DingTalk, Gaode, and Alipay join hands on corporate travel

After completing business trips, employees no longer need to worry about organizing invoices, finance departments can avoid the tedious task of reconciling hundreds of scattered receipts, and companies can save significant expenses—this efficient scenario is becoming a reality on DingTalk. The recently launched "AI Business Travel" feature on DingTalk aims to address pain points in travel management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

On January 20, DingTalk released version 8.2.5, officially launching the "AI Business Travel" product developed jointly by DingTalk, Gaode Map (Amap), and Alipay. All enterprise users can simply search keywords such as "AI Business Travel," "Travel Transportation," "Air Tickets," or "Hotels" within the latest version of DingTalk to activate the service for free, with no prepayment or additional fees required. This update also fully rolls out intelligent features including AI Print and AI Listen & Transcribe with simultaneous interpretation.

Reducing Business Travel Costs for SMEs

DingTalk's AI Business Travel is specifically designed for SMEs with fewer than 500 employees. It integrates Amap's ride-hailing services and Alipay's corporate payment capabilities, covering four core business travel scenarios: flights, hotels, train tickets, and transportation. Compared to other business travel platforms, AI Business Travel connects directly to major hotel chains such as Jinjiang, Home Inn, Dongcheng, Atour, and Yaste, ensuring lower room rates. Its built-in AI price comparison function automatically searches prices across multiple platforms and instantly displays various hotel quotes, helping users quickly identify the best option.

For frequently traveling employees, the AI travel assistant greatly simplifies itinerary planning: just describe your needs in one sentence—even complex multi-city routes—and an optimal plan will be generated within 30 seconds, automatically creating a travel request and eliminating manual form-filling.

Even more convenient is the "seamless reimbursement" transportation feature, co-developed by DingTalk and Amap. After submitting an outbound or business trip application, employees can hail a ride directly from the approval form or by searching "Amap Ride-Hailing." Upon completion of the trip, the invoice and trip details are automatically linked to the corresponding approval form, completely eliminating the need for manual receipt collection. On the payment side, leveraging Alipay’s corporate payment code, employees don’t need to pay upfront, and companies can enable this functionality as needed.

For business managers, AI Business Travel offers professional travel control tools that support customized travel policies, such as setting flight booking times, hotel price ranges, and train seat classes. The system also generates detailed spending reports and rankings by department or employee, enabling visibility and control over travel costs.

The HR lead at Hangzhou robotics company "Yuanli Infinite" compared prices between DingTalk and other platforms and immediately decided to adopt the service. He said: "DingTalk not only covers all major hotel chains comprehensively but also offers highly competitive pricing." One month after implementation, the company reduced its end-to-end process cycle—from application to reimbursement—from 10 days to just 3 days, saving approximately 150,000 RMB in travel expenses that month.

Is Printing Too Expensive and Complicated?

DingTalk AI Print integrates design and printing processes for corporate materials directly into the DingTalk platform, offering a full-service experience from AI-generated content and design refinement to one-click printing and logistics delivery—making poster design and printing as simple, efficient, and low-cost as online shopping.

The days of relying on outsourced designers, comparing multiple printing quotes, and struggling with untraceable logistics are over. Now, even operations or marketing staff without any design experience can generate professional-grade posters in minutes and place orders with one click, connecting directly to six major printing factories nationwide. Mainstream materials like pull-up banners, color flyers, and brochures are fully supported, priced significantly lower than traditional print shops, with same-day or half-day delivery available in major cities.

Jiang Ying’an, CEO of Hangzhou Fuyiba Network Technology Co., Ltd., said: "Previously, producing a single pull-up banner involved repeated price inquiries and coordination. Now, everything is done in one place. Combining AI design with integrated logistics has全面提升 quality, efficiency, and delivery reliability. We’ve eliminated the hassle of price comparisons and significantly improved output quality and productivity."

Don't Speak the Language? No Problem.

In version 8.2.5, DingTalk further enhances its AI Listen & Transcribe feature, strengthening real-time translation and simultaneous interpretation capabilities during audio and video meetings. Whether in face-to-face conversations or cross-border video conferences, users can now hear translated dialogue instantly, allowing them to confidently navigate overseas travel or meetings even with limited foreign language skills.

The newly added face-to-face simultaneous interpretation supports both translated subtitles and voice output. Users simply wear standard Bluetooth earphones to achieve real-time two-way translation among Chinese, English, Japanese, and other languages. They can also set left and right audio channels to play different languages—each person wears one earphone—and communicate smoothly. In DingTalk video conferences, the system supports multilingual bidirectional simultaneous interpretation, allowing each participant to choose their preferred language, effectively letting everyone “listen in their native tongue.” After the meeting, transcripts and to-do items are automatically generated, significantly improving cross-border collaboration efficiency.

A manager at a Hangzhou outdoor living products company said: "We have manufacturing bases in China and Vietnam, and subsidiaries and distributors in North America and Europe. Our meetings often involve multiple departments, countries, and languages. With AI interpretation, we no longer rely on professional translators and can now hold seamless weekly and monthly communications."

From AI Business Travel to AI Print, and on to AI Listen & Transcribe, DingTalk is using AI technology to bring professional-grade services—once accessible only to large enterprises—down to a broader base of SMEs, making business travel easier, printing more convenient, and international communication smoother, reducing costs while truly freeing up time and energy for every employee.

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