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BCD Acquires Remaining Share of Ticket BizBy Jay Boehmer

BCD Travel took full ownership of Nordic travel management company Ticket Biz, after taking a majority stake last year. Swedish holding company Braganza... KEEP READING

Egencia Q3 Bookings Grew 21 Percent YOYBy Jay Boehmer

Egencia's gross bookings for the third quarter rose 21 percent year over year to $1.58 billion, parent company Expedia reported Thursday. The results... KEEP READING

U.K. TMC Launches Self-Booking Version of Agent Booking Desktop for Corporate ClientsBy Amon Cohen

U.K. travel management company Portman has launched a self-booking version of PortmanOne, the point-of-sale booking desktop used by its own consultants.... KEEP READING

Sabre Creates Chief Commercial Officer RoleBy Amanda Metcalf

Sabre appointed Alfred de Cárdenas to fill the new role of chief commercial officer of Sabre Travel Network, which includes the global distribution... KEEP READING

Egencia RestructuresBy Michael B. Baker

Egencia is restructuring into two global organizations—one focused on its corporate clients and the other on business operations and supplier... KEEP READING

Sabre Establishes Latin America Headquarters & Appoints VP for the RegionBy Jay Boehmer

Sabre appointed Ricardo Carreón to the new role of vice president of Sabre Travel Network in Latin America and Caribbean.... KEEP READING

Routehappy Is Now Feeding Content into Sabre RedBy Amanda Metcalf

Sabre's Red Workspace platform for travel agents now displays Routehappy's feed of detailed airline merchandizing content about aircraft, class of... KEEP READING

Concur's Plans for HipmunkBy Amanda Metcalf

Concur does not plan to directly integrate Hipmunk into its booking tool come October, when it expects its acquisition of the "consumer-grade" travel... KEEP READING

Concur Will Acquire HipmunkBy Amanda Metcalf

Concur has made a deal to acquire consumer-grade travel search aggregator Hipmunk.... KEEP READING

Siemens & Volkswagen Tap In to Lufthansa Group's Direct ConnectBy Michael B. Baker

The Lufthansa Group is using direct-connect bookings with both Siemens and Volkswagen, bypassing global distribution systems, the airline group... KEEP READING

Amex GBT Acquires KDSBy Elizabeth West

Industry speculation about American Express Global Business Travel tying the knot with France-based travel and expense technology KDS is confirmed. The... KEEP READING

Amex GBT Hires Doug Anderson as CEOBy Amon Cohen

American Express Global Business Travel has appointed Doug Anderson as CEO. Anderson previously held the same role at leading competitor Carlson... KEEP READING

United Loosens Agent Rebooking ParametersBy Michael B. Baker

United Airlines has eased restrictions on travel agency partners that are rebooking on behalf of their clients after schedule changes and irregular... KEEP READING

Amadeus Corporate Travel IT Head Florian Tinnus Joins SabreBy Michael B. Baker

Sabre Corp. has appointed former Amadeus executive Florian Tinnus as vice president of global sales and account leadership, charged with increasing... KEEP READING

Egencia Results Get a Boost from Now Defunct Orbitz for BusinessBy Jay Boehmer

Egencia's gross bookings for the second quarter rose 22 percent year over year to $1.7 billion, parent company Expedia reported last week. The surge was... KEEP READING

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