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WTMC Aims to Upend Distribution & Financial ModelsWTMC CEO Sarosh Waghmar is breaking away from entrenched corporate travel industry paradigms by building proprietary... Keep ReadingDelta Adds Communication Tools for Travel BuyersBy Michael B. BakerDelta has added to its Delta Edge suite an opt-in Communication Cockpit tool for travel managers. Companies can add their... Keep ReadingLufthansa Reports Record Profit in 2017By Michael B. BakerLufthansa Group revenue increased 12.7 percent in 2017 to 35.6 billion euros, pushing its earnings before taxes and... Keep ReadingPost-Merger: AccorHotels' Growth in North America & How It's Leveraging FRHI's LegacyThis summer will mark two years since AccorHotels acquired the FRHI brand. The deal immediately gave Accor presence in... Keep ReadingOmni Names New PresidentBy Amanda MetcalfOmni Hotels & Resorts chief marketing officer & SVP of sales Peter Strebel is now president of the company. He takes over... Keep ReadingFive Kinds of Expense Fraud & How AI Can HelpBy AppZen CEO Anant KaleEvery corporation wants to believe its organization is well run and all its employees have good intentions. The majority... Keep ReadingAir Ticket Sales Rose 7.7 Percent Year Over Year in FebruaryBy Dawit HabtemariamThe consolidated dollar value of airline ticket sales sold by U.S. travel agencies rose 7.7 percent year over year in... Keep ReadingIHG Buys Majority Stake in Luxury Hotel CompanyBy Amanda MetcalfInterContinental Hotels Group has agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in Taiwan-based Regent Hotels & Resorts from... Keep ReadingU.S. Airfares Reverse Downward Trend in FebruaryBy Michael B. BakerU.S. airfares edged up 0.6 percent from January to February on a seasonally adjusted basis, ending a streak of three... Keep ReadingSAP Concur Betas Two Slack Chatbots for Travel & ExpenseBy JoAnn DeLunaSAP Concur has launched beta versions of two chatbots with Slack, following last year's expense chatbot pilot with the... Keep ReadingReport: Intermediaries Contribute to Meetings Costs & It Will Only Get WorseBy Julie SickelThe cost to hotels for groups and meetings has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years. According to a report from... Keep ReadingMore Articles Business Travel News By SectionDistributionDelta Plans NDC Solution Launch by Year-EndSpotnana Establishes Singapore Airlines NDC Direct ConnectSabre to Offer Air Tanzania NDC ContentGlobalLOT Polish Airlines Joins Southwest's Int'l PartnersMastercard, Citi Expand Travel Virtual Cards Capabilities to BrazilReport: State Dept. Plans to Revoke Up to 200K Visas from Asylum SeekersLodgingJD Power: Guest Rooms Lift Third-Party Hotel SatisfactionRosewood Hires New Global SVP of CommercialChoice Names Dragisich Permanent CEOPayment & ExpenseEmburse Expands Spend Platform to AustraliaExpensify Integrates with ERP Startup RilletNium Expands Card Issuance to U.S.MeetingsSpotnana Acquires Meetings Platform TroopMGME Acquires Key Meetings & EventsEngine Expands Group Booking CapabilitiesTechnologyAmadeus Partners with Anthropic for Tool Integration, Developer AccessAdvito Launches Service to Guide AI AdoptionPerk MCP Enables Travel, Expense Actions in AI AssistantsTransportationUber to Lay Off 10 Percent of WorkforceEmirates Adds Premium Economy Privacy ScreensSixt Adds Dallas, Boise Airport LocationsManagementAcai Launches AI HelpdeskHealix: LGBTQ+ Travel Risks Worsen in Africa, Middle EastHotels.com Introduces Booking Controls for Business TravelersProcurementAmerican Express Agrees to Acquire CenterAir New Zealand CEO Foran to DepartAmadeus: Q4 Air Distribution Revenue Spikes Amid 'Gradual' NDC Adoption RRManagement rrtestprocurement
