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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Advantage Partners with ConnexPay for Payment ServicesBy Michael B. Baker

U.K.-based Advantage Travel Partnership is partnering with payment platform ConnexPay to provide... KEEP READING

Oversee Adds Personalization Feature to Agent AI ToolBy Michael B. Baker

Travel technology provider Oversee has added a new personalization feature to its AgentSee tool for... KEEP READING

BCD Travel Partners with SkyLinkBy Michael B. Baker

BCD Travel is partnering with AI-powered corporate travel assistant SkyLink, integrating the... KEEP READING

Concur Survey: Cos. Cutting Back on Perks but not All Corp. TravelBy Michael B. Baker

A solid majority of companies said they plan to maintain or increase business travel spending this... KEEP READING

Report: Forward N. America Corp. Travel Bookings Down After Flat Q1By Michael B. Baker

Business travel spending in North America is on track to decline year over year after a flat first... KEEP READING

PredictX's Cogent Wins 2025 BTS Europe Innovation FaceoffBy Michael B. Baker

PredictX's AI workspace Cogent won the 2025 Business Travel Innovation Faceoff at BTS Europe for its... KEEP READING

Emburse Integrates with Sage IntacctBy Michael B. Baker

Emburse has built an integration of its Emburse Professional travel and expense management offering... KEEP READING

FCM's Sam Gains New AI CapabilitiesBy Michael B. Baker & Andy Hoskins

FCM Travel has relaunched its Sam chatbot as an "intelligent virtual assistant" for travelers and... KEEP READING

Amex GBT Survey: Productivity Tops Sustainability as Rail LureBy Michael B. Baker

Business travelers are more drawn to rail travel by the productivity it brings them than for... KEEP READING

Jet2.com to Distribute Content Through KyteBy Michael B. Baker

U.K. low-cost carrier Jet2.com is making its content available through Kyte, the companies announced.... KEEP READING

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