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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Trip.Biz Integrates Conferma Virtual Card Tech into Booking PlatformBy Michael B. Baker

Trip.Biz has partnered to integrate Conferma's virtual card technology into the TMC's Trip.Biz One... KEEP READING

BCD Introduces MCP Framework for TripsourceBy Michael B. Baker

BCD has developed a Model Context Protocol framework across its Tripsource platform, which the TMC... KEEP READING

WestJet Adds HTS Cancellation OfferingBy Michael B. Baker

WestJet now is offering Hopper Technology Solutions' "Cancel for Any Reason" offering as an ancillary... KEEP READING

Travelport Taps Cognizant, Anthropic for AI UpgradeBy Michael B. Baker

AI technology services provider Cognizant is deploying Anthropic's AI assistant Claude to modernize... KEEP READING

Tripkicks Broadens Communication Capabilities with Catalyst LaunchBy Michael B. Baker

Tripkicks launched Catalyst to enhance communication via behavioral science, helping managers improve... KEEP READING

Core Unveils Group Travel Insurance Mgmt. PlatformBy Michael B. Baker

Core Travel Insurance has launched a new digital platform to manage group coverage and give individual... KEEP READING

Travel, Expense Agents on SAP's Automation RoadmapBy Michael B. Baker

SAP has announced a new "Autonomous Suite," in which it is deploying AI agents to run processes in its... KEEP READING

Qatar Airways Adds ARC Multi-Payment FeatureBy Michael B. Baker

Qatar Airways has adopted Airlines Reporting Corp.'s feature that allows EDIFACT purchases to be split... KEEP READING

SAS First to Activate ARC Split-Payment OptionBy Michael B. Baker

Scandinavian Airlines has activated ARC's Multiple Form of Payment feature, enabling purchases via... KEEP READING

Wex Partners to Boost Dida Cross-Border PaymentBy Michael B. Baker

Fintech provider Wex this week announced a seven-year partnership with Shenzhen, China-based travel... KEEP READING

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