Proposals
  • Negotiated fare access
  • Spend reporting
  • Traveller tracking

Only in Stayntouch

  • Mobile check-in
  • Guest self-service
  • Cloud PMS
  • Open API
  • Housekeeping
  • Payments

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Corporate Traveller

  • A fifty-person firm with no travel manager that needs someone to fix a stranded traveller at 2amnot Stayntouch
  • An SME wanting airline and hotel rates it could not negotiate on its own volumenot Stayntouch
  • A business whose arrangers book for executives and want option sets proposed rather than searchednot Stayntouch
  • A company introducing a travel policy for the first time and needing it enforced at bookingnot Stayntouch

Stayntouch

  • Hotels wanting to check guests in away from a fixed desknot Corporate Traveller
  • Properties reducing lobby queuing at peak arrivalnot Corporate Traveller
  • Independents replacing an on-premise PMS with cloudnot Corporate Traveller

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Corporate Traveller

  • Service quality depends heavily on the individual consultant assigned, and a consultant leaving is a real disruption because the relationship rather than the software carries the institutional knowledge.
  • Agency revenue includes supplier commissions and overrides that are not disclosed to the client, so the cheapest option for you and the most profitable option for the agency are not always the same booking.
  • Melon is competent but narrower than TravelPerk or Navan on self-service features, and companies that genuinely want no human involvement will resent paying for one.
  • Consultant-assisted bookings carry meaningfully higher fees than online ones, and the fee mix is where an apparently cheap contract turns expensive.
  • It operates through separate country entities with different content, contracts and service hours, so a multi-country roll-out is several negotiations rather than one.

Stayntouch

  • Quote-only pricing scaled by rooms, with no published rates
  • Mobile-first depends on property-wide wireless coverage that many older hotels do not have
  • A smaller vendor than the major PMS providers, with a narrower integration ecosystem
  • Strongest in North America, with less coverage elsewhere

Pricing, plan by plan

Corporate Traveller

On request
  • Corporate Traveller$undefined/year
    • Transaction fees per online and per consultant-assisted booking
    • Melon platform typically bundled with the service
    • Supplier commissions and overrides retained by the agency

Stayntouch

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Stayntouch review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Corporate Traveller if

  • You need melon booking platform.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want dedicated consultant.
Corporate Traveller review

Choose Stayntouch if

  • You need mobile check-in.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Cloud.
  • You also want guest self-service.
Stayntouch review

Questions people ask

Is Corporate Traveller or Stayntouch better?
Neither clearly leads. Corporate Traveller starts at On request and Stayntouch at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Corporate Traveller or Stayntouch?
Corporate Traveller starts at On request and Stayntouch at On request.
Does Corporate Traveller or Stayntouch run on more platforms?
Corporate Traveller runs on Web, iOS, Android. Stayntouch runs on Web, iOS, Android, Cloud.
What is Corporate Traveller best used for?
Corporate Traveller is most often used for a fifty-person firm with no travel manager that needs someone to fix a stranded traveller at 2am, an sme wanting airline and hotel rates it could not negotiate on its own volume, a business whose arrangers book for executives and want option sets proposed rather than searched, a company introducing a travel policy for the first time and needing it enforced at booking. Of those, a fifty-person firm with no travel manager that needs someone to fix a stranded traveller at 2am and an sme wanting airline and hotel rates it could not negotiate on its own volume are not what Stayntouch is typically brought in for.
What can Corporate Traveller do that Stayntouch cannot?
Corporate Traveller covers Melon booking platform, Dedicated consultant, Trip Proposals, Negotiated fare access. Stayntouch covers Mobile check-in, Guest self-service, Cloud PMS, Open API.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Corporate Traveller: Can I buy Melon without the consultant service?

No. Melon is sold as part of the managed Corporate Traveller service, not as standalone software.

Stayntouch: What does Stayntouch cost?

Quoted per property by room count; not published.

Corporate Traveller: Who owns it?

Flight Centre Travel Group, listed in Australia. Corporate Traveller is its SME brand, distinct from FCM which serves large enterprises.

Stayntouch: What does mobile-first actually change?

Check-in happens on a tablet anywhere in the property or on the guest's own phone, rather than at a fixed counter, which changes both queuing and front-desk staffing.

Corporate Traveller: Does it disclose supplier commissions?

Not by default. If commission transparency matters, ask for it explicitly in the contract before signing.

Stayntouch: What does it need to work well?

Reliable property-wide wireless. A mobile-first PMS is only as good as the network it runs on.

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