CWT API
CWT markets myCWT as an open API platform, but there is no public developer portal, published REST reference, or webhook layer; traveler profile feeds move over SFTP file drops. Most real-world integrations go through third-party booking tools like Concur, Cytric, and GetThere.
Frequently asked questions
CWT scores C on the API Report Card. CWT markets myCWT as an open API platform, but there is no public developer portal, published REST reference, or webhook layer; traveler profile feeds move over SFTP file drops. Most real-world integrations go through third-party booking tools like Concur, Cytric, and GetThere.
CWT has an official API, but teams routinely hit its limits: gated access, partial coverage, or paid tiers. Most end up supplementing it with exports or an unofficial API layer like Supergood.
CWT (operating brand of CWT Travel Holdings, Inc., formerly Carlson Wagonlit Travel) is a global business travel management company (TMC) that books, services, and analyzes corporate travel and meetings for multinational enterprises, mid-market employers, governments, and military/defense clients.
Vertical: Travel & Expense / Corporate Travel Management Company (TMC). Sub-segments: managed business travel, meetings & events, travel consulting & analytics. Online booking of air, hotel, car, and rail through the myCWT mobile app and web portal (also distributed via partner OBTs: SAP Concur Travel, Amadeus Cytric, Sabre GetThere, KDS Neo).
Large but contracting.
Yes, CWT holds and processes highly regulated, security-sensitive operating data for thousands of enterprise employers across 140+ countries.
~154 years old as a corporate brand (Wagons-Lits 1872 + Ask Mr. Foster 1888, merged 1994 as Carlson Wagonlit, rebranded CWT 2019, acquired by Amex GBT 2025).
No public self-serve developer portal, integration requires partner-program enrollment, NDAs, and a CWT account executive. No published REST API reference, OpenAPI spec, or Swagger documentation accessible without partner credentials. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include American Express GBT (parent of CWT post-2025), BCD Travel, FCM Travel (Flight Centre), Egencia (Amex GBT), Navan (formerly TripActions), SAP Concur. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.