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Post-Merger: AccorHotels' Growth in North America & How It's Leveraging FRHI's LegacyThis summer will mark two years since AccorHotels acquired the FRHI brand. The deal immediately gave Accor presence in... Keep ReadingOmni Names New PresidentBy Amanda MetcalfOmni Hotels & Resorts chief marketing officer & SVP of sales Peter Strebel is now president of the company. He takes over... Keep ReadingFive Kinds of Expense Fraud & How AI Can HelpBy AppZen CEO Anant KaleEvery corporation wants to believe its organization is well run and all its employees have good intentions. The majority... Keep ReadingAir Ticket Sales Rose 7.7 Percent Year Over Year in FebruaryBy Dawit HabtemariamThe consolidated dollar value of airline ticket sales sold by U.S. travel agencies rose 7.7 percent year over year in... Keep ReadingIHG Buys Majority Stake in Luxury Hotel CompanyBy Amanda MetcalfInterContinental Hotels Group has agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in Taiwan-based Regent Hotels & Resorts from... Keep ReadingU.S. Airfares Reverse Downward Trend in FebruaryBy Michael B. BakerU.S. airfares edged up 0.6 percent from January to February on a seasonally adjusted basis, ending a streak of three... Keep ReadingSAP Concur Betas Two Slack Chatbots for Travel & ExpenseBy JoAnn DeLunaSAP Concur has launched beta versions of two chatbots with Slack, following last year's expense chatbot pilot with the... Keep ReadingReport: Intermediaries Contribute to Meetings Costs & It Will Only Get WorseBy Julie SickelThe cost to hotels for groups and meetings has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years. According to a report from... Keep ReadingMore Articles Business Travel News By SectionDistributionDelta Plans NDC Solution Launch by Year-EndSpotnana Establishes Singapore Airlines NDC Direct ConnectSabre to Offer Air Tanzania NDC ContentGlobalLOT Polish Airlines Joins Southwest's Int'l PartnersMastercard, Citi Expand Travel Virtual Cards Capabilities to BrazilReport: State Dept. Plans to Revoke Up to 200K Visas from Asylum SeekersLodgingJD Power: Guest Rooms Lift Third-Party Hotel SatisfactionRosewood Hires New Global SVP of CommercialChoice Names Dragisich Permanent CEOPayment & ExpenseEmburse Expands Spend Platform to AustraliaExpensify Integrates with ERP Startup RilletNium Expands Card Issuance to U.S.MeetingsSpotnana Acquires Meetings Platform TroopMGME Acquires Key Meetings & EventsEngine Expands Group Booking CapabilitiesTechnologyAmadeus Partners with Anthropic for Tool Integration, Developer AccessAdvito Launches Service to Guide AI AdoptionPerk MCP Enables Travel, Expense Actions in AI AssistantsTransportationUber to Lay Off 10 Percent of WorkforceEmirates Adds Premium Economy Privacy ScreensSixt Adds Dallas, Boise Airport LocationsManagementAcai Launches AI HelpdeskHealix: LGBTQ+ Travel Risks Worsen in Africa, Middle EastHotels.com Introduces Booking Controls for Business TravelersProcurementAmerican Express Agrees to Acquire CenterAir New Zealand CEO Foran to DepartAmadeus: Q4 Air Distribution Revenue Spikes Amid 'Gradual' NDC Adoption RRManagement rrtestprocurement
