The Scan: iRiS lobby app, ResponseTap’s web tracking, Concur expense study and other travel tech news

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Response Tap, FCm, HRG, Multicom, Vayant, Iris, Portman Travel, KDS, Conferma and Concur are mentioned in our special round-up of news and briefs you may have missed from the Travel Technology and Business Travel Shows last week.

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Door-to-door killer app for corporate travellers unveiled

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Following initial announcements about a “killer app” and pilot testing last year, travel and expense management software house KDS has officially launched its door-to-door corporate booking tool Neo.

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KDS heralds killer application for business travel

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Corporate travel and expense management specialist KDS has hopes of ‘mass adoption’ for its latest development, Project Neo, which will be released next year

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SilverRail captures $15M funding round, wants to make rail tickets as easy to book as air

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One of the biggest investment rounds so far in 2012 in travel revealed today with news that SilverRail Technologies has secured a $15 million in B Series funding.

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Concur completes $287M note offering, eyes acquisitions

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Concur, which operates a spend management solution and the Concur Cliqbook Travel corporate self-booking tool, closed on a $287.5 million convertible senior note offering April 6 and intends to use net proceeds of $279 million “for general corporate purposes, including potential acquisitions and strategic transactions.”

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