Emburse Named “Expense Management Company of the Year” By TravelTech Breakthrough Awards

Leading market intelligence organization recognizes standout companies advancing next-generation travel technologies

DALLAS, May 6, 2026 –Emburse, the company defining Expense Intelligence through AI-powered travel and spend orchestration, today announced it has been recognized as “Expense Management Company of the Year” in the 4th annual TravelTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by TravelTech Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that evaluates and recognizes standout travel technology companies, products and services around the globe.

Emburse delivers AI-powered finance workflows that reduce waste, prevent abuse, and elevate employee experience across travel, expense, AP automation, analytics, and audit. With Expense Intelligence, Emburse helps organizations move beyond documenting past spend to orchestrating financial outcomes. Embedded AI automates receipt capture, categorization, compliance checks, and anomaly detection.

Emburse Reshop delivers savings through fully-automated cost optimization, powered by data and analytics. The platform continuously scans for cheaper flights and hotel rates and automatically rebooks them when savings are found, based on set requirements. Reshop also provides comprehensive analytics, including real-time savings performance and insights to adjust and drive more savings. The ability to benchmark travel spend across programs and audit preferred rates throughout the year is also available. These predictive analytics surface spend signals that inform budgeting, vendor negotiations, and strategic planning.

In addition, the recently launched Emburse Assurance proactively prevents incorrect, incomplete, or risky expense claims before they reach finance. It embeds intelligent compliance directly into the employee experience, reducing audit workloads while strengthening governance. AI-powered expense compliance supports reviewers by analyzing every receipt with context before and after submission, ensuring policies are consistently applied, spend is controlled, and finance teams are more confident.

“We believe finance teams shouldn’t just track expenses, they should anticipate the future. Our AI-powered, end-to-end travel and expense solutions help businesses move beyond outdated processes, providing a fundamental shift from detection to prevention and positioning us at the forefront of AI-powered expense innovation in an industry defined by fragmentation,” said Marne Martin, CEO of Emburse. “It’s a true honor to be named ‘Expense Management Company of the Year’ by TravelTech Breakthrough. We will continue to expand our ecosystem through fintech-aligned integrations and partnerships that simplify the travel experience while strengthening financial control.”

The mission of the annual TravelTech Breakthrough Awards program is to recognize the innovators transforming the global travel landscape through technology. The program conducts a comprehensive analysis of the companies, technologies and solutions redefining how travel businesses operate, engage customers and drive growth. From online booking and omnichannel experiences to AI-driven analytics, automation and in-destination innovation, these breakthrough solutions are enabling travel companies to adapt faster, operate smarter and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

“Emburse is transforming expense management. As expense volume grows, manual, post-submission reviews create inefficiency and rework, with finance teams losing time and valuable resources correcting mistakes. This takes time away from managing real risk that helps businesses stay ahead of risk,” said Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director of TravelTech Breakthrough Awards. “Emburse delivers unified, intelligent financial infrastructure designed for modern finance leaders. By introducing Emburse Assurance and embedding proactive AI governance into Expense Intelligence, Emburse is reshaping the industry and setting a new standard for modern expense management.”

About Emburse

Trusted globally by more than 12 million finance leaders, travel managers, and professionals, Emburse serves over 20,000 organizations in 200+ countries and territories — including Global 2000 enterprises, SMBs, public sector agencies, and nonprofits.

By proactively managing and accurately validating spend, Emburse ensures robust financial governance, enhanced compliance, and unsurpassed visibility into spend behaviors — all while dramatically streamlining the process for every employee.

Emburse Expense Intelligence is our AI-powered travel and spend orchestration platform. It transforms reactive expense management into infrastructure for strategic growth. Powered by Emburse AI, it orchestrates corporate spend across travel booking, reimbursements, AP, and payments, embedding dynamic policy controls and predictive insights directly into workflows. This real-time approach empowers organizations to adapt quickly, reduce risk, and guide spend before money leaves the business.

Emburse Expense Intelligence is more than a feature —it’s a unified software platform that enables finance teams to move from administrative oversight to strategic spend control.

To learn more about Emburse, visit www.emburse.com and follow @emburse.

About TravelTech Breakthrough

Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the TravelTech Breakthrough Awards program is the premier awards and recognition platform devoted to honoring excellence in travel technology products, services, and companies around the world. The TravelTech Breakthrough Awards provide public recognition for the achievements of travel technology companies and products in categories that include Property Management, Reservations Platforms, Airline Operations, Travel Analytics and more. For more information visit TravelTechBreakthrough.com.

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