Spend visibility is the ability to track, analyze, and report all corporate travel expenses to improve budgeting, compliance, and cost control.
In corporate travel, spend visibility refers to how clearly a company can see and understand its total travel expenditure. This includes tracking costs from flights, hotels, car rentals, meals, and other trip-related expenses—whether booked through preferred channels or outside them.
High spend visibility enables travel managers to identify savings opportunities, negotiate better supplier contracts, monitor policy compliance, and forecast budgets more accurately. Achieving it often involves integrating booking tools, expense management systems, and reporting dashboards to capture a complete picture of travel costs across the organization.