﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Business Travel News - Management</title><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel_Management</link><copyright>(c) 2026, NORTHSTAR Travel Media, LLC. All rights reserved.</copyright><ttl>60</ttl><atom:link href="https://www.businesstravelnews.com/RSS/20482" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Accenture Travel and Aviation Lead Takes Stock of Sustainability Progress</title><description><![CDATA[The GBTA Foundation this month published data from its Sustainability Acceleration Challenge, co-developed with Accenture, which benchmarked companies' sustainability policies and actions. Accenture global travel and aviation sustainability lead Jesko-Philipp Neuenburg spoke with BTN's Michael B. Baker about the status of corporate travel sustainability efforts.&#160; &#160;]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Interviews/Accenture-Travel-and-Aviation-Lead-Takes-Stock-of-Sustainability-Progress</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:55:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=47022</guid></item><item><title>Amex GCS Q3 Billings Rose 10 Percent YOY</title><description><![CDATA[Card-billed business for American Express Global Commercial Services, the division that houses corporate cards, increased 10 percent year over year in the third quarter to $109.7 billion, thanks to higher cardholder spending. For the nine months ending Sept. 30, GCS card-billed business increased 6 percent to $321.5 billion, compared with the same period last year. Total cards in force increased 2 percent to 13.9 million.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Payment-Expense/Amex-GCS-Q3-Billings-Rose-10-Percent-YOY</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate><author>JoAnn DeLuna</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=31085</guid></item><item><title>CWTSatoTravel Launches Mobile App For Government Travelers</title><description><![CDATA[CWTSatoTravel launched a mobile app "exclusively for military and government travelers that meets General Services Administration security standards" this week. CWTSato To Go offers itinerary management, flight check-in, alerts, flight search and in-destination information, including weather, maps and a cu]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/CWTSatoTravel-Launches-Mobile-App-For-Government-Travelers</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:45:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=27169</guid></item><item><title>Who Made BTN's List Of 25 Most Influential Execs for 2015</title><description><![CDATA[Merger-and-acquisition players figured prominently in the list, along with technology platform disruptors and regulatory decision-makers.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Who-Made-BTN-s-List-Of-25-Most-Influential-Execs-for-2015</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=27148</guid></item><item><title>Roundtable: Open Booking, Mobile &amp; Corporate Travel Personalization In The Eurozone</title><description><![CDATA[Managing traveler behavior via mobile apps, social media and other technology was the plat du jour when European buyers gathered with BTN editors for the publication's annual roundtable at the Association of Corporate Travel Executives global conference in Paris. Supplying the answers-and in some cases, the questions-in this excerpt: Denmark-based global head of travel and indirect services for Maersk, Mette Christensen; Ireland-based European travel manager for The Coca-Cola Co., Michael Hill; United Kingdom-based global travel manager for Willis Group Services, Deborah Short; and Italy-based Europe, the Middle East and Africa director of travel and meetings for Johnson & Johnson, Andrea Valvo.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Open-Booking-Mobile-Corporate-Travel-Personalization-In-The-Eurozone</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 15:15:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=27041</guid></item><item><title>GBTA Re-Ups Allied Leadership</title><description><![CDATA[Global Business Travel Association president Christle Johnson appointed Scott Solombrino and Dorothy Dowling as Allied Leadership Council leaders. Solombrino, president and chief executive of Boston Coach, will serve his seventh consecutive term as GBTA's ALC president. Dowling, chief marketing officer for]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/GBTA-Re-Ups-Allied-Leadership</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:15:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=27040</guid></item><item><title>CWT Ups Ante On Mobile App</title><description><![CDATA[Carlson Wagonlit Travel added new features to its mobile app. On CWT To Go, travel arrangers and assistants now can view itinerary information for multiple travelers, monitor flights and send text messages to travelers. "The next stage, which is already in development, will include the ability to book trav]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/CWT-Ups-Ante-On-Mobile-App</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:30:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=27028</guid></item><item><title>A New Formula For KPIs</title><description><![CDATA[As technology evolves, data improves and companies focus more on their travelers, a new world of managed travel has emerged, and buyers are developing new key performance indicators to measure their travel programs’ success within it.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/A-New-Formula-For-KPIs</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Michael B. Baker</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26991</guid></item><item><title>ACTE Opts For Leadership Continuity</title><description><![CDATA[The Association of Corporate Travel Executives board has decided to build on the past three years' positive results by extending the term of its current president by another two years.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/ACTE-Opts-For-Leadership-Continuity</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:25:00 -0500</pubDate><author>David Meyer</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26988</guid></item><item><title>It's A Mobile World: Buyers Being Innovative</title><description><![CDATA[BTN]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/It-s-A-Mobile-World-Buyers-Being-Innovative</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26934</guid></item><item><title>Smartwatch Travel Apps Abound, But Adoption Is Work In Progress</title><description><![CDATA[As corporate travel buyers assess mobile strategy, they have rightly recognized smartphones and tablets as the primary touch points. Yet, the very notion of mobile is broadening to include watches, bracelets, glasses and other devices that comprise the emerging category of wearables. Doubts abound on adoption, potential and utility—what can a watch do that a phone can’t?—but early boosters from the travel segment see a category worthy of consideration, a new way to deliver travel services and even a powerful new touch point to communicate contextual messages to managed travelers.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Smartwatch-Travel-Apps-Abound-But-Adoption-Is-Work-In-Progress</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Jay Boehmer</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26933</guid></item><item><title>Who Ya Gonna Call? Mobile Technology Partners</title><description><![CDATA[“I don’t understand why people aren’t doing it,” ACT corporate travel senior manager Jennifer Steinke said of developing a mobile strategy. “Stop waiting and just do it.”]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Who-Ya-Gonna-Call-Mobile-Technology-Partners</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:35:00 -0500</pubDate><author>JoAnn DeLuna</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26932</guid></item><item><title>The Monster Under Your Bed: Mobile Program Data Security Fears</title><description><![CDATA[Too many questions about data security and not enough definitive answers make for corporate travel managers who are paralyzed in the face of mobile strategy.