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GDSs Are Advancing The Next Generation Of Travel Agent DesktopsBy Jay Boehmer

Global distribution companies in the past month made strides toward releasing their next-generation agent desktops, with Sabre Travel Network... KEEP READING

TMCs Testing Cornerstone-TripIt Service With Travel BuyersBy David Meyer

Cornerstone Information Systems and TripIt are working with a few travel management companies to test a service that helps corporate clients update... KEEP READING

Survey Shows Most Companies Still Don't Mandate Travel PoliciesBy Michael B. Baker

Most corporate travel programs do not include significant consequences for violating policy, and many companies still are missing out on such savings... KEEP READING

CWT Reports Rebound In Global Client Spending, Transaction PricingBy Amon Cohen

Carlson Wagonlit Travel handled nearly 29.4 million air, hotel and car rental transactions globally in the first six months of 2010, an increase of 13.2... KEEP READING

BTN Research: As Adoption Swells, Cos. Assess New Self-Booking RealmsBy Michael B. Baker

Travel buyers were able to maintain high adoption levels for online travel booking as the economic downturn forced them to tighten policies and search... KEEP READING

Jump In Corporate Travel Sales Boosts Quarterly Amex EarningsBy Jay Boehmer

American Express grew global corporate travel sales nearly 28 percent to $4.6 billion during the second quarter from the same period in 2009,... KEEP READING

Concur Providing Amtrak Access To Booking Tool UsersBy Jay Boehmer

Concur said on Thursday that it now is enabling booking tool clients to shop and book Amtrak though an integrated air-rail display, taking advantage of... KEEP READING

Altour Acquires Advantage In Bid To Gain Meetings BusinessBy David Meyer

New York-based travel management company Altour announced late on Wednesday the acquisition, signed on Monday, of Savage, Minn.-based Advantage Travel... KEEP READING

OAG Deal To Help Concur Customers Track, Change FlightsBy Michael B. Baker

Concur on Tuesday announced that it will offer clients real-time flight status updates through Cliqbook and Concur mobile as part of an extension to its... KEEP READING

Ovation Buys Boston's Commonwealth TravelBy Chris Davis

New York-based Ovation Travel Group, parent of Ovation Corporate Travel, on Monday announced the purchase of Boston-based regional travel management... KEEP READING

Mega Agencies Outpace ARC Transaction Growth Of Other AgenciesBy Jay Boehmer

Demonstrating the continued strength of corporate travel relative to other segments, ARC this week reported that mega agency transaction growth in June... KEEP READING

TMCs, GDSs Absent As Open AXIS Adds Allied MembersBy Jay Boehmer

The Open AXIS Group, launched by major airlines this week to promote XML-based standards for distributing ancillary services, announced nine new allied... KEEP READING

Altour Buys Minnesota's Advantage TravelBy Chris Davis

Travel management company Altour International late Tuesday announced it had purchased Savage-Minn.-based Advantage Travel & Incentives, a regional... KEEP READING

Gulf Oil Spill Threatening Broader ImpactBy Michael B. Baker

It's too early to know how big of an impact the Gulf Coast oil spill will have on business, according to multibrand hotel company chief executives, but... KEEP READING

June ARC Figures Show Travel Sales GrowthBy Jay Boehmer

Total travel agency sales last month grew nearly 22 percent compared with June 2009, while the number of transactions increased by more that 5 percent,... KEEP READING

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