Amex Launches Small Business Cash-Flow Mgmt. Hub
American Express has launched a new digital cash flow management hub for small businesses, as the company seeks to expand… Read More »
Reed & Mackay Integrates Squake Carbon Data
Reed & Mackay is integrating carbon emission data from Squake into its booking, policy and approval tools, the travel management… Read More »
Way2VAT Reports Transaction Growth in 2022
Automated value-added tax recovery provider Way2VAT reported a 57 percent year-over-year increase in transaction volume in 2022, including a 40… Read More »
CWT M&E Adds Mtg. Site-Building Tools, Chat Support
CWT Meetings & Events has launched a tool to assist planners with event website design and added live chat support… Read More »
Choice Sets Up Radisson Loyalty Point Swap
Following last year’s acquisition of Radisson Hotel Group Americas, Choice Hotels International will allow members of the Choice Privileges and… Read More »
Survey shows manual expense reporting still prevalent but shrinking
Small and midsized companies have invested in their expense management processes over the past year, though a significant percentage continue… Read More »
Mondee Develops Affiliate Program
Travel technology provider and marketplace Mondee has launched an affiliate program for agencies and other travel professionals, the company announced…. Read More »
Accor Sharpens Service Focus Through Brand Restructuring
Accor has kicked off the new year by reorganizing its leadership and restructuring its brands into two divisions and launching… Read More »
American Express Reports Most Spending Categories “Fully Recovered”
American Express reported “particularly strong” travel and entertaining spending among all its customer types in the fourth quarter, CFO Jeff… Read More »
ALIS Panel reports group travel to accelerate despite economic fears
Hospitality industry players have been readying themselves for economic headwinds going into 2023 thanks to persistent inflation and some projections… Read More »
Visa to Power Digital Tipping with eTip Partnership
Digital tipping platform eTip is partnering with Visa to speed up the process and adoption of its tool, the company… Read More »
Uber Debuts New Integration Capabilities with Coupa
Coupa Software and Uber for Business have collaborated on an integration that automates expense reporting for Uber rides in the… Read More »
Tripkicks Partners with BTP Automation
Business travel technology add-on Tripkicks is partnering with hotel sourcing system BTP Automation to add hotel data to its offering,… Read More »
STR Increases 2023 U.S. Hotel Rate Forecast
STR and Tourism Economics have increased their projected year-over-year increase of average 2023 U.S. hotel industry daily rates and revenue… Read More »
Emburse: Q4 Business Travel Volume Up, Costs Lower
Business travel volumes and trip lengths increased in the fourth quarter of 2022, and air and hotel costs for business… Read More »
Amex GBT to Add Chooose Carbon Calculations to Booking Tool
American Express Global Business Travel is integrating carbon emissions calculations from climate reporting platform Chooose across its booking and reporting… Read More »
STR: December U.S. Hotel Occupancy Falls, Business Travel Increases
Average December 2022 U.S. hotel occupancy and revenue per available room decreased month over month, with the average daily rate… Read More »
Accor Launches Collection of Midscale Hotels
Accor has launched what it called a new global midscale brand of dubbed Handwritten Collection, with 12 properties signed and… Read More »
Cvent to Integrate MeetingPackage Content for Instant Small Mtg. Booking
Meetings technology company Cvent later this year will bring group booking provider MeetingPackage’s 6,000-instant-availability venues into the Cvent Instant Book… Read More »
Finnair to Implement Continuous Pricing
Finnair in early 2023 will begin to gradually implement continuous pricing through its direct website and mobile app, as well… Read More »
Traxo, Agentivity Partner to Offer TMCs Off-Channel Booking Data
Off-channel booking aggregator Traxo has partnered with travel data management provider Agentivity to provide travel management companies with data on… Read More »
Four Seasons Promotes Stampfer to Head Global Operations
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has named Rainer Stampfer, formerly its president of Asia-Pacific hotel operations, its president of global… Read More »
Acquisition to Take Coupa Private Next Year
Business spend management provider Coupa Software plans to go private next year via an $8 billion acquisition by software investment… Read More »
Amex to Build on B2B Payments Platform with Nipendo Acquisition
American Express is acquiring procure-to-pay automation platform Nipendo to boost the capabilities of its own business payments platform, the company… Read More »
TakeTwo Partners with Serko to Offer Zeno Booking Tool
New travel management company entrant TakeTwo Travel Solutions has signed an agreement with Serko to offer the Zeno by Serko… Read More »
Sonder Removes Cleaning Fees Across Portfolio
Sonder has removed all standard cleaning fees across their portfolio and offers a more up-front pricing breakdown prior to booking,… Read More »