Discover what's new in Concur Travel for Q2 2026, including the availability of the new concur Travel in India, new air content with NDC fares, upgraded rail integration with SNCF, a new guest booking experience, increased flexibility for changing trips, and more. Plus, new details are available for Automatic Upgrades in Japan.
What’s new in Concur Travel?
The Q2 2026 product release delivers a new end-to-end booking experience for qualifying customers in India, including access to Cleartrip for Indigo, Spicejet, Air India Express, and Akasa Air content, and the ability to use the new one-way faring capability.
With this release, we have delivered key features, content, and innovation including:
- New air content with NDC fares being enabled on Sabre (Air France, KLM, Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, Brussels Airlines, Discover Airlines, Air Dolomiti) and Travelport (Qantas, Emirates, Singapore Airlines).
- Virtual Payment for air enables travelers to spend on pre-approved virtual card programs when booking air tickets, including Travelfusion carriers.
- Upgraded rail integration with SNCF (French rail): All existing customers that have SNCF content enabled will be upgraded to the new rail booking experience, with the integration to a single, more powerful aggregator: Trainline.
- SplitSave for UK Rail: UK rail journeys can be automatically split into multiple tickets once the user has selected the split option.
- New direct hotel content through Hotel Connector with the integration of Engine and TSI.
- Booking agent for car rental recommendations in Joule, enabling travelers to book rental cars directly within Joule using natural language while getting personalized recommendations and in-policy options. This helps ensure greater compliance and provides an enhanced, tailored experience.
- AI-assisted trip changes in Joule simplifies travel disruptions by helping employees manage flight, hotel, and car booking updates, checking policy compliance, and providing transparent cost insights upfront—saving travelers time and eliminating unexpected surprises.
Important: Changes to Release Communications – Effective July 2026
After July 2026, quarterly release details for the new Concur Travel will be posted exclusively here in the SAP Concur Community. Customer email notifications about features and functionalities will no longer be sent. Please bookmark the new Concur Travel resource page and the Release Notes to stay informed about upcoming updates.
Automatic Upgrades
As initially announced in the Release Notes for Automatic Upgrades, Concur Travel is automatically upgrading eligible customer configurations to the new Concur Travel.
- Automatic upgrades for customers’ eligible configurations will continue through 2026. Upgrades occur by travel vertical (air, car, hotel).
- Eligible configurations in the Japan market were automatically upgraded on June 23, 2026.
- Travelport GDS occurred in March 2026 for eligible configurations and markets (dependent upon Travelport + migration which is still ongoing for TMCs and customers).
- Amadeus GDS was completed in July 2025 for eligible configurations and markets.
- Sabre GDS was completed in April and May 2025 for eligible configurations and markets.
All timelines and upgrade conditions will be sourced on the Community Portal throughout the year.
What’s in it for you
The Q2 2026 release of the new Concur Travel delivers meaningful updates to the new travel booking experience by expanded it for our customers in India, including access to Cleartrip for Indigo, Spicejet, Air India Express, and Akasa Air content, and the ability to use the new one-way faring capability.
Expanded, modernized content
Customers gain access to a broader, more powerful content ecosystem that improves choice and compliance:
- New air content with more NDC fares being enabled
- New direct hotel content through Hotel Connector with the integration of Engine and TSI
- Upgraded rail integration with SNCF
This improved content depth ensures more competitive rates, better availability, and more options aligned with traveler preferences.
Greater flexibility and control
Leveraging AI, we continue to enhance traveler autonomy with new capabilities that reduce support costs, simplify change management, and provide better visibility and control over travel bookings:
- Virtual Payment for air
- SplitSave for UK Rail
- Booking agent for car rental recommendations in Joule
- AI-assisted trip changes in Joule
Where can I find more information?
To learn more about these options, access product enhancements, support documentation, and find answers to many of your questions, please check the following:
- The new Concur Travel Resource Page for updates and new information about the new Concur Travel experience and how to prepare your end users for this change.
- The new Concur Travel Eligibility Documentation . The roll-out of the new Concur Travel, and your eligibility, depends on your settings and features.
- Learn more in our FAQs:
- Check out the Concur Travel Admin Toolkits: This collection of assets and resources (including email templates, guides and infographics) has been created to help your users with their change management while transitioning to the new Concur Travel
- Check out this video to get a preview of the re-platformed Concur Travel and its new travel booking experience.
- View the latest Release Notes , which contain details of the updates to Concur Travel.
- For more information about recent innovations for SAP Concur solutions, view the SAP Roadmap Explorer .
