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Mega Travel Management Company AppsBy Dawit Habtemariam

Side by side comparison between the mobile apps of the three mega travel management companies.... KEEP READING

Pilot of Booking Tool WhereTo Revealed Savings & a Solid Traveler Experience—Plus a No-Go DownsideBy Dawit Habtemariam

"In my culture and experience here at Snapchat, [what's] more important is to make sure the traveler is having a good [user] experience versus, you... KEEP READING

Hubb Hires Customer Success ExecBy Elizabeth West

Event management technology provider Hubb has hired Phillip Graham as VP of customer success and partnerships. He will manage customer retention and... KEEP READING

Travelport Names New U.S. Managing DirectorBy Dawit Habtemariam

Travelport VP and managing director for the U.S. commercial business Erika Moore will leave the company in August. Canada managing director Maurita... KEEP READING

Peerspace App Now Allows for Instant Meeting Room BookingsBy Donna M. Airoldi

Peerspace has relaunched its iPhone app, which offers meeting and event spaces for rent by the hour. New functionality employs Google Places to enable... KEEP READING

Yapta Unveils Fully Automated Hotel RebookingBy Donna M. Airoldi

Yapta's hotel rebooking tool now can rebook like-for-like rooms within the same property automatically, without assistance from an agent. To do so,... KEEP READING

TripActions Launches United NDC ContentBy Michael B. Baker & Amanda Metcalf

A select group of customers now can shop and book New Distribution Capability content on TripActions for certain United flights. The travel management... KEEP READING

The Fight Against Out-of-Channel BookingsBy Adam Perrotta

Despite widespread adoption of online booking tools by corporations, driving traveler use of those channels remains a struggle for many organizations.... KEEP READING

Alipay Users Now Can Hail Rides Through the AppBy Amon Cohen

Alipay has integrated ridehailing services into its app through ground transportation aggregator Splyt, a U.K. start-up. Originally a digital payment... KEEP READING

Lichtenstein & Roseman Launch Consulting Firm DigiTravelBy Elizabeth West

Former Cisco global travel manager Susan Lichtenstein has launched consulting firm DigiTravel with fellow managing partner Jay Roseman, a long-time... KEEP READING

GoldSpring Brings On Tech ConsultantBy Amanda Metcalf

Charlie Mitchell has joined GoldSpring Consulting as a technology solutions consultant to help travel buyers assess technology options' availability,... KEEP READING

What Do Modern Hotel Guests Really Want?By Donna M. Airoldi

Ninety-one percent of hotel company executives say mobile technologies are critical to improving guest experiences and cultivating loyalty, according to... KEEP READING

Travelers Don't Need the Human Touch, CWT Report FindsBy Adam Perrotta

A significant majority of global business travelers prefer to book trips digitally—via app or browser—rather than interacting with human agents, a CWT... KEEP READING

U.K. Lets Citizens from U.S. & Six Other Countries Use ePassport GatesBy Dawit Habtemariam

The U.K. now allows citizens of the U.S., Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Australia to use ePassport gates at its entry points,... KEEP READING

Ctrip Will Display Routehappy ContentBy Michael B. Baker

ATPCO has signed a multiyear deal to provide Routehappy's airline content to Chinese online travel agency Ctrip. Ctrip will display the content—which... KEEP READING

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