American Signs New GDS Agreements for Expanded ’23 NDC
American Airlines has signed new multi-year agreements with the three major global distribution systems—Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport—the airline announced Monday…. Read More »
El Barkouki Rejoins Dorchester as Global Sales Director
Luxury hotel operator Dorchester Collection has appointed Arabella El Barkouki as global director of sales, effective immediately, the company announced… Read More »
The Apartment Network to Add Funding from Parent Co.
Serviced apartment distribution provider The Apartment Network will secure additional funding from its parent company, private equity firm Ansor, as… Read More »
Amex: Q3 Large Client T&E Spending Nears ’19 Level
Continued strong demand from small and midsize clients helped push total third-quarter travel and entertainment spending on American Express cards… Read More »
IHG: Q3 Americas Corp. Travel Revenue Back to Pre-Covid Levels
IHG Hotels & Resorts’ third-quarter business travel revenue in the Americas region returned to 2019 levels, the company announced Friday… Read More »
Cvent Expanding Virtual Payment Features for Amex Users
American Express is adding more virtual payment capabilities to the Cvent Event Marketing & Management platform to provide new options… Read More »
Tivona Ascends to Head of Travel and Expense at Coupa
Coupa has named Devon Tivona head of travel and expense, according to a company spokesperson. Tivona, who joined Coupa upon… Read More »
J.P. Morgan Payments Integrates Corp. Card into Oracle ERP
J.P. Morgan Payments is integrating with Oracle Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning as one of the launch partners in Oracle’s new… Read More »
Marriott Agrees to Acquire Mexican Midscale Brands for $100M
Marriott International signed a $100 million deal with Mexico-based midscale hospitality company Hoteles City Express to acquire its City Express… Read More »
Travelport Plus to Provide Air Content to China’s DidaTravel
Chinese hotel wholesaler DidaTravel is partnering with Travelport as it expands into providing airline content via a newly launched global… Read More »
Capital One to Open Cuisine-Focused Airport Lounges
Capital One is opening a new “chef-driven” lounge concept in both New York’s LaGuardia Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National… Read More »
Travelport Adds Personalization Tool to Agent Desktop
Travelport has added the NavAgent workload optimization and personalization tool to its Smartpoint agent desktop tool, the travel technology company… Read More »
Sonder President, CFO to Step Down, Join Board
Sonder Holdings president and CFO Sanjay Banker will step down from those positions and join the short-term accommodation provider’s board… Read More »
Four Seasons Names ALG’s Reynal CEO
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts appointed Alejandro Reynal as its new president and CEO, effective immediately, the company announced Monday…. Read More »
Industry Expects Progress on Improving Hotel Virtual Card Use
Speaking on the challenges of using virtual cards for hotel stays, one attending buyer at an educational session during the… Read More »
Coupa Waves Travel Into Integrated Platform
Earlier this year, business spend management platform Coupa launched its new travel booking module. Built from its acquisition of travel… Read More »
TouristMobile Adds Torsten Kriedt to Leadership Roster
Digital travel management solutions provider TouristMobile has named Torsten Kriedt to a newly created position as durable growth officer, as… Read More »
Applause Survey: Travelers Face Challenges Managing Disruption Via Apps
ore than 5,200 travelers conducted by testing and digital quality provider Applause. About two-thirds of respondents to the survey, which… Read More »
Egencia App Updates Add Personalized Home Screen, In-App Travel Changes
Egencia has updated its mobile app to include personalized home screens for users, an in-app trip guide and easier itinerary… Read More »
Aventri, MeetingPlay and Eventcore Rebrand as Stova
Merged event-tech suppliers Aventri and MeetingPlay and the recently acquired Eventcore are all officially rebranding as Stova, the company announced…. Read More »
Travelport Plus Adding New NDC Content, Hotel Rate Options
New Distribution Capability content from Lufthansa Group and Air France-KLM will be available on the Travelport Plus platform by the… Read More »
Wyndham Expands Meetings Collection Globally
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is growing its meetings offering through the global expansion of The Meetings Collection, the company announced… Read More »
ATPCO Commits to ‘Dynamic’ Airline Offers
ATPCO has committed to build the “framework needed” for 80 percent of all airline offers to be “dynamically” created by… Read More »
Middle East Lodging Aggregator Nirvana to Distribute Via Sabre GDS
Sabre has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi-based lodging content aggregator Nirvana to distribute its inventory through the Sabre marketplace…. Read More »
Sonesta Launches Multi-Zone Mtg.-Space Concept
Sonesta International Hotels Corp. unveiled a new multi-zone meeting and event space concept designed to accommodate evolving collaboration needs, the… Read More »
Middle East Lodging Aggregator Nirvana to Distribute Via Sabre GDS
Sabre has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi-based lodging content aggregator Nirvana to distribute its inventory through the Sabre marketplace…. Read More »