Omni Names New PresidentBy Amanda MetcalfOmni Hotels & Resorts chief marketing officer & SVP of sales Peter Strebel is now president of the company. He takes over... Keep ReadingFive Kinds of Expense Fraud & How AI Can HelpBy AppZen CEO Anant KaleEvery corporation wants to believe its organization is well run and all its employees have good intentions. The majority... Keep ReadingAir Ticket Sales Rose 7.7 Percent Year Over Year in FebruaryBy Dawit HabtemariamThe consolidated dollar value of airline ticket sales sold by U.S. travel agencies rose 7.7 percent year over year in... Keep ReadingIHG Buys Majority Stake in Luxury Hotel CompanyBy Amanda MetcalfInterContinental Hotels Group has agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in Taiwan-based Regent Hotels & Resorts from... Keep ReadingU.S. Airfares Reverse Downward Trend in FebruaryBy Michael B. BakerU.S. airfares edged up 0.6 percent from January to February on a seasonally adjusted basis, ending a streak of three... Keep ReadingSAP Concur Betas Two Slack Chatbots for Travel & ExpenseBy JoAnn DeLunaSAP Concur has launched beta versions of two chatbots with Slack, following last year's expense chatbot pilot with the... Keep ReadingReport: Intermediaries Contribute to Meetings Costs & It Will Only Get WorseBy Julie SickelThe cost to hotels for groups and meetings has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years. According to a report from... Keep ReadingMore Articles Business Travel News By SectionDistributionDelta Plans NDC Solution Launch by Year-EndSpotnana Establishes Singapore Airlines NDC Direct ConnectSabre to Offer Air Tanzania NDC ContentGlobalLOT Polish Airlines Joins Southwest's Int'l PartnersMastercard, Citi Expand Travel Virtual Cards Capabilities to BrazilReport: State Dept. Plans to Revoke Up to 200K Visas from Asylum SeekersLodgingJD Power: Guest Rooms Lift Third-Party Hotel SatisfactionRosewood Hires New Global SVP of CommercialChoice Names Dragisich Permanent CEOPayment & ExpenseEmburse Expands Spend Platform to AustraliaExpensify Integrates with ERP Startup RilletNium Expands Card Issuance to U.S.MeetingsSpotnana Acquires Meetings Platform TroopMGME Acquires Key Meetings & EventsEngine Expands Group Booking CapabilitiesTechnologyAmadeus Partners with Anthropic for Tool Integration, Developer AccessAdvito Launches Service to Guide AI AdoptionPerk MCP Enables Travel, Expense Actions in AI AssistantsTransportationUber to Lay Off 10 Percent of WorkforceEmirates Adds Premium Economy Privacy ScreensSixt Adds Dallas, Boise Airport LocationsManagementAcai Launches AI HelpdeskHealix: LGBTQ+ Travel Risks Worsen in Africa, Middle EastHotels.com Introduces Booking Controls for Business TravelersProcurementAmerican Express Agrees to Acquire CenterAir New Zealand CEO Foran to DepartAmadeus: Q4 Air Distribution Revenue Spikes Amid 'Gradual' NDC Adoption
Five Kinds of Expense Fraud & How AI Can HelpBy AppZen CEO Anant KaleEvery corporation wants to believe its organization is well run and all its employees have good intentions. The majority... Keep ReadingAir Ticket Sales Rose 7.7 Percent Year Over Year in FebruaryBy Dawit HabtemariamThe consolidated dollar value of airline ticket sales sold by U.S. travel agencies rose 7.7 percent year over year in... Keep ReadingIHG Buys Majority Stake in Luxury Hotel CompanyBy Amanda MetcalfInterContinental Hotels Group has agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in Taiwan-based Regent Hotels & Resorts from... Keep ReadingU.S. Airfares Reverse Downward Trend in FebruaryBy Michael B. BakerU.S. airfares edged up 0.6 percent from January to February on a seasonally adjusted basis, ending a streak of three... Keep ReadingSAP Concur Betas Two Slack Chatbots for Travel & ExpenseBy JoAnn DeLunaSAP Concur has launched