Michael B. Baker

Michael B. Baker
Executive Editor

Michael Baker joined The BTN Group in 2006 and, as executive editor, leads the group’s technology, payment and travel management coverage. He has covered all the major travel industry beats over his many years with BTN, including about eight years each covering the aviation/transportation and lodging industries.

Before joining BTN, he cut his journalistic teeth in the newspaper industry, covering business and industry for both The Press of Atlantic City and The Facts, a daily in the greater Houston area where he won awards for both breaking news and feature coverage.

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Concur's Sultan: Experience Advances with Rail Content, Key MarketsBy Michael B. Baker

With increasing rail content and a recent rollout in India, the new Concur Travel experience rollout... KEEP READING

Conferma, AirPlus Partner to Enable Virtual Cards within ERP, Procurement PlatformsBy Michael B. Baker

Conferma and AirPlus have collaborated to enable virtual card generation within procurement and ERP... KEEP READING

Nowadays Enables Planning Via AI Tools with MCP ServerBy Michael B. Baker

AI corporate event planning platform Nowadays has launched a Model Context Protocol server, which... KEEP READING

Empath Announces Balboa Travel as TMC PartnerBy Michael B. Baker

Guest travel platform Empath Travel and Expense has added Balboa Travel as a travel management... KEEP READING

Amex GBT: World Cup Air Demand Strong, Hotel Less SoBy Michael B. Baker

Travel related to the FIFA World Cup is helping to drive up airfares in host cities, though lodging... KEEP READING

Acai Travel Wins BTS Europe Innovation FaceoffBy Michael B. Baker

Travel operations AI technology Acai Travel was named by the judging panel as the winner of the... KEEP READING

BCD Expands Tripsource Rail ContentBy Michael B. Baker

BCD Travel is expanding rail content in its Tripsource travel platform, including integration of... KEEP READING

Prime Numbers Launches AI Interface for Data InsightsBy Michael B. Baker

Data analytics and reporting provider Prime Numbers Technology has launched a new natural-language... KEEP READING

Navan to Acquire Brazilian TMC SmartripsBy Michael B. Baker

Navan is acquiring Brazilian travel management company Smartrips, with plans to integrate the TMC to... KEEP READING

Spotnana Adds Control System, 'Stealth' DesignationBy Michael B. Baker

Spotnana has launched role-based access controls and a "stealth" mode for sensitive travel data,... KEEP READING

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