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/The-Monster-Under-Your-Bed-Mobile-Program-Data-Security-Fears</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:45:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Julie Sickel</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26930</guid></item><item><title>Former PricewaterhouseCoopers and Booz &amp; Company executive Doug Weeks has joined Princeton-based Partnership Travel Consulting</title><description><![CDATA[Former PricewaterhouseCoopers and Booz &amp; Company executive Doug Weeks has joined Princeton-based Partnership Travel Consulting as senior vice president. Before serving as PwC for director of global IT procurement, Weeks was the director of global strategic sourcing for Booz &amp; Company, where he im]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Former-PricewaterhouseCoopers-and-Booz-Company-executive-Doug-Weeks-has-joined-Princeton-based-Partnership-Travel-Consulting</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26949</guid></item><item><title>Find The Right Fit: Proactive Mobile Program Strategies</title><description><![CDATA[The data is clear: If companies fail to develop a mobile travel program, their travelers will do it without them. Travel buyers, however, can tap travelers’ growing appetite for mobile to improve compliance, data and traveler satisfaction.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Find-The-Right-Fit-Proactive-Mobile-Program-Strategies</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Michael B. Baker</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26931</guid></item><item><title>Egencia last week incorporated Routehappy flight amenity and score data into its TripNavigator app for the iPad,</title><description><![CDATA[Egencia last week incorporated Routehappy flight amenity and score data into its TripNavigator app for the iPad, with plans to expand to iPhones later this month, Egencia announced. Egencia has tapped into Routehappy's Scores &amp; Amenities API to display via TripNavigator traveler ratings as well as f]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Egencia-last-week-incorporated-Routehappy-flight-amenity-and-score-data-into-its-TripNavigator-app-for-the-iPad</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:20:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26945</guid></item><item><title>Strachan Departs Amex GBT To Join Tilstone's Consultancy</title><description><![CDATA[American Express Global Business Travel vice president for global consulting Caroline Strachan has resigned after only 18 months to team up with her former GBTA Europe and Institute of Travel & Meetings colleague Paul Tilstone. Strachan will become an equal partner in Tilstone’s business travel marketing and communications consultancy Festive Road from January 2016.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Strachan-Departs-Amex-GBT-To-Join-Tilstone-s-Consultancy</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 09:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Amon Cohen</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26943</guid></item><item><title>Certify has launched a mobile feature that notifies travelers in real time if expenses fall outside policy.</title><description><![CDATA[Certify has launched a mobile feature that notifies travelers in real time if expenses fall outside policy. The feature, coined Certify Mobile Instant Policy Check, compares expenses, whether input via photographed receipts or entered manually, against a company's travel and expense policy. It reviews such]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Certify-has-launched-a-mobile-feature-that-notifies-travelers-in-real-time-if-expenses-fall-outside-policy-</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26899</guid></item><item><title>Roadmap CEO Jeroen Van Velzen On Travel App Engagement</title><description><![CDATA[After 15 years of procurement-oriented travel management, Roadmap CEO Jeroen van Velzen predicted a pivot that will put a clear focus on the business traveler. What's the return on investment of caring for the traveler? That's the wrong question, he said, at least in the beginning. To succeed, companies must be willing to give first. To explain more, van Velzen sat down with BTN editor-in-chief Elizabeth West.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Don-t-Kill-The-Relationship-Roadmap-CEO-Jeroen-Van-Velzen-On-Travel-App-Engagement</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:55:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26830</guid></item><item><title>Cisco Takes Pains To Boost Traveler Experience &amp; Ups Efficiency Via Virtual Agents</title><description><![CDATA[Cisco has made some big changes in 2015—partnering with Sabre to create a complete booking solution, building its own mobile application and introducing virtual travel centers to its Europe, Middle East and Africa hub—all of which have improved the traveler experience.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Cisco-Takes-Pains-To-Boost-Traveler-Experience-Ups-Efficiency-Via-Virtual-Agents</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:20:00 -0500</pubDate><author>JoAnn DeLuna</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26815</guid></item><item><title>GBTA: Travel Buyer Compensation On The Rise</title><description><![CDATA[Travel buyers' average compensation has risen 5 percent since summer 2014, to $110,000, and their satisfaction with salary and benefits lifted with the tide. Median income rose 6 percent to $103,000.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/GBTA-Travel-Buyer-Compensation-On-The-Rise</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:35:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Amanda Metcalf</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26811</guid></item><item><title>Direct, i.e., buyer, members of the Global Business Travel Association elected Johnson Downie’s Christle Johnson as president</title><description><![CDATA[Direct, i.e., buyer, members of the Global Business Travel Association elected Johnson Downie's Christle Johnson as president and NetApp's Mark Ziegler as vice president, both for two-year terms that begin immediately. Direct members also cast their votes for Ingredion's Bhart Sarin, Princeton University's]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Direct-i-e-buyer-members-of-the-Global-Business-Travel-Association-elected-Johnson-Downie-s-Christle-Johnson-as-president</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:45:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26796</guid></item><item><title>GBTA: Business Travelers Want Their Companies To Recommend Travel Apps</title><description><![CDATA[Travel managers should be recommending travel apps to their business travelers, according to a Global Business Travel Association report. Few companies do, however.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/GBTA-Business-Travelers-Want-Their-Companies-To-Recommend-Travel-Apps</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Elizabeth West</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26795</guid></item><item><title>Only 29 percent of travelers always book their hotel and flight at the same time,</title><description><![CDATA[Only 29 percent of travelers always book their hotel and flight at the same time, according to a Global Business Travel Association study. Nearly half (45 percent) often do, while 14 percent sometimes book hotel and flight simultaneously. Only 5 percent rarely or never do. Of survey respondents who do not]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Only-29-percent-of-travelers-always-book-their-hotel-and-flight-at-the-same-time</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:45:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26791</guid></item><item><title>Roadmap Takes Home BTN 2015 Innovator Award</title><description><![CDATA[Netherlands-based technology firm Roadmap snagged Business Travel News' 2015 Innovator Award yesterday at BTN's Innovate 2015 conference in New York City. Co-founder and CEO Jeroen van Velzen accepted on behalf of his team, which has introduced a corporate travel-oriented solution that blends corporate and consumer mobile travel apps and delivers them in a single app to managed travelers.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Roadmap-Takes-Home-BTN-2015-Innovator-Award</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Elizabeth West</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26777</guid></item><item><title>BTN's 2015 Best Practitioners Brainstorm Innovation, Risk and Collaboration</title><description><![CDATA[BTN named its annual list of Best Practitioners in July. Along with our Travel Manager of the Year, these four individuals elevated the practice of travel management. Their best practices and innovation initiatives have changed the course of travel management for their organizations and ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/BTN-s-2015-Best-Practitioners-Brainstorm-Innovation-Risk-and-Collaboration</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2015 14:45:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26759</guid></item><item><title>Best Practitioner 2015: Robert Jacobsen Combines Gamification &amp; Sustainability</title><description><![CDATA[T-Mobile has planted more than 90,000 trees in Haiti, part of an unconventional travel gamification program that has cracked the code of how to incentivize travelers to change their booking behaviors. Rather than rewarding employees directly, the program makes it easy for them to do something for others.