beta versions of two chatbots with Slack, following last year's expense chatbot pilot with the... Keep ReadingReport: Intermediaries Contribute to Meetings Costs & It Will Only Get WorseBy Julie SickelThe cost to hotels for groups and meetings has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years. According to a report from... Keep ReadingMore Articles Business Travel News By SectionDistributionDelta Plans NDC Solution Launch by Year-EndSpotnana Establishes Singapore Airlines NDC Direct ConnectSabre to Offer Air Tanzania NDC ContentGlobalLOT Polish Airlines Joins Southwest's Int'l PartnersMastercard, Citi Expand Travel Virtual Cards Capabilities to BrazilReport: State Dept. Plans to Revoke Up to 200K Visas from Asylum SeekersLodgingJD Power: Guest Rooms Lift Third-Party Hotel SatisfactionRosewood Hires New Global SVP of CommercialChoice Names Dragisich Permanent CEOPayment & ExpenseEmburse Expands Spend Platform to AustraliaExpensify Integrates with ERP Startup RilletNium Expands Card Issuance to U.S.MeetingsSpotnana Acquires Meetings Platform TroopMGME Acquires Key Meetings & EventsEngine Expands Group Booking CapabilitiesTechnologyAmadeus Partners with Anthropic for Tool Integration, Developer AccessAdvito Launches Service to Guide AI AdoptionPerk MCP Enables Travel, Expense Actions in AI AssistantsTransportationUber to Lay Off 10 Percent of WorkforceEmirates Adds Premium Economy Privacy ScreensSixt Adds Dallas, Boise Airport LocationsManagementAcai Launches AI HelpdeskHealix: LGBTQ+ Travel Risks Worsen in Africa, Middle EastHotels.com Introduces Booking Controls for Business TravelersProcurementAmerican Express Agrees to Acquire CenterAir New Zealand CEO Foran to DepartAmadeus: Q4 Air Distribution Revenue Spikes Amid 'Gradual' NDC Adoption
Air Ticket Sales Rose 7.7 Percent Year Over Year in FebruaryBy Dawit HabtemariamThe consolidated dollar value of airline ticket sales sold by U.S. travel agencies rose 7.7 percent year over year in... Keep ReadingIHG Buys Majority Stake in Luxury Hotel CompanyBy Amanda MetcalfInterContinental Hotels Group has agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in Taiwan-based Regent Hotels & Resorts from... Keep ReadingU.S. Airfares Reverse Downward Trend in FebruaryBy Michael B. BakerU.S. airfares edged up 0.6 percent from January to February on a seasonally adjusted basis, ending a streak of three... Keep ReadingSAP Concur Betas Two Slack Chatbots for Travel & ExpenseBy JoAnn DeLunaSAP Concur has launched beta versions of two chatbots with Slack, following last year's expense chatbot pilot with the... Keep ReadingReport: Intermediaries Contribute to Meetings Costs & It Will Only Get WorseBy Julie SickelThe cost to hotels for groups and meetings has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years. According to a report from... Keep ReadingMore Articles Business Travel News By SectionDistributionDelta Plans NDC Solution Launch by Year-EndSpotnana Establishes Singapore Airlines NDC Direct ConnectSabre to Offer Air Tanzania NDC ContentGlobalLOT Polish Airlines Joins Southwest's Int'l PartnersMastercard, Citi Expand Travel Virtual Cards Capabilities to BrazilReport: State Dept. Plans to Revoke Up to 200K Visas from Asylum SeekersLodgingJD Power: Guest Rooms Lift Third-Party Hotel SatisfactionRosewood Hires New Global SVP of CommercialChoice Names Dragisich Permanent CEOPayment & ExpenseEmburse Expands Spend Platform to AustraliaExpensify Integrates with ERP Startup RilletNium Expands Card Issuance to U.S.MeetingsSpotnana Acquires Meetings Platform TroopMGME Acquires