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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Trevium, Pliant Partner to Secure Enriched Data for BillingBy Michael B. Baker

Business travel financial platform Trevium and card issuer Pliant have partnered to offer a new... KEEP READING

Greensboro Tops FCM Emerging Business Travel Market RankingsBy Michael B. Baker

Greensboro, N.C., ranked as the fastest growing U.S. emerging market for business travel, according to... KEEP READING

Meta's Earley Joins Cerebri AI as Special Projects VPBy Michael B. Baker

Data engineering and analytics provider Cerebri AI has hired former Meta travel manager Shane Earley... KEEP READING

BCD Launches Tripsource Data Analytics PlatformBy Michael B. Baker

BCD Travel has developed a new analytics framework through its Tripsource platform that lets clients... KEEP READING

Grapevine Adds Conversational Ground Booking Through JyrneyBy Michael B. Baker

Traveler communications platform Grapevine and ground transportation platform Jyrney have partnered to... KEEP READING

Expensify Adds Central Billing for Travel BookingsBy Michael B. Baker

Expensify has added a consolidated billing option for its travel booking solution, the company... KEEP READING

Itilite Launches Voice AI Feature for Travel, ExpenseBy Michael B. Baker

Travel and expense platform Itilite has launched AI voice capabilities for both travel booking and... KEEP READING

Expensify Announces Additional Concierge CapabilitiesBy Michael B. Baker

Expense management platform Expensify has expanded the capabilities of its Concierge AI technology,... KEEP READING

Lyft Names Former eBay Engineering VP as CTOBy Michael B. Baker

Lyft has hired longtime eBay executive Senthil Padmanabhan as its chief technology officer, the... KEEP READING

Talma Names Leslie as Solutions Travel CEOBy Michael B. Baker

Solutions Travel SVP of strategy and growth Brett Leslie has been promoted to CEO of the TMC, as... KEEP READING

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