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Robert-Jacobsen-Combines-Gamification-Sustainability</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:00:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Elizabeth West</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26742</guid></item><item><title>Going Big: Eric Bailey, BTN’s 2015 Travel Manager Of The Year, Combines Vision With Partnership</title><description><![CDATA[In the race for a seamless business travel experience, technology suppliers have been inching toward solutions. With the help of Microsoft’s Eric Bailey, a new set of tools—potentially game changing—will soon be available to the wider industry.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Going-Big-Eric-Bailey-BTNs-2015-Travel-Manager-Of-The-Year-Combines-Vision-With-Partnership</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:05:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Elizabeth West</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26729</guid></item><item><title>Travel Leaders Corporate announced a service to help companies identify travel-cost savings and optimize program management.</title><description><![CDATA[Travel Leaders Corporate announced a service to help companies identify travel-cost savings and optimize program management. Client engagements for the new Financial Solutions would run for a minimum of 24 months and feature assistance from a three-member team of advisors to lend financial analysis, sourci]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Travel-Leaders-Corporate-announced-a-service-to-help-companies-identify-travel-cost-savings-and-optimize-program-management-</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2015 13:30:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26725</guid></item><item><title>Gender Pay Gap Demands More, Better Research</title><description><![CDATA[Two compelling reader letters prompted by BTN 's 2015 Salary & Attitude Survey, along with BTN editor-in-chief Elizabeth West's response.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Gender-Pay-Gap-Demands-More-Better-Research</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:30:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26708</guid></item><item><title>International Air Transport Association CEO Tony Tyler will retire in June 2016,</title><description><![CDATA[International Air Transport Association CEO Tony Tyler will retire in June 2016, the association announced Friday. Its board plans to appoint a new CEO at IATA's annual general meeting in Dublin the same month. Tyler, a former CEO of Cathay Pacific Airways, has led IATA since 2011 and said in a stateme]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/International-Air-Transport-Association-CEO-Tony-Tyler-will-retire-in-June-2016</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26707</guid></item><item><title>Hotel shopping service tripBAM has enhanced its program to ensure companies receive their negotiated rates.</title><description><![CDATA[Hotel shopping service tripBAM has enhanced its program to ensure companies receive their negotiated rates. The rate-enforcement feature cross-checks traveler bookings with a company's hotel-contract data and notifies the travel manager or agency if a traveler is not receiving the negotiated rate when th]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Hotel-shopping-service-tripBAM-has-enhanced-its-program-to-ensure-companies-receive-their-negotiated-rates-</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:05:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26702</guid></item><item><title>Partnership Travel Consulting appointed Tony O’Connor regional director of Asia/Pacific.</title><description><![CDATA[Partnership Travel Consulting appointed Tony O'Connor regional director of Asia/Pacific. O'Connor founded Melbourne-based independent consultancy Butler Caroye Asia Pacific.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Partnership-Travel-Consulting-appointed-Tony-O-Connor-regional-director-of-Asia/Pacific-</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:25:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26698</guid></item><item><title>CORRECTION:</title><description><![CDATA[CORRECTION: June 29 and Aug. 18 reports incorrectly identified foreign education, language and au pair travel program provider EF Education First's name as Education First. The corrected versions appear here and here .]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/CORRECTION-June-29-and-Aug-18-reports-incorrectly-identified-foreign-education-language-and-au-pair-travel-program-provider-EF-Education-First</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2015 13:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26690</guid></item><item><title>Hotel communication platform CheckMate on Wednesday announced direct partnerships with several travel management companies</title><description><![CDATA[Hotel communication platform CheckMate on Wednesday announced direct partnerships with several travel management companies including Adelman, AmTrav, Christopherson Business Travel, Travel Incorporated and Travel and Transport. CheckMate this spring announced partnerships with other TMCs, both through]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Hotel-communication-platform-CheckMate-on-Wednesday-announced-direct-partnerships-with-several-travel-management-companies</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:05:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26682</guid></item><item><title>The General Services Administration released fiscal year 2016 per-diem rates today that will go into effect Oct. 1, 2015.</title><description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration released fiscal year 2016 per-diem rates today that will go into effect Oct. 1, 2015. Total per diem will increase to $140, which includes $89 for hotel and $51 for meals and incidentals. The rates are based on local market costs of midprice hotels and provide caps, or m]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/The-General-Services-Administration-released-fiscal-year-2016-per-diem-rates-today-that-will-go-into-effect-Oct-1-2015-</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26667</guid></item><item><title>Orlando – The Global Business Travel Association board of directors declared its election at the organization's annual convention invalid</title><description><![CDATA[Orlando - The Global Business Travel Association board of directors declared its election at the organization's annual convention invalid because it did not meet attendance thresholds, GBTA executive director Mike McCormick announced Wednesday. The association requires that at least 10 percent of members b]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Orlando-The-Global-Business-Travel-Association-board-of-directors-declared-its-election-at-the-organization-s-annual-convention-invalid</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2015 20:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26618</guid></item><item><title>BTN Names 2015 Travel Manager Of The Year &amp; Best Practitioners</title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft’s Eric Bailey is BTN's 2015 Travel Manager of the Year. Best Practitioners are BP’s Lisa Stanford, Cisco’s Susan Lichtenstein, FORE’s Pam Massey and T-Mobile’s Robert Jacobsen. &#160; ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/BTN-Names-2015-Travel-Manager-Of-The-Year-Best-Practitioners</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:05:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26614</guid></item><item><title>Delta Ties Compensation Guarantee To Corporate Operational Performance</title><description><![CDATA[Delta Air Lines is beginning an aggressive push to highlight operational performance to corporate customers. Among its efforts is a promise to compensate its cust]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Delta-Ties-Compensation-Guarantee-To-Corporate-Operational-Performance</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:55:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Michael B. Baker</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26606</guid></item><item><title>Travel And Transport To Harness Big Data, Eyes Biz Outside Travel</title><description><![CDATA[Orlando]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Travel-And-Transport-To-Harness-Big-Data-Eyes-Biz-Outside-Travel</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2015 00:10:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Elizabeth West</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26605</guid></item><item><title>Orlando – Airlines Reporting Corp. launched City Pair Report during the Global Business Travel Association conference.