Key Meetings & EventsEngine Expands Group Booking CapabilitiesTechnologyAmadeus Partners with Anthropic for Tool Integration, Developer AccessAdvito Launches Service to Guide AI AdoptionPerk MCP Enables Travel, Expense Actions in AI AssistantsTransportationUber to Lay Off 10 Percent of WorkforceEmirates Adds Premium Economy Privacy ScreensSixt Adds Dallas, Boise Airport LocationsManagementAcai Launches AI HelpdeskHealix: LGBTQ+ Travel Risks Worsen in Africa, Middle EastHotels.com Introduces Booking Controls for Business TravelersProcurementAmerican Express Agrees to Acquire CenterAir New Zealand CEO Foran to DepartAmadeus: Q4 Air Distribution Revenue Spikes Amid 'Gradual' NDC Adoption
IHG Buys Majority Stake in Luxury Hotel CompanyBy Amanda MetcalfInterContinental Hotels Group has agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in Taiwan-based Regent Hotels & Resorts from... Keep ReadingU.S. Airfares Reverse Downward Trend in FebruaryBy Michael B. BakerU.S. airfares edged up 0.6 percent from January to February on a seasonally adjusted basis, ending a streak of three... Keep ReadingSAP Concur Betas Two Slack Chatbots for Travel & ExpenseBy JoAnn DeLunaSAP Concur has launched beta versions of two chatbots with Slack, following last year's expense chatbot pilot with the... Keep ReadingReport: Intermediaries Contribute to Meetings Costs & It Will Only Get WorseBy Julie SickelThe cost to hotels for groups and meetings has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years. According to a report from... Keep ReadingMore Articles Business Travel News By SectionDistributionDelta Plans NDC Solution Launch by Year-EndSpotnana Establishes Singapore Airlines NDC Direct ConnectSabre to Offer Air Tanzania NDC ContentGlobalLOT Polish Airlines Joins Southwest's Int'l PartnersMastercard, Citi Expand Travel Virtual Cards Capabilities to BrazilReport: State Dept. Plans to Revoke Up to 200K Visas from Asylum SeekersLodgingJD Power: Guest Rooms Lift Third-Party Hotel SatisfactionRosewood Hires New Global SVP of CommercialChoice Names Dragisich Permanent CEOPayment & ExpenseEmburse Expands Spend Platform to AustraliaExpensify Integrates with ERP Startup RilletNium Expands Card Issuance to U.S.MeetingsSpotnana Acquires Meetings Platform TroopMGME Acquires Key Meetings & EventsEngine Expands Group Booking CapabilitiesTechnologyAmadeus Partners with Anthropic for Tool Integration, Developer AccessAdvito Launches Service to Guide AI AdoptionPerk MCP Enables Travel, Expense Actions in AI AssistantsTransportationUber to Lay Off 10 Percent of WorkforceEmirates Adds Premium Economy Privacy ScreensSixt Adds Dallas, Boise Airport LocationsManagementAcai Launches AI HelpdeskHealix: LGBTQ+ Travel Risks Worsen in Africa, Middle EastHotels.com Introduces Booking Controls for Business TravelersProcurementAmerican Express Agrees to Acquire CenterAir New Zealand CEO Foran to DepartAmadeus: Q4 Air Distribution Revenue Spikes Amid 'Gradual' NDC Adoption
U.S. Airfares Reverse Downward Trend in FebruaryBy Michael B. BakerU.S. airfares edged up 0.6 percent from January to February on a seasonally adjusted basis, ending a streak of three... Keep ReadingSAP Concur Betas Two Slack Chatbots for Travel & ExpenseBy JoAnn DeLunaSAP Concur has launched beta versions of two chatbots with Slack, following last year's expense chatbot pilot with the... Keep ReadingReport: Intermediaries Contribute to Meetings Costs & It Will Only Get WorseBy Julie SickelThe cost to hotels for groups and meetings has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years. According