Atlas Travel launched a new benchmarking service

Travel management company initially using data from seven travel agencies encompassing more than $1 billion in corporate travel spending. It will be offered to corporate travel professionals and any other TMC using Cornerstone's iBank Travel Management System. A future enhancement will allow TMCs to use a standard XML transmission. "The strategy is to build the world's largest benchmarking database so all TMCs and their clients can have a diverse travel database available for generating their own report cards on how well their travel program and their TMC is performing," according to a statement by Atlas chief technology officer Rock Blanco.