</title><description><![CDATA[Orlando - Airlines Reporting Corp. launched City Pair Report during the Global Business Travel Association conference. For $250, customers get a 15-month report that includes 16 charts created from ARC's ticket data repository using such metrics as airfare, cabin class, length of stay and carrier capacity.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Orlando-Airlines-Reporting-Corp-launched-City-Pair-Report-during-the-Global-Business-Travel-Association-conference-</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2015 18:35:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26603</guid></item><item><title>Orlando – Concur TripIt and TripIt Pro users now can call their travel management company with one click</title><description><![CDATA[Orlando - Concur TripIt and TripIt Pro users now can call their travel management company with one click from the itinerary-capturing tool's mobile app, the travel and expense technology provider announced Sunday during the during the Global Business Travel Association conference. The app displays the co]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Orlando-Concur-TripIt-and-TripIt-Pro-users-now-can-call-their-travel-management-company-with-one-click</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2015 17:55:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26600</guid></item><item><title>Orlando – NuTravel launched FlexAlerts, preset email notifications that remind travelers at specific intervals to book hotel and car rental</title><description><![CDATA[Orlando - NuTravel launched FlexAlerts, preset email notifications that remind travelers at specific intervals to book hotel and car rental after they've booked a flight, the travel tech firm announced Sunday during the during the Global Business Travel Association conference. The emails feature links to n]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Orlando-NuTravel-launched-FlexAlerts-preset-email-notifications-that-remind-travelers-at-specific-intervals-to-book-hotel-and-car-rental</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2015 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26601</guid></item><item><title>Big Data Equals Bigger Time Suck</title><description><![CDATA[Managing data turns out to be the second-most time-consuming task for travel managers. Among 237 North American travel managers surveyed by the Global Business Travel Association and Sabre in March, 57 percent named using data to track program performance and support decisions among their top time sucks, trailing the responsibility of supplier relations and contracts (61 percent).]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Big-Data-Equals-Bigger-Time-Suck</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:55:00 -0500</pubDate><author>JoAnn DeLuna</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26593</guid></item><item><title>Blueprint: Five Ways To Harness Emerging Technologies For Business Travel Management</title><description><![CDATA[We don’t have to look too far back in the past to see a world without tablets, smartphone apps or ridesharing services. Indeed, business travel was an entirely different experience only five years ago than it is today. Rapidly emerging hardware and software and the new paradigm of the sharing economy are forcing corporations to change the way that they manage their travel purchases. Plus, the globalized business environment can mean longer, more complex trips to farther destinations. In response, travel managers are being asked not just to keep up with these trends but to stay ahead of them. Often, these new technologies represent new opportunities for travel managers to further their goals of traveler safety, satisfaction, productivity and cost control.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Blueprint-Five-Ways-To-Harness-Emerging-Technologies-For-Business-Travel-Management</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:05:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Jessica Patel, vice president of travel vertical payments for American Express Global Corporate Payments</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26584</guid></item><item><title>GBTA Bylaw Proposal Shows Restraint, Still There Are Sticking Points</title><description><![CDATA[Dominion director of travel and corporate services Donna Kelliher took her first steps as Global Business Travel Association president in the summer of 2013, as debate about the organization’s bylaws fired tempers. Two years later, on June 27, 2015, Kelliher has notified members of a new bylaws proposal.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/GBTA-Bylaw-Proposal-Shows-Restraint-Still-There-Are-Sticking-Points</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2015 12:05:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Elizabeth West</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26578</guid></item><item><title>Airbnb Launches Travel Manager Tools</title><description><![CDATA[For years, Airbnb has been luring individual travelers away from their managed travel programs. Now it’s making moves to lure in corporate travel managers, as well.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Airbnb-Launches-Travel-Manager-Tools</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Julie Sickel</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26576</guid></item><item><title>Cornerstone To Capture Off-Channel Data With Traxo Integration</title><description><![CDATA[Today, Traxo, a next-generation itinerary aggregation technology, will announce a partnership with Cornerstone Information Systems. The partnership will target off-channel booking data and offer both travel management company and enterprise clients deeper visibility into increasingly fragmented booking behaviors. As more TMCs and enterprises have to deal with “leakage”—and others simply accept it as the natural evolution of business travel—the partnership should attract keen interest.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Cornerstone-To-Capture-Off-Channel-Data-With-Traxo-Integration</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 07:30:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Elizabeth West</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26571</guid></item><item><title>Cornerstone Information Systems will unveil a tech solution for business travel managers and one for travelers in late July.</title><description><![CDATA[Cornerstone Information Systems will unveil a tech solution for business travel managers and one for travelers in late July. TravelOptix provides analysis on savings metrics, program gaps, compliance, budget enforcement and strategy for travel management companies and their clients, and 4site transmits rea]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Cornerstone-Information-Systems-will-unveil-a-tech-solution-for-business-travel-managers-and-one-for-travelers-in-late-July</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2015 11:10:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26535</guid></item><item><title>Company Of Young Workers Opts For KDS Neo</title><description><![CDATA[Paris ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Company-Of-Young-Workers-Opts-For-KDS-Neo</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:15:00 -0500</pubDate><author>JoAnn DeLuna</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=26531</guid></item><item><title>12 Tips for SME Managers &amp; Buyers</title><description><![CDATA[BTN offers six small and midsize enterprise travel management tips and six tips for working with suppliers.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/12-Tips-For-SME-Managers-Buyers</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:25:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Julie Sickel</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25989</guid></item><item><title>JetBlue launched a new booking web portal, Blue Inc., this week for corporate travelers at small and midsize enterprises.</title><description><![CDATA[ JetBlue launched a new booking web portal, Blue Inc., this week for corporate travelers at small and midsize enterprises. It enables corporate travelers to book flights, hotels and rental cars on desktop and mobile devices and travel managers to set budgets and policies, manage bookings and track spending.