BCD Travel Tweaks Global Partnerships, Sees 'Pockets' Of High GrowthBy Jay CampbellZeist, Netherlands - Within the travel sector, BCD Holdings has diversified its revenue sources with investments in consumer online travel, airport... KEEP READING
Survey: OBTs Need To Improve 'User-Friendliness'By David JonasTravelers and travel managers have differing priorities and perspectives regarding corporate online booking tools, according to a recent research report... KEEP READING
AA Claims Sabre Is Angling For Legal Cover To BiasBy Jay BoehmerSabre last week asked a Tarrant County, Texas, state court to rescind a temporary restraining order prohibiting the GDS firm from negatively biasing... KEEP READING
Interview: Defense Travel Management Office's Pamela MitchellCorporate online booking tools have taken their knocks for being more cumbersome to use than consumer tools, but no system has taken more flak than the... KEEP READING
Egencia: Air Ticket Prices Rise 13 Percent In North AmericaBy Mary Ann McnultyAverage first-quarter ticket prices for travel within North America rose by an average of 13 percent compared to a year ago, according to an analysis of... KEEP READING
Hitachi Data Systems Progressing On Travel Security 'Learning Curve'By David JonasHitachi Data Systems is one of more than 900 subsidiaries that comprise the Hitachi Limited conglomerate, but the only one with a security director.... KEEP READING
Concur Agrees To Acquire GlobalExpenseBy David JonasConcur agreed to acquire London-based expense management provider GlobalExpense and said it expects the transaction to close before the end of... KEEP READING
Robustelli, Football Player And Agency Owner, Dies At 85By Jerry LimoneAndy Robustelli, the Hall of Fame football player who launched a career in travel after his playing days ended, died Tuesday at the age of 85.... KEEP READING
Interview: VDR's Hans-Ingo BiehlGBTA Europe recently announced the formation of an advocacy group to engage the European Commission on behalf of travel buyers. The inaugural chairman... KEEP READING
Former BCD Travel Exec Developing 'Global Videoconferencing Network'By Michael B. BakerA Brussels-based company aims to tackle one of the major stumbling blocks for companies seeking to incorporate more remote conferencing options into... KEEP READING
Travelport: AA Antitrust Suit Is About Negotiating LeverageBy Jay BoehmerTravelport on Wednesday shot back at American Airlines in a Texas district court, seeking dismissal of the carrier's antitrust suit filed last month.... KEEP READING
Interview: CWT's Andrew WintertonSince American Airlines in October 2009 publicly divulged its plans to move all indirect volume to direct channels, including the Direct Connect program... KEEP READING
Chewing (And Trimming) The Fat: Buyers Leverage Multifaceted Traveler Communications ProgramsBy Jay CampbellConsultants and other observers five years ago began calling on the business travel community to adopt social media, and the phenomenon today is... KEEP READING
Travelport: Innovation Comes With A PriceBy Jay CampbellTravelport expects growth in "financial assistance" in the form of agency incentives to moderate and even flatten in the "medium term" as the firm... KEEP READING
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