What TapTrip does

TapTrip is a UK-headquartered (Manchester) B2B travel software company founded in 2018 that builds online booking, profile, approval, expense tracking and related workflow tools used by travel management companies (TMCs) to bring business travel online for small and medium-sized businesses and for vertical specialist segments including marine, offshore, energy and resources companies. The platform is positioned as a white-label/productized layer for TMCs, enabling their corporate clients to search, book, approve and report on business travel without per-client bespoke implementations. The company was operationally small (11–50 employees), raised approximately $3.42M across three disclosed equity rounds between June 2018 and June 2020 from strategic backers including ATPI Limited (lead investor in the 2020 round), Barclays Corporate/Investment Banking, SFC Capital, Techstars, EasyJet and Founders Factory, indicating a distribution-led GTM anchored on TMC channel partnerships and a niche-vertical go-to-market rather than direct enterprise sales.

TapTrip's underlying technology appears to be a modular web and mobile travel platform combining inventory/content, booking, traveler profile, self-service portal, quality/compliance checks, approval workflow, document management, expense tracking and analytics modules — today surfaced as the ten-module TripStax platform (Content, Hotels, Profile, Portal, Quality Control, Approve, Docs, Track, Mobile, Analytics) following the company's acquisition/merger into TripStax. The technical architecture reads as a SaaS product layer with API-driven content/booking integrations and workflow tooling rather than an AI-native platform; no proprietary AI/ML, patents, or research outputs are disclosed in the source data. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and there is no evidence of usage-based or per-transaction pricing.

TapTrip appears to no longer operate as an independent entity. The taptrip.com domain now redirects to tripstax.com (returning a 404 page), and source data explicitly classifies the operating status as "acquired," indicating either an acquisition by TripStax or a rebrand/merger. Total disclosed funding is modest (~$3.42M), headcount was 11–50, and there is no disclosed revenue, ARR, or customer count beyond the implicit strategic anchor relationship with ATPI Limited. Implication: as a standalone entity, TapTrip was a small, channel-partnered vertical-TMC software vendor whose commercial gravity came primarily from its alliance with ATPI and a handful of niche-TMC customers; its current state is one of absorbed/ceased independent operations under the TripStax brand.

Name

TapTrip

Website

https://taptrip.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TapTrip is a Manchester, UK B2B travel software company (founded 2018) that builds modular online booking, approval and expense tools for travel management companies serving SMB, marine, energy and resources clients; it has since been absorbed into the TripStax platform and no longer operates independently.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Travel Management Software

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510), Travel Agencies (56151)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Travel Booking Platforms (Online Booking Tools/SME) (THALAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Travel & Expense Booking Platforms (BPAMAIAI), Online Booking & Reservation Platforms (B2B/B2C) (THALAMAA)

Keywords

• Business travel platform
• Corporate travel software
• Travel management technology
• SMB travel booking
• Marine sector travel

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

TapTrip provides an online business travel management platform that enables travel management companies to digitize corporate travel booking and servicing. The platform is positioned for SMBs and for specialized sectors including marine, energy, and resources companies, allowing TMCs to deliver online booking, policy enforcement, and travel program administration to corporate clients in segments typically underserved by mainstream corporate booking tools.

Product overview

TripStax is a modular travel management platform. The core platform is supplemented by ten add-on modules: Content, Hotels, Profile, Portal, Quality Control, Approve, Docs, Track, Mobile, and Analytics. These modules work together to provide a comprehensive travel management solution covering content management, booking, user profiles, self-service portals, compliance, approval workflows, documents, expense tracking, mobile access, and analytics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TapTrip Business Travel Platform

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TravelPerk: Leading all-in-one business travel and expense platform targeting SMBs and mid-market companies globally. Direct overlap with TapTrip's SME-focused online booking tool positioning and modular expense/booking approach.
• Navan (formerly TripActions): Corporate travel and expense management platform combining booking, corporate cards, and expense automation. Competes head-on with TapTrip in online corporate travel booking for growing businesses.
• Click Travel: UK-based corporate travel booking platform historically targeting mid-market and SME organizations. Strong geographic and product overlap with TapTrip's Manchester-based, SME-focused offering.
• TripStax: Modular travel management platform - Content, Hotels, Portal, Track, Approve, Analytics modules - into which TapTrip has been folded. The closest current comparator given the apparent operational merger.
• ATPI Griffinstone: One of the world's largest travel management companies with dedicated marine, energy, and resources divisions - TapTrip's target segments. Direct strategic alignment: ATPI is both an investor and a comparator for TapTrip's product.

Broad incumbents

• Travelport: Major GDS and corporate travel technology provider serving TMCs worldwide. Adjacent incumbent supplying underlying distribution infrastructure that online booking tools (including TapTrip's category) rely on.
• SAP Concur: Enterprise incumbent in corporate travel and expense management with global TMC distribution. Represents the legacy stack TapTrip positions against for mid-sized companies.
• Amadeus: Global travel technology incumbent providing GDS, corporate booking tools (Cytric Travel & Expense), and distribution. Broad incumbent in the same corporate travel technology TapTrip sells into.
• Egencia (Expedia Group): Corporate travel brand of Expedia Group serving mid-market and enterprise TMCs with an online booking platform. Broad incumbent in the same SMB-to-enterprise corporate travel segment TapTrip targets.

Emerging players

• Hotel Engine: Business lodging booking platform focused on SMB and workforces in industries with project-based travel. Overlaps TapTrip's energy/marine/resource vertical through similar traveler profiles and simplified online booking.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/taptrip

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors7 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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