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On September 25, 2025, Travel Planet announces the arrival of Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, former delegated minister in charge of Transport, at the head of its strategic council. This appointment marks a key milestone for the company founded ten years ago in Sophia Antipolis, near Nice in Provence, and specialized in business travel and technology applied to mobility. With the mission to unify public and private stakeholders and accelerate international development, particularly in Japan and Morocco, Travel Planet relies on its Click & Control and SAAS Makitizy platforms to strengthen its leadership in serving businesses, agencies, and transport operators.
By entrusting the presidency of its strategic council to Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, Travel Planet combines top-tier public expertise with a sustained innovation trajectory. The former minister brings a fine understanding of the infrastructure, regulation, and environmental transition issues that shape mobility and business travel. This complementarity strengthens the company’s ability to anticipate market developments, structure long-term partnerships, and open new corridors for international growth.
A public profile serving a private ambition
The added value of this appointment lies in the articulation between strategic vision and operational deployment. Jean-Baptiste Djebbari‘s background fosters dialogue with authorities, transport operators, and major accounts, within a framework of unifying public and private stakeholders. From multimodality to decarbonizing business travel, his experience provides a concrete lever to secure complex integrations, negotiate distribution agreements, and accelerate the market launch of new functionalities.
A unifying mission to accelerate internationalization
For Betty Seroussi, president of Travel Planet, the mission entrusted to Jean-Baptiste Djebbari aims to structure a network of partners and institutions to support the company in its next growth phases. The objective: consolidate alliances, streamline regulatory validation processes, and anchor Travel Planet’s value proposition in strategic markets, primarily Japan and Morocco, where a subsidiary is already established.
Focus on Japan and Morocco
In Japan, the challenge is to integrate into a demanding and highly digitized transport ecosystem, combining rail, air, and business hospitality within a rigorous compliance framework. In Morocco, a natural springboard to Africa and the Mediterranean coast, the growth of business travel and investments in infrastructure provide fertile ground for service expansion. In both cases, the ability to unify local partners, adapt workflows, and deliver international service standards will be crucial.
Sophia Antipolis, a strategic foothold at the heart of mobility
Based in Sophia Antipolis, near Nice, at the heart of Provence, Travel Planet operates in a territory recognized for its density of technological skills and international openness. The presence of a major development center for Amadeus contributes to a fertile environment: R&D synergies, access to specialized talent, a data and API culture, as well as proximity to key partners in distribution and travel content processing.
An ecosystem that accelerates innovation
This context fosters short experimentation cycles, rapid integration of new software components, and co-innovation with transport actors and business travel agencies. The Côte d’Azur ecosystem, conducive to collaborative projects, supports the maturity development of products, from architecture to interfaces, while ensuring high levels of performance, security, and compliance.
Ten years of innovations for business travel
In a decade, Travel Planet has established itself as a reference in business travel by combining industry expertise and technological excellence. Its Click & Control platform offers a unified experience that orchestrates all components of a business trip: transport, hospitality, catering, vehicle rentals, as well as expense management and budget control. At the same time, the SAAS Makitizy offering, distributed under license, targets transport operators wishing to optimize their distribution and enrich their service catalog.
Click & Control, the cockpit of business travel
Click & Control centralizes booking, compliance with travel policies, payment management, and data consolidation. Finance and procurement departments find a lever to control costs, while HR teams improve traveler experience and travel safety. Reporting functionalities, including emissions analysis and performance indicator monitoring, enable data-driven decision-making and encourage more responsible mobility choices.
Makitizy, a SAAS component for operators
With SAAS Makitizy, Travel Planet provides operators with a modular solution for distribution: inventory management, pricing, multiple integrations, and advanced commercialization scenarios. This component naturally integrates with B2B channels and the needs of business travel agencies, enhancing their service coverage, speed to market, and pricing relevance.
Tangible benefits for businesses and agencies
Agencies and client companies gain a direct advantage from this unified architecture: optimized service distribution, smooth user journeys, reduced administrative friction, and better visibility on contractual commitments. Travel Planet‘s approach encourages standardization of processes, compatibility with financial tools, and enhanced service quality for travelers.
Governance, performance, and sustainability
The combination of data and operational governance allows for precise management: dashboards, policy control, cost tracking, carbon footprint measurement, and modal shift strategies (priority to rail when relevant). By integrating these dimensions, Travel Planet supports its clients in a trajectory where economic performance and sustainability goals mutually reinforce each other.
A strengthened governance dynamic
The arrival of Jean-Baptiste Djebbari to the strategic council is accompanied by a more robust structuring of decision-making mechanisms: framing product priorities, investment arbitrations, risk supervision, and alignment with regulatory requirements from different markets. This dynamic reinforces Travel Planet‘s capacity to execute its roadmap with rigor and maintain a high level of trust with its partners and clients.
Milestones and calendar
Officially announced on September 25, 2025, this announcement illustrates the maturity achieved by Travel Planet after ten years of continuous innovation. It already generates keen interest within the mobility and business travel ecosystem, reflecting the growing role of the company in the technological transformation of the sector, from Sophia Antipolis to the priority international markets of Japan and Morocco.
