Tumodo, the MENA-based online B2B travel platform, today announced the launch of Theo, an AI conversational analyst integrated directly into its corporate travel ecosystem. Theo is available today to all Tumodo customers inside the web platform, in every language the service supports.
Theo covers the questions travel managers and finance teams ask most: spending and how it’s changing, cost breakdowns by department and service type, the most-used destinations, carriers, and hotels, refund activity, and travel-policy violations. It remembers the thread of a conversation, so a follow-up like “and last month?” or “compare that to rail” builds on the previous answer instead of starting over.
Beyond flagging where the current policy is being broken, Theo can also help travel managers see where the policy itself no longer fits how the company actually travels. It suggests changes to rules and booking approaches based on that.
Global travel spend is projected to hit $1
69 trillion in 2026, yet only around a third of organisations have automated their travel expense management or post-trip reporting. Most travel and finance professionals still spend over 30 minutes filing a single expense report, and close to a third say the process remains entirely manual.
Out-of-policy bookings, meanwhile, are estimated to cost the average enterprise nearly 15% of total travel spend, much of it invisible until a report finally surfaces weeks later.
How Theo Works
Theo runs on large language model technology paired with Tumodo’s own travel data.
Instead of guessing at a number, it runs the actual calculation against a company’s real records, then decides how best to show the result — a short answer, a chart for trends and comparisons, or a table for a detailed breakdown. Users can keep digging with follow-up questions or choose from suggested next steps, without having to re-describe what they’re looking for each time.
Theo doesn’t replace Tumodo’s existing analytics tools. A data cut that would normally require a request to the analytics team, and sometimes development work to add to the standard dashboards, Theo can put together on the spot, just by asking.
In an anonymised format, Theo can also show how a company’s travel spend compares with similar companies on the platform. Making it possible to see where a travel programme is off pace with what’s working elsewhere and adjust it accordingly.
Theo only sees what the person asking is allowed to see under their existing Tumodo permissions, and it works in read-only mode: it analyses travel data but does not book, pay for, confirm, or cancel trips. Amounts are shown in the user’s currency, and dates follow the user’s time zone. If Theo can’t confirm what a given user has permission to see, it simply stays silent instead of guessing.
Based on internal tests, Tumodo says clients who consistently act on those recommendations could see savings of 3-10% of their travel budget.
Reporting is the other place Theo saves time. Summaries by period, department, and supplier that used to mean an export and hours in a spreadsheet now take a few questions in a chat.
Vladimir Kokorin, founder of Tumodo, said: “Before, going from a question like ‘how much are we spending on hotels this quarter’ to an actual number meant an export, a set of filters, and a pivot table. Now it’s one message in a chat. It works in both directions: our personal account managers see the same data, so clients hear where they could save before the quarter closes. Analytics is where we’re starting, Theo will be joined by other agents that take on more of what our clients need.”
Tumodo’s personal account managers, who work directly with client companies, will also use Theo to spot where travel budgets are leaking. From overpriced routes and suppliers to recurring policy violations, they will turn that into specific recommendations.
Theo is the first release from Tumodo’s broader push into AI travel tools
The company’s plans for AI go further: the company says it will soon add AI-assisted search and booking across the whole Tumodo inventory, tools built specifically for accountants, and “super-agents” that take over routine but valuable tasks. They will monitor prices and seat availability on a route a client is watching or send scheduled updates on important events, like a weekly report on travel-policy violations.
The shift Theo represents goes beyond one product. Recent research argues that 2026 is the year when AI in corporate travel has to earn its keep, moving past one-off booking assistants toward tools that work across a company’s entire travel program. Tumodo’s view is similar: the advantage in B2B travel will go to whoever lets a travel manager ask a straight question and get a straight answer back.
About Tumodo
Based in the UAE, Tumodo is an online B2B travel platform that helps businesses manage and optimise corporate travel. The platform combines AI algorithms, a user-friendly interface, and round-the-clock support to let companies plan and book trips in minutes, with savings of up to 35% on travel costs.
