Interviews

While most airlines are still working to recover capacity to pre-Covid-19 levels, South American low-cost carrier Viva Airlines already has built back well over pre-pandemic levels. The carrier now is looking to further expand its international footprint, boosted by some new aircraft coming online, and build its marketshare... Keep Reading

CWT announced last week that it would file a prepackaged chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States. The company in a statement positioned the move as a formality within the overall scope of its recapitalization, announced two weeks prior, that would allow the company to move more quickly toward financial stability. BTN Group... Keep Reading

Amadeus this month published a report dubbing 2021 as "the year of scaling" for the International Air Transport Association's New Distribution Capability standard. Amadeus director of global air content acceleration Ludo Verheggen, along with American Airlines director of distribution strategy Neil Geurin, recently spoke with... Keep Reading

Best Western Hotel Group CEO David Kong spoke with BTN senior editor Donna M. Airoldi at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit in Los Angeles in late July about Best Western's recovery, business travel, corporate travel program changes and current hotel trends that could endure in a post-Covid environment. Edited highlights... Keep Reading

Healix International chief medical officer Dr. Adrian Hyzler spoke with BTN editorial director Beth West late last week about the current landscape surrounding Covid-19, the delta variant, vaccinations and business travel.... Keep Reading

First piloted six years ago to serve as the corporate travel intranet for Microsoft, Tripism since has expanded into a travel planning and engagement provider for a range of large companies. Tripism founder and CEO Adam Kerr recently spoke with BTN payments and technology editor Adam Perrotta to discuss how... Keep Reading

When corporate travel industry veteran Kurt Knackstedt recently took over as chief growth officer for HRS's Payment Solutions business unit, it became the latest step in his long and varied career in corporate travel. Knackstedt spoke with BTN payments and technology editor Adam Perrotta about his plans for building out... Keep Reading

Barcelona-headquartered corporate travel management provider TravelPerk kicked off the year in January by acquiring U.S.-based booking system provider NexTravel, and three months later closed a $160 million investment round. TravelPerk chief commercial officer Jean-Christophe Taunay-Bucalo recently spoke with BTN technology... Keep Reading

Energy and petroleum company BP, through its procurement department and its BP Target Neutral sustainability division, has updated its carbon-emissions calculator for events and created a low-carbon toolkit, each of which are free for any planner to use. BTN senior editor Donna M. Airoldi recently spoke with BP global... Keep Reading

  United Airlines SVP of worldwide sales Doreen Burse talks about her plans in her new role, the latest she's hearing from corporate customers on returning business demand and how United customers are approaching contracting as they prepare to emerge from the pandemic.  ... Keep Reading