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Interview: Amex's Bottner Discusses Emerging Markets, Offshore Servicing

The BTN Group editorial director Jay Campbell last month spoke with American Express Global Business Travel executive vice president Julie Bottner about... KEEP READING

Emirates early next year will open new gateways in Dallas/Ft. Worth and Seattle.

Survey: Asia/Pacific Buyers Restricting Premium ClassBy Michael B. Baker

Asia/Pacific-based travel buyers are tightening premium-class travel policies and pushing advance-purchase requirements, but tracking ancillary fees... KEEP READING

European Companies Tighten Some Travel Policies, Loosen Long-Haul Business Class RulesBy Amon Cohen

European travel policies during the past 12 months have tightened, according to an annual study by Egencia and GBTA Foundation, with one major... KEEP READING

International SOS released a mobile application that connects business travelers to crisis response services.

GBTA named Ikea global meetings and travel manager Torbjorn Erling chairman of its European Advisory Board.

The Global Business Travel Association appointed JME Consultancy Enterprises managing director John Melchior to serve as the GBTA Foundation's European regional development director.

Asia/Pacific Still Poses Online Booking ChallengesBy Michael B. Baker

Travel buyers aiming to improve online booking tool compliance in the Asia/Pacific region continue to face fragmented supply and cultural barriers,... KEEP READING

The Institute of Travel & Meetings made available to members a new crisis management "hub."

HRG Developing New Spend Analysis ToolsBy Amon Cohen

London - HRG is developing pre-trip spend data aimed at helping buyers estimate their organizations' imminent travel costs. HRG hopes to introduce the... KEEP READING

U.K. Agencies Weighing Invoice Fees, Warns GTMCBy Amon Cohen

Some British travel management companies may introduce fees for taking client payments by invoice after seeing this year a substantial switch from card... KEEP READING

BTN's 2011 Travel Manager of the Year: Sapient's Michelle De CostaBy Jay Campbell

For helping pioneer the use of social media in managed travel and for taking a broader view of her company role as a communicator, Business Travel News... KEEP READING

Advito Projects Higher 2012 Travel PricesBy Jay Boehmer

Corporate travel prices next year could increase as much as 6 percent throughout the world, as rising demand should help air, car and hotel suppliers... KEEP READING

Swissotel Launches Amenity-Based Loyalty ProgramBy Michael B. Baker

Swissotel Hotels & Resorts has revamped its Club Swiss Gold preferred traveler program into a three-tiered, stay-based loyalty program called Swissotel... KEEP READING

Hotel Leaders, WTTC, ITP Pursuing Emissions Measurement StandardsBy Michael B. Baker

Hotel industry leaders working with the International Tourism Partnership and the World Travel & Tourism Council intend to develop new carbon reporting... KEEP READING

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