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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TPConnects Adds NDC, LCC Content to Iris PlatformBy Michael B. Baker

TPConnects has established several new integrations to its Iris air content aggregation platform,... KEEP READING

JTB Makes Play for Unmanaged Travel with Teal EssentialBy Michael B. Baker

JTB Business Travel has launched a new tier of its Spotnana-powered Teal solution, aimed at companies... KEEP READING

Acai Adds Lumo Predictive Capabilities to AI AgentBy Michael B. Baker

AI platform Acai Travel has integrated disruption prediction capabilities into its AI Travel Agent via... KEEP READING

Extend Adds New Accounting System ConnectionsBy Michael B. Baker

Spend and expense management platform Extend has added integration capabilities with three accounting... KEEP READING

Amgine Taps Prime Numbers Data for Personalized Booking CapabilityBy Michael B. Baker

Corporate travel AI provider Amgine and Prime Numbers Technology have collaborated to develop the... KEEP READING

Navan Reports RFP Growth Amid Industry 'Turmoil'By Michael B. Baker

Navan executives said they are seeing a surge in request for proposal activity as they reported... KEEP READING

Amex Plans Octet of Commercial Offerings, Including Expense PlatformBy Michael B. Baker

American Express this year will launch its "most significant commercial product expansion in one year"... KEEP READING

Navan to Launch Agentic 'TravelClaw' LayerBy Michael B. Baker

Navan is developing a new agentic layer that the company says will reach out to travelers without... KEEP READING

Mullin Confirmed as DHS SecretaryBy Michael B. Baker

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Markwayne Mullin as the Department of Homeland Security Secretary in... KEEP READING

MCP: Managed Travel's Next Transformation CatalystBy Michael B. Baker

Model Context Protocol is set to transform corporate travel by enabling AI models to connect... KEEP READING

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