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BA Becomes Second Airline to Launch on SAP Concur TripLinkBy JoAnn DeLuna

British Airways has gone live on SAP Concur TripLink. Now, when clients link their Concur account and BA frequent-flyer account through either supplier,... KEEP READING

TravelBank Adds Hotel Booking & AnalyticsBy Amanda Metcalf

TravelBank, a booking and expense platform that incentivizes travelers with rewards cards for beating trip-cost estimates, has added hotel bookings. The... KEEP READING

Certify's Mobile Booking Tool Enables Air BookingsBy Dawit Habtemariam

T&E software management provider Certify has upgraded the Certify Travel mobile booking tool to include air bookings. Previously, users could book only... KEEP READING

Egencia Booking Volume Grew 15 Percent YOYBy Jay Boehmer

Egencia's gross bookings for the first quarter rose 15 percent year over year to $2.08 billion, parent company Expedia Group reported Thursday. Expedia... KEEP READING

Amex GBT Avoids Air France-KLM GDS SurchargeBy Michael B. Baker

American Express Global Business Travel will bypass Air France-KLM's 11-euro fee for indirect channel bookings. Amex GBT will not pay a fee for bookings... KEEP READING

Air France-KLM Waives GDS Fee on Expedia PlatformsBy Michael B. Baker

Expedia Group has reached an agreement with Air France-KLM to avoid the 11 euro per-way global distribution system surcharge on its platforms, including... KEEP READING

BCD Agents Will Avoid Air France-KLM GDS SurchargeBy Michael B. Baker

BCD Travel and Air France-KLM have reached an agreement in which BCD agents can book reservations with the carrier without incurring the 11 euro per-way... KEEP READING

Sabre Promotes Mendis to CCOBy Michael B. Baker

Sabre Corp. has promoted Roshan Mendis to chief commercial officer of the Travel Network business, putting him in charge of global sales, sales... KEEP READING

ARC Joins NDC ExchangeBy Michael B. Baker

Airlines Reporting Corp. is integrating its settlement data with NDC Exchange, the marketplace that provides interoperability between schema versions of... KEEP READING

WTMC Aims to Upend Distribution & Financial Models

WTMC CEO Sarosh Waghmar is breaking away from entrenched corporate travel industry paradigms by building proprietary technology and pursuing a New... KEEP READING

Routehappy Provides Content to NDC ExchangeBy Michael B. Baker

Routehappy has integrated its content into NDC Exchange, the marketplace that provides interoperability between schema versions of the International Air... KEEP READING

IATA Ready to Ride on NDC Momentum

After years of explanation and debate as a part of the education blitz to build acceptance of its New Distribution Capability standards, the... KEEP READING

RoomIt Debuts Loyalty Booster & Rethinks Market FocusBy Julie Sickel

Carlson Wagonlit Travel's hotel distribution division, RoomIt by CWT, last week announced its Loyalty Booster program, which rewards corporate travelers... KEEP READING

Amadeus Launches Program to Accelerate NDC AdoptionBy Michael B. Baker

Amadeus has launched an "NDC-X" program to push adoption and use cases for the International Air Transport Association's XML-based New Distribution... KEEP READING

Travelport Creates Chief Strategy Officer RoleBy Jay Boehmer

Travelport named Robert Bailey chief strategy officer, a new role. Effective March 1, Bailey will lead strategic planning, business development,... KEEP READING

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