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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PwC Raises Lodging Occupancy, Rate Drop ForecastBy Michael B. Baker

PricewaterhouseCoopers today updated its U.S. lodging forecast to call for continued decreases in... KEEP READING

Smith Forecasts Hotel Rates To Keep Falling Through 2010By Michael B. Baker

Smith Travel Research is holding firm to its forecast of continued hotel occupancy, revenue and rate... KEEP READING

BTN Recognizes LichtensteinBy Michael B. Baker

Business Travel News last month named Cisco Systems director of travel, meetings and events Susan... KEEP READING

Carlson Hotels Taps Rezidor Exec To Oversee Brand DevelopmentBy Michael B. Baker

Carlson Hotels Worldwide has appointed a Rezidor Hotel Group executive to lead the growth and... KEEP READING

Checking In: Concur, Starwood Announce E-Folio LinkBy Michael B. Baker

Concur and Starwood Hotels & Resorts in August announced an agreement for Starwood to provide... KEEP READING

Expense Suppliers To Align With Payment, Booking ToolsBy Michael B. Baker

Expense reporting tool suppliers CyberShift and ExpenseWatch.com in recent weeks have announced... KEEP READING

NBTA Adds Rate Renegotiation Clauses To Hotel RFP TemplatesBy Michael B. Baker

The National Business Travel Association has added two templates to its Modular Hotel Request for... KEEP READING

Steigenberger Sold To Egypt's Travco Group InternationalBy Michael B. Baker

Egyptian travel company Travco Group International has acquired upscale German hotel company... KEEP READING

Wyndham Promotes Sales HeadBy Michael B. Baker

Corporate travel managers and agencies have a new sales leader at Wyndham Hotel Group with the... KEEP READING

Accor Building Up Hotel Inventory In IndiaBy Michael B. Baker

European hotel company Accor yesterday detailed plans to increase its presence in India tenfold over... KEEP READING

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