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/JetBlue-launched-a-new-booking-web-portal-Blue-Inc-this-week-for-corporate-travelers-at-small-and-midsize-enterprises-</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:55:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25988</guid></item><item><title>American Airlines has launched Flex Funds to help corporate travel buyers and agents manage and access fee waivers</title><description><![CDATA[ American Airlines has launched Flex Funds to help corporate travel buyers and agents manage and access fee waivers through AA's SalesLink online platform, the carrier announced on Monday. The service will give buyers and agents around-the-clock access to their waivers without the need for approvals, vice p]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/American-Airlines-has-launched-Flex-Funds-to-help-corporate-travel-buyers-and-agents-manage-and-access-fee-waivers</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:55:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25941</guid></item><item><title>Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts launched the Business Travel Programme for small to midmarket enterprises</title><description><![CDATA[ Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts launched the Business Travel Programme for small to midmarket enterprises on Wednesday. It gives registered SME companies access to preferential rates and amenities at nearly 80 of Shangri-La's hotels. The Business Travel Programme is available only to SMEs that do not have a ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Hotel-News/Shangri-La-Hotels-and-Resorts-launched-the-Business-Travel-Programme-for-small-to-midmarket-enterprises</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2015 11:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25920</guid></item><item><title>Barclays Realizes The Dream Of A Do-It-Yourself Travel Reporting System</title><description><![CDATA[Building a data warehouse and self-designed reporting capability for years has been a goal for progressive travel management teams. A self-built, centralized repository would give travel managers the ability to mash and distill information insights from different data sources, independent of travel management companies and other service providers.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Barclays-Realizes-The-Dream-Of-A-Do-It-Yourself-Travel-Reporting-System</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2015 16:25:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Amon Cohen</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25899</guid></item><item><title>WestJet To Boost Elbow Room In Premium-Economy Rows</title><description><![CDATA[WestJet later this year will add space to premium-economy seating on certain flights by removing the middle seat from circulation, the carrier announced Tuesday.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel/WestJet-To-Boost-Elbow-Room-In-Premium-Economy-Rows</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2015 17:00:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Michael B. Baker</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25884</guid></item><item><title>AirPlus International customers during the first quarter spent 8 percent more on business travel year over year,</title><description><![CDATA[ AirPlus International customers during the first quarter spent 8 percent more on business travel year over year, according to a report released Tuesday by parent company Lufthansa. Clients' air travel spend rose 7.5 percent, &quot;with companies booking 7.3 percent more business flights,&quot; according to the repor]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel/AirPlus-International-customers-during-the-first-quarter-spent-8-percent-more-on-business-travel-year-over-year</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2015 11:55:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25883</guid></item><item><title>Data and intelligence company Grasp Technologies has become a preferred technology partner of ABC Global Services</title><description><![CDATA[ Data and intelligence company Grasp Technologies has become a preferred technology partner of ABC Global Services for “automation, reporting and business intelligence solutions,” Grasp announced on Thursday. ABC Global clients will get “special discounted offerings” of Grasp products. Both companies also w]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel-Agencies/Data-and-intelligence-company-Grasp-Technologies-has-become-a-preferred-technology-partner-of-ABC-Global-Services</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:35:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25865</guid></item><item><title>Corporate-assistance firm Collinson Group broadened its duty-of-care offerings by acquiring</title><description><![CDATA[ Corporate-assistance firm Collinson Group broadened its duty-of-care offerings by acquiring London-based medical-assistance company Specialty Assist and will roll it into its Intana group, according to the companies. Specialty Assist managing director Mark Rands will lead Intana Specialty, which will focus]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Corporate-assistance-firm-Collinson-Group-broadened-its-duty-of-care-offerings-by-acquiring</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:30:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25851</guid></item><item><title>Winit: Women in Travel will launch its Central Career Board in May as part of its career mobility initiative,</title><description><![CDATA[ Winit: Women in Travel will launch its Central Career Board in May as part of its career mobility initiative, Winit organizers announced this week during a joint event with the Association of Corporate Travel Executives in Atlanta. Winit members already can post job openings and resumes, but the new resour]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel-Agencies/Winit-Women-in-Travel-will-launch-its-Central-Career-Board-in-May-as-part-of-its-career-mobility-initiative</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:20:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25814</guid></item><item><title>The Association of Corporate Travel Executives and the Pittsburgh Business Travel Association announced they are "Education Partners,"</title><description><![CDATA[ The Association of Corporate Travel Executives and the Pittsburgh Business Travel Association announced they are &quot;Education Partners,&quot; following PBTA's decision to cut its chapter status with the Global Business Travel Association. ACTE and PBTA plan to host a joint conference in Pittsburgh this fall. Th]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel/The-Association-of-Corporate-Travel-Executives-and-the-Pittsburgh-Business-Travel-Association-announced-they-are-Education-Partners-</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 14:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25807</guid></item><item><title>Loews Hotels &amp; Resorts has acquired the Mandarin Oriental San Francisco and will include it in a new luxury brand,</title><description><![CDATA[ Loews Hotels &amp; Resorts has acquired the Mandarin Oriental San Francisco and will include it in a new luxury brand, the company announced. The Loews Regency brand will offer similar amenities to those at the newly renovated Loews Regency New York. Loews plans to expand the brand to other destinations, a]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Hotel-News/Loews-Hotels-Resorts-has-acquired-the-Mandarin-Oriental-San-Francisco-and-will-include-it-in-a-new-luxury-brand</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:15:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25805</guid></item><item><title>GBTA: Oil Prices Shackling Travel Price Increases</title><description><![CDATA[Citing the effect of "plummeting oil prices," the Global Business Travel Association on Tuesday reduced its forecast for 2015 U.S. business travel spending to $295.7 billion from its previous forecast of $310.2 billion, issued in January.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel/GBTA-Oil-Prices-Shackling-Travel-Price-Increases</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 17:10:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Chris Davis</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25803</guid></item><item><title>The Association of Corporate Travel Executives board of directors voted to extend the term of current president Kurt Knackstedt for two years,</title><description><![CDATA[ The Association of Corporate Travel Executives board of directors voted to extend the term of current president Kurt Knackstedt for two years, ACTE executive director Greeley Koch told BTN . Knackstedt's term would have expired at year-end, but Koch said the extension would "provide continuity and keep p]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/People/The-Association-of-Corporate-Travel-Executives-board-of-directors-voted-to-extend-the-term-of-current-president-Kurt-Knackstedt-for-two-years</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:55:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25802</guid></item><item><title>InterContinental Hotels Group launched hotel loyalty program IHG Business Rewards,</title><description><![CDATA[ InterContinental Hotels Group launched hotel loyalty program IHG Business Rewards, the company announced Monday. It will reward travel bookers with IHG Rewards Club points for business-to-business bookings for guest rooms, meetings and events at more than 4,700 participating IHG hotels worldwide. ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Hotel-News/InterContinental-Hotels-Group-launched-hotel-loyalty-program-IHG-Business-Rewards</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:25:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25801</guid></item><item><title>American Airlines on March 28 will begin to merge US Airways Dividend Miles into its AAdvantage frequent-flyer program,</title><description><![CDATA[ American Airlines on March 28 will begin to merge US Airways Dividend Miles into its AAdvantage frequent-flyer program, the carrier announced. March 25 serves as the last day to book Dividend Miles reward travel, according to the airline. American will move Dividend Miles members' mileage balances and eli]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/American-Airlines-on-March-28-will-begin-to-merge-US-Airways-Dividend-Miles-into-its-AAdvantage-frequent-flyer-program</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25595</guid></item><item><title>Travel agency alliance AllStars Travel Group appointed Kim Doran director of risk management, security and compliance.</title><description><![CDATA[ Travel agency alliance AllStars Travel Group appointed Kim Doran director of risk management, security and compliance. Following roles at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Transportation Security Administration, Doran will &quot;deliver her extensive safety and se]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Travel-agency-alliance-AllStars-Travel-Group-appointed-Kim-Doran-director-of-risk-management-security-and-compliance-</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:20:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25591</guid></item><item><title>HRG group commercial director Stewart Harvey has resigned,</title><description><![CDATA[ HRG group commercial director Stewart Harvey has resigned, according to the travel management company. Harvey &quot;decided to leave HRG at the end of February to pursue interests outside of the company,&quot; according to a statement issued by HRG in response to a BTN inquiry. &quot;It is still very much business ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/HRG-group-commercial-director-Stewart-Harvey-has-resigned</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:20:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25588</guid></item><item><title>American Express Global Business Travel named CityJet CEO Christine Ourmieres-Widener as its chief global sales officer.</title><description><![CDATA[ American Express Global Business Travel named CityJet CEO Christine Ourmieres-Widener as its chief global sales officer. Effective in June, Ourmieres-Widener will assume leadership for the travel management company's global sales organization, consulting division and Global Client Group, which oversees the]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/American-Express-Global-Business-Travel-named-CityJet-CEO-Christine-Ourmieres-Widener-as-its-chief-global-sales-officer-</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:10:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25580</guid></item><item><title>U.S. Hotel &amp; Dining Costs Drive Business Travel Per Diem Increase</title><description><![CDATA[As corporate travel demand rises within the United States, the combined daily cost of renting cars, staying in hotels and eating three meals a day looks as though it will follow suit in the coming year, much as the data in BTN's Corporate Travel Index show occurred in 2014.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel-Research/2015-Corporate-Travel-Index-U-S-Hotel-And-Dining-Costs-Drive-Business-Travel-Per-Diem-Increase</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Julie Sickel</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25559</guid></item><item><title>London Tops EMEA, Currency Chaos Adds Footnote to Moscow's Rates</title><description><![CDATA[London ranks as the Europe, Middle East and Africa region's most expensive city, according to BTN's Corporate Travel Index. While hotels' average daily rate decreased for most of the 59 EMEA cities analyzed in the CTI, London's ADR increased $8 year over year to $340.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel-Research/2015-Corporate-Travel-Index-London-Tops-EMEA-Currency-Chaos-Adds-Footnote-To-Moscow-s-Rates</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:30:00 -0500</pubDate><author>JoAnn DeLuna</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25558</guid></item><item><title>Dysfunctional Economy &amp; Currency Propel Cost Confusion in Caracas</title><description><![CDATA[As Venezuela confronts governmental dysfunction, currency distortion, runaway inflation and price declines for oil, its primary export, the average daily cost to conduct business travel in its capital city, Caracas, has skyrocketed, based on BTN Corporate Travel Index data.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel-Research/2015-Corporate-Travel-Index-Dysfunctional-Economy-And-Currency-Propel-Cost-Confusion-In-Caracas</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:10:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Jay Boehmer</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25557</guid></item><item><title>As Asia/Pacific Demand Falls Short of Supply, Business Travel Costs Drop</title><description><![CDATA[Although the region is home to some of the priciest cities in the world, corporate travel costs are moderating across much of the Asia/Pacific region. Growing demand there struggles to keep up with a glut of hotel supply.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel-Research/2015-Corporate-Travel-Index-As-Asia-Pacific-Demand-Falls-Short-Of-Supply-Business-Travel-Costs-Drop</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Michael B. Baker</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25556</guid></item><item><title>As Occupancy Rates Surge, Atlanta Weighs New Hotel Supply</title><description><![CDATA[Buoyed by one of the sharpest year-over-year hotel occupancy increases among major U.S. markets in 2014 and an influx of large conventions, Atlanta is considering a pair of development projects that would bolster the city's relatively stagnant full-service hotel supply.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel-Research/2015-Corporate-Travel-Index-As-Occupancy-Rates-Surge-Atlanta-Weighs-New-Hotel-Supply</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Chris Davis</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25555</guid></item><item><title>Concur's 'Re-Engineered' Messaging App To Incorporate TripLink Bookings, Preferred Risk Alerts</title><description><![CDATA[Concur has "completely re-engineered" its Concur Risk Messaging mobile app, formerly known as conTgo, Concur risk management specialist Jon Richardson said. The new version is in the final stages of testing internally and with clients ahead of a relaunch scheduled for the middle of 2015.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Concur-s-Re-Engineered-Messaging-App-To-Incorporate-TripLink-Bookings-Preferred-Risk-Alerts</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Amon Cohen</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25552</guid></item><item><title>Expense management provider Certify upgraded its mobile application to support the 64 languages</title><description><![CDATA[ Expense management provider Certify upgraded its mobile application to support the 64 languages previously available only online, the company announced Wednesday. The feature uses Google Translate for automatic translation but can be overridden, according to Certify. ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Expense-Management/Expense-management-provider-Certify-upgraded-its-mobile-application-to-support-the-64-languages</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:30:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25545</guid></item><item><title>Virtual Persuasion: Armed With Improved Tech, Sony Mobile Pushes Videoconferencing As A Meeting Alternative</title><description><![CDATA[Sony Mobile Communications is aiming to reduce its heavy reliance on travel through improved use of virtual conferencing. The mobile phone manufacturing company internally has positioned travel as only one option among several for employees to collaborate. Senior manager for global meeting and travel Philip Haxne, based in Lund, Sweden, said half the journey to success has been completed by installing high-quality virtual conferencing options that, critically, operate on a separate network from other corporate functions. Now he has embarked on the second half of the journey, with a demand-management strategy intended to persuade employees to consider virtual conferencing as an alternative—and often a preferable one—to travel.