Conferma Teams Up with Inlogik to Streamline Hotel Reconciliation with Virtual Cards
Conferma Pay and expense management provider Inlogik have partnered to automate hotel expense reconciliation for virtual card payments, the companies… Read More »
Snowfall Acquires AmigoGo to Boost Collaborative Booking Capabilities
Travel tech company Snowfall has acquired start-up AmigoGo, an app which allows groups to plan and book trips collaboratively…. Read More »
Travlr ID Aims to Revolutionize Traveler Data Management as the ‘Telecom’ of the Industry
Traveler identity network Travlr ID earned top honors at this year’s Business Travel Show’s Innovation Faceoff, and for founder and… Read More »
Travelers Hit the Road Despite Tighter Budgets, Defying Economic Constraints
Nearly half of U.S. business travelers say they now are traveling more frequently than they were prior to the pandemic,… Read More »
Hyatt Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Alleged ‘Junk Fee’ Practices
Traveler advocacy group Travelers United last week filed a class-action lawsuit against Hyatt Hotels Corp. over “junk fee practices,” according… Read More »
Grasp Introduces Powerful Visualization Tool Powered by Microsoft
Data management firm Grasp Technologies has launched a new tool, working with Microsoft technology, to provide better visualization of the… Read More »
Sabre Partners with SAS Scandinavian to Offer NDC Content to Travel Agencies
A new multiyear distribution deal will enable Sabre-connected travel agencies to offer Scandinavian Airlines’ future New Distribution Capability content, the… Read More »
Ramp Secures $300 Million Investment to Expand Financial Services
Corporate spend management startup Ramp has raised $300 million in Series D funding. The investment in the company, which was… Read More »
Travelport Rounds the Corner on New Platform Migration
More than two years after launching Travelport Plus as a unified platform to replace its three legacy global distribution systems,… Read More »
TravelBank Makes American NDC Content Available in Exchanges
TravelBank has launched booking features for American Airlines’ New Distribution Capability content through its travel platform, the company announced. TravelBank… Read More »
South African TMC Launches on Spotnana Tech Stack
South Africa-based ticketing agency Ticketpro is launching a travel management company, Ticketpro Travel Solutions, based on the Spotnana platform, the… Read More »
July Sees U.S. Hotel Rates Increase, Though Occupancy Declines Persist, Reports STR
Average daily rates and revenue per available room for U.S. hotels in July increased slightly year over year while occupancy… Read More »
Aeronology Launches ‘Complementary’ Booking Tool
Australian travel technology provider Aeronology has launched a corporate booking tool, Taero, that it says is designed to “complement and… Read More »
CBRE Softens U.S. Hotel 2023 RevPAR Forecast
Following “weaker-than-expected” summer demand and U.S. hotel revenue in the second quarter, CBRE Hotels Research has lowered its 2023 revenue… Read More »
Altour Collaborates with Three Tech Providers for Seamless Off-Channel Bookings
Altour has launched a product to capture, report on and provide rebooking capabilities for off-channel bookings, the travel management company… Read More »
IHG Launches Exciting New Midscale Brand
InterContinental Hotels Group unveiled a new conversion brand in the midscale sector called Garner, the company announced Wednesday. The company… Read More »
GSA Increases 2024 Per Diem and Lodging Allowance
The U.S. General Services Administration for fiscal year 2024 increased its standard allowable per diem rates for federal travelers by… Read More »
Introducing Innovative Fox World Travel Technology for Enhanced Guest Travel Management
Fox World Travel has developed new technology for clients to manage unprofiled travelers, the company announced. The technology provides a… Read More »
Enhanced Carbon Measurement for Hotel and Rail Added to Concur by Tripkicks and Advito
Advito and travel technology add-on Tripkicks have expanded their capabilities of providing carbon emissions data in the SAP Concur online… Read More »
Spotnana Partners with ISOS to Deliver Comprehensive Integrated Feed
Spotnana has integrated with traveler security firm International SOS to provide real-time booking and trip modification data for traveler tracking…. Read More »
Cvent and Sabre Collaborate to Integrate Group Booking Tools
Meetings technology company Cvent has integrated its Instant Book service and Passkey room-block management tool with Sabre’s SynXis central reservation… Read More »
Snowfall to Offer Brightline Train Services Through Junction Platform
Travel tech firm Snowfall is adding U.S. rail content to its Junction booking platform through a deal with rail operator… Read More »