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Poll: Buyers Target Hotel Spend, Plan TMC RFPs in 2011By Mary Ann Mcnulty

Optimizing hotel spend and bidding travel management services topped the list of 2011 travel buyer priorities, according to a poll of 102 corporate... KEEP READING

Survey: Social Media Hype Outpaces Corporate Travel Buyer InvolvementBy Lauren Darson

Noise about the potential to apply social media tools in the travel industry continues to increase, but new research from Business Travel News sister... KEEP READING

Microsoft Turns To Top-City TelepresenceBy Lauren Darson

Pushing forward with a "multi-tiered travel alternatives" initiative to reduce carbon emissions, Microsoft Corp. has installed nine high-end... KEEP READING

American Airlines To Yank Content From OrbitzBy David Jonas

American Airlines has informed Orbitz Worldwide that it would "terminate the company's authority to ticket AA flights on its Orbitz.com and Orbitz for... KEEP READING

Mandatory Transportation Policy Drives Savings, Productivity At IkeaBy David Meyer

Swedish home furnishings manufacturer and retailer Ikea during the past couple of years has implemented a mandatory ground transportation policy that... KEEP READING

Face To Face With Sabre CEO Sam GillilandBy David Meyer

Sabre Holdings chairman and CEO Sam Gilliland recently sat down with Business Travel News editor-in-chief David Meyer and senior editor Jay Boehmer to... KEEP READING

Expedia Talks Corporate Travel, GoogleBy David Jonas

Expedia executives on Thursday discussed strong performance for Egencia, the company's corporate travel division, and conveyed a somewhat bipolar... KEEP READING

Killer Apps & Mobile Menaces: Mobile Air Booking Now In CrosshairsBy Jay Boehmer

There are many things smartphones do well, but making a corporate travel reservation is not one of them. Corporate travelers can use a mobile phone as... KEEP READING

Killer Apps & Mobile Menaces: Mobility's FallibilitiesBy David Meyer

At the same time that mobile itinerary management apps are opening up possibilities for business travelers to be more efficient on the road and more... KEEP READING

Killer Apps & Mobile Menaces: Travel Apps Most AptBy Michael B. Baker

Mobile applications can assist business travelers with nearly every aspect of their trip once they're on the ground and, through other applications on... KEEP READING

Citi Tightens Compliance To Improve Air DealsBy Jay Boehmer

Citigroup recently completed a 10-month global airline bid across its entire program, delivering what global head of travel Mick Lee called "very... KEEP READING

Travel Tech Firms Unite To Oppose Google's ITA PurchaseBy Jay Boehmer

A handful of travel technology firms, including Sabre Holdings, Expedia and Farelogix, on Tuesday announced the formation of a coalition opposed to... KEEP READING

Study Projects Business Travel Spending To Rise Through 2012By Jay Boehmer

U.S.-originating business travel spending is on pace to grow by nearly 4 percent this year over last, according to the National Business Travel... KEEP READING

Consultant Certification Among Initiatives ACTE Set To LaunchBy Amon Cohen

A certification program for travel management consultants, a forum for matching entrepreneurs and investors and an index aimed at tracking travel trends... KEEP READING

On The Horizon: Prism Plans New Airline Sales Platform In Early 2011

Third-party air data aggregator Prism Group is prepping a new airline sales platform for launch early next year.... KEEP READING

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