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Virtual-Persuasion-Armed-With-Improved-Tech-Sony-Mobile-Pushes-Videoconferencing-As-A-Meeting-Alternative</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:15:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Amon Cohen</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25539</guid></item><item><title>Carlson president and CEO Trudy Rautio will retire in May, the company announced Thursday.</title><description><![CDATA[ Carlson president and CEO Trudy Rautio will retire in May, the company announced Thursday. Her exit will usher in a leadership structure in which Carlson's travel and hospitality platforms each will have a dedicated CEO. COO David Berg will serve as CEO for Carlson Hospitality, while Doug Anderson will ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/People/Carlson-president-and-CEO-Trudy-Rautio-will-retire-in-May-the-company-announced-Thursday-</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:45:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25531</guid></item><item><title>Frontier Airlines effective March 7 no longer will settle agency transactions via ARC,</title><description><![CDATA[ Frontier Airlines effective March 7 no longer will settle agency transactions via ARC, the airline confirmed. Concurrent with its transition to the Navitaire New Skies passenger services system, Frontier will become a "ticketless" carrier. It will directly "process the payment information and return a reco]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel-Agencies/Frontier-Airlines-effective-March-7-no-longer-will-settle-agency-transactions-via-ARC</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:15:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25528</guid></item><item><title>Former Salesforce.com senior director of global travel, meetings and expense Ralph Colunga has joined Concur as senior director of global travel.</title><description><![CDATA[ Former Salesforce.com senior director of global travel, meetings and expense Ralph Colunga has joined Concur as senior director of global travel. Colunga, a former Business Travel News multinational travel manager of the year , will combine the task of developing Concur's internal travel program with an]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/Former-Salesforce-com-senior-director-of-global-travel-meetings-and-expense-Ralph-Colunga-has-joined-Concur-as-senior-director-of-global-travel</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:15:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25516</guid></item><item><title>Health Care Firm Taps App To Improve Traveler Wellness</title><description><![CDATA[Knowing the stress and constraints of business travel can cause even the most health-conscious of people to toss aside wellness habits while on the road, Cindy Heston, director of travel and events for managed health care firm Anthem Inc., recently deployed a program that incentivizes healthy traveler behavior.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Health-Care-Firm-Taps-App-To-Improve-Traveler-Wellness</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Michael B. Baker</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25495</guid></item><item><title>Travel and Transport named Brian Beard general manager of strategic initiatives.</title><description><![CDATA[ Travel and Transport named Brian Beard general manager of strategic initiatives. Previously holding positions at Amadeus and TRX, Beard &quot;will help enhance our innovations and product suite,&quot; including the travel management company's work in data analytics, noted chief information officer Mike Kubasik. ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/Travel-and-Transport-named-Brian-Beard-general-manager-of-strategic-initiatives</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:35:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25494</guid></item><item><title>American Express Global Business Travel appointed two technology executives, reporting to chief technology officer Philippe Chereque.</title><description><![CDATA[ American Express Global Business Travel appointed two technology executives, reporting to chief technology officer Philippe Chereque. Based in New York, Evan Konwiser joined as vice president, Digital Traveler, &quot;responsible for traveler-facing technology, such as mobile and the online booking experience.&quot; ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/American-Express-Global-Business-Travel-appointed-two-technology-executives-reporting-to-chief-technology-officer-Philippe-Chereque</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:35:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25488</guid></item><item><title>American Express Global Business Travel incorporated "near real-time flight status and tracking information" to its AX Connect duty-of-care offering</title><description><![CDATA[ American Express Global Business Travel incorporated &quot;near real-time flight status and tracking information&quot; to its AX Connect duty-of-care offering so travel managers can see the impact current disruptions are having on an organization's travelers. Amex also introduced a &quot;new asset management feature&quot; tha]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Globalization/American-Express-Global-Business-Travel-incorporated-near-real-time-flight-status-and-tracking-information-to-its-AX-Connect-duty-of-care-offering</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:15:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25483</guid></item><item><title>GoldSpring Consulting acquired travel management consulting firm Management Alternatives,</title><description><![CDATA[ GoldSpring Consulting acquired travel management consulting firm Management Alternatives, which "will help us reach our growth and service offering goals much more quickly than we had initially envisioned," according to GoldSpring founder and partner Mark Williams. Management Alternatives owner, president ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/GoldSpring-Consulting-acquired-travel-management-consulting-firm-Management-Alternatives</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25470</guid></item><item><title>World Travel, Inc. announced executive leadership changes as current CEO Jim Wells shifts his role to chairman.</title><description><![CDATA[ World Travel, Inc. announced executive leadership changes as current CEO Jim Wells shifts his role to chairman. The company named president Liz Mandarino CEO, with executive vice president of client and consulting services Dee Runyan stepping into the role of president. Former BCD Travel exec Maureen Brady]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/World-Travel-Inc-announced-executive-leadership-changes-as-current-CEO-Jim-Wells-shifts-his-role-to-chairman</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25428</guid></item><item><title>Pittsburgh BTA Votes To End Affiliation With GBTA</title><description><![CDATA[The Pittsburgh Business Travel Association has notified the Global Business Travel Association that it is discontinuing its chapter status and affiliation to become an independent organization.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/Pittsburgh-BTA-Votes-To-End-Affiliation-With-GBTA</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Jay Boehmer</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25424</guid></item><item><title>ARC launched a corporate travel advisory board, which will include up to 18 members each serving two-year terms.</title><description><![CDATA[ ARC launched a corporate travel advisory board, which will include up to 18 members each serving two-year terms. The board will &quot;advise and engage with the ARC leadership team to assist the company in developing unique, industry-leading products and services.&quot; Nine travel management executives attended a k]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/ARC-launched-a-corporate-travel-advisory-board-which-will-include-up-to-18-members-each-serving-two-year-terms</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:05:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25419</guid></item><item><title>BTN's 2014 25 Most Influential</title><description><![CDATA[For the 31st time, BTN looks at the executives who most influenced the business travel industry in the previous year to understand the directions in which they have pushed the industry envelope.