to a report from... Keep ReadingMore Articles Business Travel News By SectionDistributionDelta Plans NDC Solution Launch by Year-EndSpotnana Establishes Singapore Airlines NDC Direct ConnectSabre to Offer Air Tanzania NDC ContentGlobalLOT Polish Airlines Joins Southwest's Int'l PartnersMastercard, Citi Expand Travel Virtual Cards Capabilities to BrazilReport: State Dept. Plans to Revoke Up to 200K Visas from Asylum SeekersLodgingJD Power: Guest Rooms Lift Third-Party Hotel SatisfactionRosewood Hires New Global SVP of CommercialChoice Names Dragisich Permanent CEOPayment & ExpenseEmburse Expands Spend Platform to AustraliaExpensify Integrates with ERP Startup RilletNium Expands Card Issuance to U.S.MeetingsSpotnana Acquires Meetings Platform TroopMGME Acquires Key Meetings & EventsEngine Expands Group Booking CapabilitiesTechnologyAmadeus Partners with Anthropic for Tool Integration, Developer AccessAdvito Launches Service to Guide AI AdoptionPerk MCP Enables Travel, Expense Actions in AI AssistantsTransportationUber to Lay Off 10 Percent of WorkforceEmirates Adds Premium Economy Privacy ScreensSixt Adds Dallas, Boise Airport LocationsManagementAcai Launches AI HelpdeskHealix: LGBTQ+ Travel Risks Worsen in Africa, Middle EastHotels.com Introduces Booking Controls for Business TravelersProcurementAmerican Express Agrees to Acquire CenterAir New Zealand CEO Foran to DepartAmadeus: Q4 Air Distribution Revenue Spikes Amid 'Gradual' NDC Adoption
SAP Concur Betas Two Slack Chatbots for Travel & ExpenseBy JoAnn DeLunaSAP Concur has launched beta versions of two chatbots with Slack, following last year's expense chatbot pilot with the... Keep ReadingReport: Intermediaries Contribute to Meetings Costs & It Will Only Get WorseBy Julie SickelThe cost to hotels for groups and meetings has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years. According to a report from... Keep ReadingMore Articles Business Travel News By SectionDistributionDelta Plans NDC Solution Launch by Year-EndSpotnana Establishes Singapore Airlines NDC Direct ConnectSabre to Offer Air Tanzania NDC ContentGlobalLOT Polish Airlines Joins Southwest's Int'l PartnersMastercard, Citi Expand Travel Virtual Cards Capabilities to BrazilReport: State Dept. Plans to Revoke Up to 200K Visas from Asylum SeekersLodgingJD Power: Guest Rooms Lift Third-Party Hotel SatisfactionRosewood Hires New Global SVP of CommercialChoice Names Dragisich Permanent CEOPayment & ExpenseEmburse Expands Spend Platform to AustraliaExpensify Integrates with ERP Startup RilletNium Expands Card Issuance to U.S.MeetingsSpotnana Acquires Meetings Platform TroopMGME Acquires Key Meetings & EventsEngine Expands Group Booking CapabilitiesTechnologyAmadeus Partners with Anthropic for Tool Integration, Developer AccessAdvito Launches Service to Guide AI AdoptionPerk MCP Enables Travel, Expense Actions in AI AssistantsTransportationUber to Lay Off 10 Percent of WorkforceEmirates Adds Premium Economy Privacy ScreensSixt Adds Dallas, Boise Airport LocationsManagementAcai Launches AI HelpdeskHealix: LGBTQ+ Travel Risks Worsen in Africa, Middle EastHotels.com Introduces Booking Controls for Business TravelersProcurementAmerican Express Agrees to Acquire CenterAir New Zealand CEO Foran to DepartAmadeus: Q4 Air Distribution Revenue Spikes Amid 'Gradual' NDC Adoption
Report: Intermediaries Contribute to Meetings Costs & It Will Only Get WorseBy Julie SickelThe cost to hotels for groups and meetings has been on the rise in the U.S. in recent years. According to a report from... Keep ReadingMore Articles