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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AI Event Planning Tool Nowadays Wins BTS America Innovation FaceoffBy Michael B. Baker

AI-powered corporate planning platform Nowadays swept the top honors at the inaugural Business Travel... KEEP READING

Mastercard Unveils API for B-to-B Platforms, New Virtual Card ControlsBy Michael B. Baker

Mastercard has introduced a new API to ease embedding payments into B-to-B platforms as well as a new... KEEP READING

Amex GBT, Concur Leaders Pledge Joint Development Speed at Inaugural BTS AmericaBy Michael B. Baker

The new user interface, including the website and mobile app, for SAP Concur and American Express... KEEP READING

Diversity Travel Becomes DGIBy Michael B. Baker

Non-profit and academic travel management specialists Diversity Travel has been renamed DGI, short for... KEEP READING

Juno Launches Mtgs. Capabilities, Partners with Direct TravelBy Michael B. Baker

Guest travel and expense platform Juno is launching new meetings management capabilities for guest... KEEP READING

Navan Prices Shares, Reports $6.45B Valuation Ahead of IPOBy Michael B. Baker

Navan has set a valuation of up to $6.45 billion and plans to raise about $960 million in its initial... KEEP READING

Voyzant Names Airline Vet to Lead EMEA ExpansionBy Michael B. Baker

Canadian global wholesale travel consolidator Voyzant has named former airline executive Siva... KEEP READING

TravelPerk Expands Amadeus Deal for NDC ContentBy Michael B. Baker

TravelPerk has extended its distribution agreement with Amadeus to include NDC content, bringing its... KEEP READING

Internova Centralizes AI Development EffortsBy Michael B. Baker

Internova Travel Group, whose portfolio of brands includes travel management company Altour, has... KEEP READING

Amadeus Makes Squake Tools Available in CytricBy Michael B. Baker

Amadeus has partnered with carbon data specialist Squake to make its corporate carbon initiatives... KEEP READING

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