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel-Events/The-25-Most-Influential-Business-Travel-Executives-Of-2014</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:55:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25376</guid></item><item><title>American Express Global Business Travel appointed Jennifer Charlton vice president and head of supplier relations for Europe, Middle East and Africa,</title><description><![CDATA[ American Express Global Business Travel appointed Jennifer Charlton vice president and head of supplier relations for Europe, Middle East and Africa, the company announced Wednesday. Based in London, Charlton will &quot;lead GBT’s supplier strategies and initiatives&quot; in the region. Formerly vice president of gl]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/American-Express-Global-Business-Travel-appointed-Jennifer-Charlton-vice-president-and-head-of-supplier-relations-for-Europe-Middle-East-and-Africa</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:55:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25362</guid></item><item><title>Sabre named Clinton Anderson senior vice president of strategy and business development.</title><description><![CDATA[ Sabre named Clinton Anderson senior vice president of strategy and business development. Following a 20-year stint at Bain and Company, Anderson most recently co-founded Emerson/Anderson, &quot;a private investment firm focused on small cap businesses in the U.S. Southwest,&quot; according to Sabre. In his new role,]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/Sabre-named-Clinton-Anderson-senior-vice-president-of-strategy-and-business-development</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:10:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25333</guid></item><item><title>Travelport named Maria Chevalier global vice president of corporate incubation,</title><description><![CDATA[ Travelport named Maria Chevalier global vice president of corporate incubation, &quot;a newly created role to help develop Travelport's corporate and commercial offering,&quot; the company announced. Previously in travel management roles at Hewlett-Packard and Johnson &amp; Johnson, Chevalier most recently helmed he]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/Travelport-named-Maria-Chevalier-global-vice-president-of-corporate-incubation</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25303</guid></item><item><title>Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Max Hopper, Andrew Menkes, Jean-Cyril Spinetta and Andy Taylor this week were inducted into The BTN Group's Business Travel Hall of Fame.</title><description><![CDATA[ Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Max Hopper, Andrew Menkes, Jean-Cyril Spinetta and Andy Taylor this week were inducted into The BTN Group's Business Travel Hall of Fame. They join 19 members inducted in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Carlson Nelson was chairman and CEO of Carlson, negotiated the merger of Carlson and Wago]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/Marilyn-Carlson-Nelson-Max-Hopper-Andrew-Menkes-Jean-Cyril-Spinetta-and-Andy-Taylor</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25302</guid></item><item><title>BTN's 2014 Multinational Travel Manager Of The Year: Volvo Group's Stephan Hylander</title><description><![CDATA[Volvo Group strategic purchasing manager for marketing and travel Stephan Hylander is the 2014 Business Travel News Multinational Travel Manager of the Year. He wins the award for breathing new life into his company's airline deals at a time when, along with those of many organizations, they arguably were heading toward obsolescence.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/BTN-39s-2014-Multinational-Travel-Manager-Of-The-Year-Volvo-Group-39s-Stephan-Hylander</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:40:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Amon Cohen</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25301</guid></item><item><title>The Internal Revenue Service on Jan. 1, 2015, will raise its business mileage rate to 57.5 cents per mile from 56 cents this year,</title><description><![CDATA[ The Internal Revenue Service on Jan. 1, 2015, will raise its business mileage rate to 57.5 cents per mile from 56 cents this year, it announced this week. Many companies use the rate to calculate reimbursements for employees who use personal vehicles for business. &quot;The standard mileage rate for business is]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/The-Internal-Revenue-Service-on-Jan-1-2015-will-raise-its-business-mileage-rate-to-57-5-cents-per-mile-from-56-cents-this-year</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:50:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25299</guid></item><item><title>BTN Names 25 Most Influential Industry Executives Of 2014</title><description><![CDATA[New York - The BTN Group here on Monday announced its list of the 25 most influential travel industry executives of 2014. This 30th annual listing recognizes achievements by the buyers, supplier executives, public officials and others who most influenced business travel generally and/or managed travel specifically—usually but not necessarily in positive ways—as determined by The BTN Group's editors. Look for full coverage in the Jan. 19, 2015, print issue of Business Travel News.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/BTN-Names-25-Most-Influential-Industry-Executives-Of-2014</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:25:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25278</guid></item><item><title>Expedia vet Dhiren Fonseca joined Certares,</title><description><![CDATA[ Expedia vet Dhiren Fonseca joined Certares, which leads an investor group that owns 50 percent of American Express Global Business Travel. Fonseca spent 19 years in various roles at Expedia, including chief commercial officer. As partner at Certares, Fonseca &quot;will work closely with investment professionals]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/Expedia-vet-Dhiren-Fonseca-joined-Certares</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:35:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25271</guid></item><item><title>CWT Study: Business Trip Value Heavily Influenced By Frequency, Duration Of Scheduled Meetings</title><description><![CDATA[Quantifying the value, or, more precisely, the return on investment, of business trips long has been a sort of Holy Grail in corporate travel. Past research efforts, for example, have used econometric data and other factors to propose that every dollar spent on business travel generates a quantifiable dollar amount in revenue, but the findings never gained wide acceptance.]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/Travel-Management/CWT-Study-Business-Trip-Value-Heavily-Influenced-By-Frequency-Duration-Of-Scheduled-Meetings</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:10:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Amon Cohen</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25261</guid></item><item><title>Travelport named HP vet Matt Minetola chief information officer,</title><description><![CDATA[ Travelport named HP vet Matt Minetola chief information officer, a role previously held by Mark Ryan , who departed Travelport earlier this year, according to a spokesperson. Minetola most recently served as CIO for HP Financial Services, part of a 14-year stint at HP that included &quot;a variety of IT leader]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/Travelport-named-HP-vet-Matt-Minetola-chief-information-officer</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:05:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25259</guid></item><item><title>American Express Global Business Travel appointed Elyes Mrad to managing director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.</title><description><![CDATA[ American Express Global Business Travel appointed Elyes Mrad to managing director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Most recently Hertz International senior vice president of sales and marketing, Mrad will be based in London and report to Amex Global Business Travel president and CEO Bill Glenn. Mrad ]]></description><link>https://www.businesstravelnews.com/More-News/American-Express-Global-Business-Travel-appointed-Elyes-Mrad-to-managing-director-of-Europe-the-Middle-East-and-Africa</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate><author>Business Travel News</author><status>A</status><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.businesstravelnews.com/rssitem.aspx?id=25258</guid></item></channel></rss>