Stealth travel limits visibility to those who need to know

Corporate travel can be highly sensitive. Perhaps a CEO needs to meet with a board candidate, or a mergers and acquisitions team needs to negotiate a deal in person without spreading rumors.

If travel needs to be confidential, organizations need the ability to limit who can see travel information, and who can take action on behalf of a traveler.

Spotnana has developed an industry-first capability for stealth travel to address this need. Powered by our enhanced role-based access control, stealth travel makes designated travelers and their trips completely invisible to unauthorized users.

Organizations and travel management companies (TMCs) can assign stealth administrators, stealth travel agents, and stealth arrangers to manage these travelers and their trips securely, without compromising oversight or efficiency.

Stealth travel, seamlessly managed

When a user is designated as a stealth traveler, their information will not be visible in the following areas unless a user has specific roles and permissions:

• Profile and search: Stealth travelers won’t appear in user lists, search results, or the user management tools available through the People menu.
• Trips and dashboards: Past, current, and future bookings will remain hidden.
• Reporting and analytics: Travel spend and other data related to stealth travelers is automatically excluded from all company reports.
• Third-party integrations: Travel data is excluded from external feeds to integrated tools, preventing information from extending beyond Spotnana’s travel platform.

If an organization has 105 travelers and five are designated as stealth travelers, a standard administrator will only see the 100 non-stealth travelers and the spend associated with them. Only an authorized stealth administrator has visibility into the complete traveler roster and the organization’s full spend, maintaining confidentiality without compromising control.

Purpose-built roles manage access to sensitive information

Stealth travel ensures your most sensitive business initiatives stay protected at every stage of the journey.

With Spotnana’s role-based access control framework, TMCs and corporations can create dedicated groups to manage stealth travel. For example, groups can be created for:

• Stealth admins: Can view stealth traveler profiles and access reporting that includes spend associated with stealth travelers.
• Stealth agents: Specialized agents who can support stealth travelers and manage their tasks in the servicing queue without exposing those travelers to the broader TMC team.
• Stealth arrangers: Designated assistants approved to book travel for specific stealth travelers.

To further protect privacy, companions traveling with a stealth traveler automatically inherit stealth status for that trip, ensuring confidentiality is maintained across every associated booking.

When confidentiality matters most

When does stealth travel make the biggest impact? Often at the executive level.

If a C-suite leader or specialized deal team begins traveling frequently to a particular city, that activity alone can send unintended signals internally or externally. It may point to:

• Pending merger and acquisition (M&A) activity before a public announcement.
• Negotiations for strategic partnerships or major customer deals.
• Strategic expansion into new markets ahead of competitors.

Higher visibility for executive travel can also introduce security risks for a corporation.

Stealth travel addresses these scenarios with an industry-first approach, providing elevated security through advanced role-based access control. The result is seamless protection for high-stakes travel, without disrupting the booking or servicing experience.

Interested in exploring a travel platform that supports stealth travel? Request a demo today.