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BCD Meetings & Events Adds Portugal to Global NetworkBy Dawit Habtemariam

BCD Meetings & Events has expanded to Portugal by partnering with meetings and events firm Barcelo Viagens. Headquartered in Chicago, BCD Meetings &... KEEP READING

Latam Revamping Long-Haul Business & Short-Haul Economy CabinsBy Michael B. Baker

Latam Airlines Group will invest $400 million to renovate interiors of more than 200 aircraft, about two-thirds of its global fleet, over the next few... KEEP READING

American Announces European Route Expansion & Asia Route CutsBy Michael B. Baker

American Airlines will launch nine new European routes next summer but also is pulling back on a few Asian routes amid higher fuel prices. In late... KEEP READING

Jet Airways Expands Codeshare Network with Bangkok AirwaysBy Michael B. Baker

Jet Airways and Bangkok Airways are expanding codesharing to additional routes in India, Thailand and Vietnam. On Aug. 23, Jet Airways will place its... KEEP READING

Air Canada Enables Alipay & WeChat Acceptance in North America & Hong KongBy Michael B. Baker

Air Canada is expanding acceptance of Chinese mobile payment apps Alipay and WeChat Pay to its websites in North America and Hong Kong. The carrier has... KEEP READING

The Geopolitics Driving Traveler RiskBy Drum Cussac global managing director Brandon Thompson

Escalating geopolitical tensions have created a charged environment for business travelers, even in regions that traditionally have been considered... KEEP READING

Reed & Mackay Appoints New Global Director of Client ServicesBy Dawit Habtemariam

U.K.-based travel management company Reed & Mackay appointed Alex Cousins global director of client services. Cousins will lead account management... KEEP READING

What Do Alipay & WeChat Pay Mean for Corporate Payments?By JoAnn DeLuna

Merchants around the world now enable the millions of outbound Chinese tourists to pay for items as they can do at home. These merchants now accept the... KEEP READING

Norway Forces Employers to Report on Business Travelers’ Loyalty Point RedemptionsBy Amon Cohen

Norwegian travel managers say they have no idea how to enforce a new government requirement for employers to report employees’ private use of loyalty... KEEP READING

PredictX Launches Voice-Activated Data AssistantBy Elizabeth West

Three years ago, the Global Business Travel Association published survey results that identified "data to track program performance and support... KEEP READING

National Will Offer Car & Driver Services in ChinaBy Michael B. Baker

This fall, National Car Rental will launch a service in China that provides both cars and drivers for travelers via a partnership with Deem. National... KEEP READING

Blacklane Creates Flat Pricing for Airport Concierge ServicesBy Michael B. Baker

After acquiring airport concierge platform Solve last year, chauffeured service network Blacklane's platform now sells the arrival, departure and... KEEP READING

HNA Sells Radisson to Jin Jiang Led ConsortiumBy Julie Sickel

China's HNA Group has agreed to sell Radisson Hospitality AB and Radisson Holdings to a consortium led by Jin Jiang International Holdings Co. The... KEEP READING

Global Air Travel Demand Rose 7.8 Percent in JuneBy Dawit Habtemariam

Global air travel demand rose 7.8 percent year over year in June, according to the International Air Transport Association. For the first half of 2018,... KEEP READING

HRS Names Chris Crowley VP of EMEABy Dawit Habtemariam

Global hotel solutions provider HRS has named Chris Crowley VP for EMEA operations to oversee sales and account management. In his 25 years in the... KEEP READING

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