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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Clarasight Takes Root Beyond SustainabilityBy Michael B. Baker

Clarasight, originally Climate Club, has expanded from sustainability-focused solutions to broader... KEEP READING

Amgine Hires Gomez to Lead GrowthBy Michael B. Baker

Corporate travel AI platform Amgine has hired former Clear and Lyft executive Caitlin Gomez as head of... KEEP READING

Engine Integrates with SAP ConcurBy Michael B. Baker

Business travel platform Engine has announced an integration with SAP Concur for both travel bookings... KEEP READING

Murfee AI to Act as Agentic 'Checkpoint' for WorldpayBy Michael B. Baker

AI infrastructure developer Murfee AI has partnered to provide its "governance layer" for agentic... KEEP READING

Concur to Add New Joule Agents, Complete Chat CapabilitiesBy Michael B. Baker

SAP Concur at its annual Fusion conference this week announced a spate of new capabilities, including... KEEP READING

TPConnects Add MCP Layer to NDC PlatformBy Michael B. Baker

Airline content aggregator TPConnects Technologies has integrated Model Context Protocol within its... KEEP READING

Hopper Tech Solutions Adds Cancellation Options for Hotels, SellersBy Michael B. Baker

Hopper Technology Solutions has launched a new "Cancel for Any Reason" offering for hotels, which the... KEEP READING

Ramp Acquires Guest Travel Platform JunoBy Michael B. Baker

Spend management platform Ramp has acquired guest travel startup Juno, with plans to have it operate... KEEP READING

Fox Partners with Oversee for Hotel Rate MonitoringBy Michael B. Baker

Fox World Travel is implementing travel spend optimization platform Oversee's HotelSaver offering... KEEP READING

TSA Resignations Grow as Partial Shutdown ContinuesBy Michael B. Baker

More than 300 TSA agents have quit during the nearly month-long partial government shutdown in which... KEEP READING

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