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Travelport confirmed that HRG signed a "global agreement" for use of its Universal API, which would enable the travel management company to access... KEEP READING

Expedia's Egencia next quarter plans to release the first phase of its "next-generation" mobile tools for travelers and managers, Egencia president Rob... KEEP READING

Many of the largest U.K.-based companies during the past two years have used senior manager mandates to cut the number of flights they take for... KEEP READING

Rearden Commerce announced a partnership with Farelogix, new features for its Personal Assistant tool and membership in the Open Axis Group. According... KEEP READING

A new travel purchasing alliance of seven major German companies, including Infineon and Carl Zeiss, next week plans to meet with several car rental... KEEP READING

Casto Travel is planning to switch its global distribution system to Sabre from Travelport. Scheduled for completion on May 1, the conversion represents... KEEP READING

GBTA Europe launched a new group for French travel managers after France's largest travel management body decided not to join the Global Business Travel... KEEP READING

U.S. companies should increase their business travel spend by an average of 4 percent to optimize their sales revenue, according to a report issued by... KEEP READING

U.K. companies increasingly are splitting required travel management services into separate tenders for such categories as hotels and rail, according to... KEEP READING

Sabre Travel Network announced 50 percent of its targeted subscribers have upgraded to Sabre Red, the company's new agent suite.... KEEP READING

Maneuvers that most directly lead to travel cost savings, such as boosting policy compliance and bettering supplier negotiations, top the 2011 to-do... KEEP READING

The National Business Travel Association this week welcomed as a "positive step" the decision by American Airlines and Sabre Travel Network to postpone... KEEP READING

Annual U.S. business travel spending should climb about 5 percent in 2011 and 6.4 percent in 2012, to $254.5 billion, according to a report issued by... KEEP READING

Concur on Thursday announced an $82 million deal to acquire mobile itinerary management firm TripIt.... KEEP READING

ConTgo, a company that helps corporations track and communicate with travelers through mobile SMS messaging, plans on Saturday to launch MTA MapCast, a... KEEP READING