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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TMC Teplis Unveils Spotnana-Based Platform with ClientsBy Michael B. Baker

Atlanta-based travel management company Teplis Travel has launched its first clients on its... KEEP READING

Emburse Prepping Expense-Report Building Agent for Fall DebutBy Michael B. Baker

Emburse is launching an AI agent capable of building review-ready expense reports, which the... KEEP READING

Serko to Launch Beta Version of AI Traveler AssistantBy Michael B. Baker

Serko on Wednesday will launch the beta version of its Serko.ai personal travel assistant, a... KEEP READING

FCM to Widely Roll Out Sam as New 'AI Ecosystem'By Michael B. Baker

FCM Travel next month will widely release a "fundamentally reimagined" version of its AI tool Sam that... KEEP READING

Amadeus Q1 Bookings Slip Due to Middle East ConflictBy Michael B. Baker

Amadeus reported a slight decline in air bookings year over year during the first quarter due to the... KEEP READING

Expensify Q1 Revenue, Paid Members Decline, Interchange UpBy Michael B. Baker

Expensify reported year-over-year declines in revenue and paid members in the first quarter, but... KEEP READING

Sabre: Q1 Corp. Booking Strong Amid Conflict, Fuel Price SpikeBy Michael B. Baker

Sabre Corp. reported that corporate travel strength helped offset the impact from the conflict in the... KEEP READING

Former Yapta, Coupa Exec Layman Joins BizTrip.AIBy Michael B. Baker

AI travel platform BizTrip.AI has hired former Yapta executive Valerie Layman to lead its product... KEEP READING

Casto Taps TMC Vet White as N. America Sales LeaderBy Michael B. Baker

Travel industry business process management provider Casto has named TMC veteran Eve White as VP of... KEEP READING

Spotnana Connects to UK Chain TravelodgeBy Michael B. Baker

Spotnana has established a direct connection with UK-based budget hotel chain Travelodge, providing... KEEP READING

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