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Small Buyers Test TRX Reporting ToolBy David Meyer

Travel technology firm TRX late last month began a two-week beta test with six corporate customers of its new TravelTrax standard offering, which... KEEP READING

FCm Travel Solutions Takes Stake In Garber TravelBy Amon Cohen & David Meyer

Brisbane, Australia-based Flight Centre, parent of FCm Travel Solutions, last week took a 25 percent stake in Chestnut Hill, Mass.-based independent... KEEP READING

TRX Travel Analytics To Provide Emissions CalculatorBy Jay Boehmer

TRX Travel Analytics has developed a tool to measure carbon emission footprints based on clients' historical airline data, vice president Scott... KEEP READING

American Express Makes Strides In Altering CultureBy David Meyer

Since becoming American Express Business Travel's COO in the fall of 2004, Priyan Fernando has embarked on a journey to change the company's culture and... KEEP READING

Ovation Helps To Offset CarbonBy David Meyer

Ovation Travel last week became the first U.S. travel management company to help business travel buyers offset their travel-generated carbon emissions.... KEEP READING

Travelport Cues Up Worldspan: One-On-One With CEO Jeff Clarke

Jeff Clarke, CEO of Travelport, owner of the Galileo global distribution system, this month spoke with Business Travel News senior editor Jay Boehmer... KEEP READING

USTravel Bulks Up On Bus. TravelBy Jennifer Merritt

With its acquisition of Business Travel NW late last November, USTravel became the largest regional travel management company in the Pacific Northwest,... KEEP READING

American Express Buys Into ReardenBy David Meyer

American Express Business Travel last month made a major commitment to the Rearden Commerce platform as it launched a new Web-based marketplace powered... KEEP READING

CWT Enhances Mobile ItinerariesBy Jennifer Merritt

Carlson Wagonlit Travel is releasing a wave of enhancements to its existing Freedom product, which delivers itinerary information to a traveler's... KEEP READING

Deconstructing TravelBahn

Charles Petruccelli, president of American Express Business Travel, last week spoke with BTN editor-in-chief David Meyer about how Amex's TravelBahn... KEEP READING

German Buy Underscores Expedia's Growth Focus

With last month's acquisition of the Munich, Germany-based travel management company MTM Reisen, Expedia Corporate Travel now claims the largest... KEEP READING

HRG To Test New, Internally Developed Booking ToolBy Jennifer Merritt

HRG last week told BTN that it plans in 2007 to beta-test with U.S. clients an internally developed booking tool designed for both traveler and agent... KEEP READING

Megas Develop New Models: BCD Travel works with Farelogix To Build Proprietary Content ConnectionsBy Jay Boehmer & Jennifer Merritt

BCD Travel is working with Farelogix and other undisclosed vendors to create a travel content sourcing engine for BCD's travel management company... KEEP READING

Amex Sees Higher '07 Travel CostsBy Jennifer Merritt, Jay Boehmer and Michael B. Baker

With rising prices in air, hotel and car rental spending forecasted for 2007, the cost of a domestic trip that includes all three components will... KEEP READING

Buyers Split On Pre-Trip Tool UseBy Amon Cohen

Midmarket business travel buyers are divided on the use of pre-trip approval, as many buyers in the $2 million to $12 million U.S. booked air spending... KEEP READING

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