managedtrips.com

What It Is

Centrav is an airline ticketing consolidator platform for travel advisors, with the site clearly stating: “We only service travel advisors.” It is not a general-purpose corporate travel SaaS product; rather, it is an industry tool that helps travel agents search, book, and sell airline tickets. Its key selling point is its role as an air consolidator with more than 33 years of experience, claiming contracts with over 77 airlines and access to special fares, commissionable fares, and published fares.

Core Features

Based on the captured content, the platform’s core functionality is flight search and booking. Search options include round-trip, one-way, multi-city, nearby airports, multiple cabin classes, adult/child/infant passenger counts, nonstop filters, excluding Basic Economy, selecting specific airlines or alliances such as SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld, as well as setting maximum/minimum connection times and flexible dates. There are also entries for Trip Builder, Group Request, Reports, and Manage Agents. For group requests, users can specify the trip type—such as leisure, corporate, sports team, student, cruise, humanitarian, or religious travel—and record details such as date flexibility, preferred flights, and whether it is a repeat group.

Pricing and Support

The site does not disclose plans, platform subscription fees, transaction fees, or commission-sharing rules, so the actual cost structure cannot be assessed. In terms of support, it offers a Knowledge Base, Centrav Academy training, and Emergency After Hours Support, indicating a certain level of operational and after-sales support for travel advisors. The training content emphasizes becoming a “Centrav Air Specialist,” which may be useful for agents with limited experience selling air tickets.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths include a clear industry focus, a wide range of fare types, a relatively complete workflow for agents selling airline tickets, plus group quote requests and training resources. The advanced filters also fit real-world ticketing sales scenarios. The drawbacks are that publicly available information is limited in areas commonly expected from business software: there is no clear explanation of third-party integrations, APIs, permission granularity, data security and compliance, or deployment model, and pricing is not transparent. For companies that need system integration, travel approval workflows, budget control, or China-local payment and invoicing, the available information is insufficient.

Best Fit and Access from China

Centrav is better suited to overseas travel agencies, independent travel advisors, and ticketing agents serving cruise, student, religious, or sports team groups. It is less suitable for ordinary individual flight booking or standard corporate travel management. Access from China is not addressed in the reviewed content and would need to be tested directly; payment methods are also not disclosed. If you are looking for alternatives in the Chinese market, consider local corporate travel platforms such as Ctrip Corporate Travel, or international GDS/flight API solutions such as Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, and Duffel.