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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Amadeus Q1 Bookings Slip Due to Middle East ConflictBy Michael B. Baker

Amadeus reported a slight decline in air bookings year over year during the first quarter due to the... KEEP READING

Expensify Q1 Revenue, Paid Members Decline, Interchange UpBy Michael B. Baker

Expensify reported year-over-year declines in revenue and paid members in the first quarter, but... KEEP READING

Sabre: Q1 Corp. Booking Strong Amid Conflict, Fuel Price SpikeBy Michael B. Baker

Sabre Corp. reported that corporate travel strength helped offset the impact from the conflict in the... KEEP READING

Former Yapta, Coupa Exec Layman Joins BizTrip.AIBy Michael B. Baker

AI travel platform BizTrip.AI has hired former Yapta executive Valerie Layman to lead its product... KEEP READING

Casto Taps TMC Vet White as N. America Sales LeaderBy Michael B. Baker

Travel industry business process management provider Casto has named TMC veteran Eve White as VP of... KEEP READING

Spotnana Connects to UK Chain TravelodgeBy Michael B. Baker

Spotnana has established a direct connection with UK-based budget hotel chain Travelodge, providing... KEEP READING

Mesh Launches 'Orchestration Layer' to Bridge Data GapsBy Michael B. Baker

T&E platform Mesh Payments has launched an orchestration layer, which the company said is capable of... KEEP READING

Porter Airlines Adds HTS Disruption AssistanceBy Michael B. Baker

Canadian carrier Porter Airlines has added Hopper Technology Solutions' Disruption Assistance product... KEEP READING

Wex, Extend Partnership Enables VC Payment in Concur InvoiceBy Michael B. Baker

Fintech provider Wex has partnered with virtual card payment technology company Extend to enable Wex... KEEP READING

Amadeus Agrees to Acquire Biometrics Provider IPSBy Michael B. Baker

Amadeus announced plans to acquire French biometrics and identity services provider Idemia Public... KEEP READING

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