SAS Scandinavian abandons planned wholesale model
SAS Scandinavian Airlines will not implement its planned wholesale distribution model, its CEO announced, after signing a new deal with… Read More »
Extend Focuses on Data Insights Following Quick Growth
Virtual card and spend management platform Extend reported rapid growth last year, with the number of active users on its… Read More »
Agiito Develops In-App Virtual Card
U.K.-based travel management company Agiito has developed an in-app virtual card tool designed to ease problems for travelers checking in… Read More »
Brex Adds Travel Booking Using Spotnana Technology
Financial services and technology company Brex is launching a new travel booking service, built in partnership with Spotnana, on its… Read More »
Sonder Allies With HelmsBriscoe for Corp. Groups
Under the terms of a new partnership with meetings management and site selection and firm HelmsBriscoe, Sonder Holdings’ properties will… Read More »
Southwest Chooses Sabre’s Prism for Corporate Data Mgmt.
Southwest Airlines has expanded its partnership with Sabre by selecting the company’s Prism solution for corporate contract management, the company… Read More »
Choice Targets Corp. Travel, Delves Further into Extended Stay
Choice Hotels International in 2022 opened its newest extended-stay brand, Everhome Suites, its fourth in the sector. Extended-stay brands proved… Read More »
STR: February U.S. Hotel Rates and Occupancy Climb
Average U.S. hotel revenue per available room and daily rates in February 2023 again topped pre-pandemic benchmarks, while occupancy saw… Read More »
Marriott CEO: Short-Term Mtgs. Illustrate Corp. Comeback
Marriott International CEO Anthony Capuano detailed the contours of the rebound in business travel demand from hotel company’s corporate clients,… Read More »
How ChatGPT will Transform Travel Management
Like many other curious folk, UiPath global travel and expense manager Mihai Dinu has played with the new artificial intelligence… Read More »
Wyndham Partners with Groups360 for Mtg. Booking
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has partnered with hospitality and meetings sourcing solution Groups360 to join the platform’s GroupSync instant booking… Read More »
3Sixty, Hotelbeds Partner on Direct API
Accommodation booking and management tool 3Sixty has created a direct API to hotel distribution platform Hotelbeds through a new partnership,… Read More »
Mint House Appoints WeWork’s Lee CEO
Apartment-style accommodation provider Mint House has appointed former WeWork executive Christian Lee as CEO, effective immediately, the company announced Tuesday…. Read More »
Tripkicks to Bring Advito’s Emissions Methodology to Concur Travel
BCD Travel’s Advito consultancy and Tripkicks have partnered to provide Advito’s Gate4 carbon reporting in SAP Concur’s online booking tool…. Read More »
Etihad Switches to Amadeus PSS
Etihad Airways has completed its transition to Amadeus’ Altéa passenger service system, and Amadeus now offers Etihad’s New Distribution Capability… Read More »
Ground Booking Platforms HQ, Gett Partner
Corporate ground transportation platform provider HQ and U.K.-based taxi provider Gett have partnered globally, HQ announced Tuesday, allowing HQ corporate… Read More »
SVB Collapse Rattles Travel Startups
As the Biden administration attempts to allay panic in the U.S. banking system following last week’s collapse of Silicon Valley… Read More »
Marriott CEO: As Bleisure Lines Blur, Strategy Changes
Marriott International recently reported a fourth quarter in which business transient demand reached nearly 90 percent of 2019 levels, and… Read More »
Travelport Buys Deem, Plans Full Integration on Travelport Plus
Travelport has acquired corporate travel management platform Deem, with plans to make it a “fully integrated corporate tool” with the… Read More »
Mexico OKs Marriott’s City Express Acquisition
Marriott International has received approval from Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission for its $100 million acquisition of the City Express… Read More »
Thrust Carbon Unveils Event Emissions-Measurement Tool
Sustainability tech firm Thrust Carbon has launched an emissions-measuring application for larger-scale meeting programs, the company announced Wednesday. The product,… Read More »
Gett Partners for Corp. Minicab Bookings
U.K.-based ground transportation booking platform Gett’s corporate customers now can book and manage European mobility app Free Now’s private hire… Read More »