Breakout | Business Travel, Transformed — Turning Expense Data into Strategic Insight | Nordic Business Travel Summit (NBTS) 2026

Breakout | Business Travel, Transformed — Turning Expense Data into Strategic Insight

Tuesday March 17, 2026 11:45 - 12:15 CET Breakout session - Hong Kong

Breakout Sessions: Business Travel, Transformed — Turning Expense Data into Strategic Insight

Innovation in travel is not only automation, it is applied intelligence. This session shows how AI and real-time expense signals turn day-to-day transactions into timely decisions. We focus on how teams can forecast spend, detect patterns early, and tune policies in response to what is actually happening.

What you will take away:

How to predict spend and spot emerging trends at category, route, and team level
Ways to adjust policies dynamically based on thresholds, benchmarks, and exceptions
Practical methods to surface insights that drive smarter, more efficient travel programs

This is a hands-on look at using expense data to steer the program in real time, moving from dashboards to action.

Lecturers

Marne Martin LecturerGold

CEO of Emburse
Emburse

Marne Martin, Chief Executive Officer

Marne Martin brings over 25 years of technology leadership, driving profitable growth, market expansion, and strong brand recognition for both public and private software companies. She has extensive experience leading organizations through IPOs, go-privates, M&A, and strategic transformations.

Before her current role, Marne served on the leadership team at IFS, most recently as Chief Strategy Officer and President. She previously held senior executive roles including CEO of ServicePower PLC and CFO of Norcon PLC.

Marne holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Finance from Georgetown University, an MBA from Purdue University, and a Master’s in International Management from ESCP-EAP. Her guiding principle: make a meaningful impact by boldly solving problems and delivering results for companies, industries, and the world.

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