Technology

AI to Airports' RescueBy Dawit Habtemariam

More than 75 percent of travelers would use biometrics if it streamlined their travel experiences, according to a December/January OAG survey of... KEEP READING

Marriott & Salesforce Personalize Guest InteractionBy Julie Sickel

Marriott International and customer relationship management provider Salesforce have created a Marriott customer recognition platform that helps... KEEP READING

Succession at Chrome River CTO PositionBy JoAnn DeLuna

Expense and invoice management provider Chrome River has appointed Sunil Kayiti as chief technical officer. He replaces Mike Vargo, whom Chrome River... KEEP READING

Microsoft's Travel ManifestoBy Elizabeth West

Corporate travel is a $1.3 trillion global industry leveraged by every major company on the planet to build success. The industry relies heavily on... KEEP READING

Rocketrip Bags $15 Million in FundingBy Dawit Habtemariam

Travel savings incentive platform Rocketrip has raised $15 million in a Series C funding. GV, formerly Google Ventures, led the round, in which existing... KEEP READING

Orlando Airport Authority OKs Full Deployment of Biometrics for Customs & BoardingBy Michael B. Baker

Orlando International Airport will deploy the U.S. Customs and Border Protection biometric entry and exit program across its 30 gates with international... KEEP READING

JetBlue Assists in Funding for Software Formerly Known as FlightsayerBy Michael B. Baker

Flight disruption forecaster Lumo, formerly Flightsayer, has raised $2.3 million in its latest round of funding, including an investment from JetBlue... KEEP READING

Europe-Based Booking Tool Pulls in $21 Million in FundingBy Amanda Metcalf

TravelPerk's second round of venture capital funding has nearly tripled its first round. It also came about a year earlier than the company expected to... KEEP READING

Advito Starts Business Intelligence PracticeBy Elizabeth West

BCD's consulting arm Advito has launched a travel intelligence and analytics practice powered by data visualization platform Domo. The consultancy... KEEP READING

Glisser Launches Hybrid Audience Engagement PlatformBy Dawit Habtemariam

Audience engagement software provider Glisser launched Glisser Live to promote engagement among virtual- and hybrid-event attendees. The tool combines... KEEP READING

Tax, VAT & Visas: What Connected Tech Ecosystems Can DoBy SAP Concur EMEA North managing director Chris Baker

In 2016, I heard of an experienced sales director running his company’s South African operations while traveling back and forth from that country and... KEEP READING

SAP Concur Launches New Budgeting ToolBy JoAnn DeLuna

SAP Concur has launched a new budgeting tool that is more "comprehensive, accessible, flexible, better integrated" and available on mobile, unlike the... KEEP READING

WTMC Aims to Upend Distribution & Financial Models

WTMC CEO Sarosh Waghmar is breaking away from entrenched corporate travel industry paradigms by building proprietary technology and pursuing a New... KEEP READING

Five Kinds of Expense Fraud & How AI Can HelpBy AppZen CEO Anant Kale

Every corporation wants to believe its organization is well run and all its employees have good intentions. The majority of people do, but in every... KEEP READING

SAP Concur Betas Two Slack Chatbots for Travel & ExpenseBy JoAnn DeLuna

SAP Concur has launched beta versions of two chatbots with Slack, following last year's expense chatbot pilot with the collaboration platform. For... KEEP READING

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