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Amex GBT Acquires Finnish PartnerBy Amanda Metcalf

American Express Global Business Travel acquired Finland-based travel management company SMT from Finnair. In addition to other TMC services, SMT will... KEEP READING

Chinese Companies May Start Prioritizing Efficiency over Growth in Travel BudgetsBy JoAnn DeLuna

T&E budgets among Chinese companies grew 4.86 percent in 2016, but 61 percent of the 200 executives of Chinese companies that participated in the CITS... KEEP READING

BTN Names ITW's Cathy Sharpe Multinational Travel Manager of the Year

At the Association of Corporate Travel Executives Global Conference in Amsterdam, BTN recognized Cathy Sharpe, ITW director of global travel and... KEEP READING

U.K. TMC Launches Self-Booking Version of Agent Booking Desktop for Corporate ClientsBy Amon Cohen

U.K. travel management company Portman has launched a self-booking version of PortmanOne, the point-of-sale booking desktop used by its own consultants.... KEEP READING

Maritz Travel Launches Healthcare Meetings DivisionBy Amanda Metcalf

Maritz Travel launched Maritz Travel Healthcare Solutions to help pharmaceutical and medical device companies produce meetings. Maritz Travel president... KEEP READING

Productivity Drives Premium-Class Policy TrendsBy JoAnn DeLuna

With the economy on the upswing, is it a rule that premium business travel responds in turn? Not exactly. Of the airfare that corporate travel... KEEP READING

Concur Adds Real-Time Traveler Tracking Via Card Transactions & Expense ReceiptsBy Amon Cohen

Concur will add location data feeds from expense receipts and card transactions to the traveler tracking element of its Concur Messaging risk management... KEEP READING

Update: Airlines Issue Travel Waivers for Hurricane MatthewBy Michael B. Baker

U.S. airlines have implemented travel waiver policies in advance of Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm that could impact the southeastern United... KEEP READING

Phocuswright Names New PresidentBy Elizabeth West

Travel industry research firm Phocuswright has appointed Simon Lehmann president, effective Nov. 1. Lehmann has 25 years of strategic and operating... KEEP READING

What You Should Expect from Your Travel Risk Management ProviderBy Global Guardian VP of business development & partnerships Will Herter

An executive at your company is traveling in Europe when a terrorist attack occurs near her location. You know where she is, based on a GPS-enabled... KEEP READING

Sabre Integrates Booking, Travel Management & Payment into Single AppBy Michael B. Baker

Sabre Corp. has launched its Traveler Experience Platform, which combines booking, management, payment and risk management into a single app. The... KEEP READING

BSI Develops Standards for Travel Risk ManagementBy Amon Cohen

The British Standards Institution, a U.K. body that defines more than 2,000 industry standards per year, has attempted to bring some conformity to... KEEP READING

Uber for Business Adds Auto-Audit FeatureBy Michael B. Baker

Uber for Business has added an audit feature that automatically flags rides that appear to be nonbusiness-related, product and engineering lead Greg... KEEP READING

SAP Launches Native Integration with ConcurBy JoAnn DeLuna

Concur Expense now offers native integration with SAP's enterprise resource planning solution, according to a blog post by SAP Cloud for Travel and... KEEP READING

GBTA: Travel Buyer Compensation Increases Slightly in 2016By Michael B. Baker

The average compensation for U.S. travel buyers in 2016 increased 1.8 percent year over year to $114,000, according to a Global Business Travel... KEEP READING

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