Amex GBT Survey reports expense Mgrs. trust AI for T&E support
Expense managers are bullish on the future of AI in expense management, and they are facing new challenges related to… Read More »
$11M Funding Round to Support Troop Expansion
Meetings management platform Troop has raised $11 million in its latest fundraising round, which the company plans to use to… Read More »
Marriott Ups Greater China Portfolio Plans for 2023
Marriott International plans to expand its portfolio in Greater China by 47 hotels by the end of 2023, the company… Read More »
Sabre Joins GDSs Set for American’s April 3 NDC Switch
American Airlines’ requirement that travel agencies must to be connected to the carrier’s New Distribution Capability technology or lose access… Read More »
UATP Conference Highlights Slower NDC Progress for GDSs
While New Distribution Capability air bookings are showing significant growth, bookings through direct connections with airlines comprise most of that… Read More »
Hilton Plans to Expand Puerto Rico Portfolio
Hilton Hotels Corp. plans to expand in Puerto Rico with its debut of five brands, including its first Curio Collection,… Read More »
Egencia to Roll Out New Guest Travel Profile Capabilities
Egencia is adding a “self-service experience” to its guest travel booking capabilities that it says will make it easier for… Read More »
Tripism Taps Dinova for Dining Decision Engine
Business travel booking and planning platform Tripism has partnered with corporate dining network Dinova to launch a restaurant recommendation engine… Read More »
BCD Decries ‘Forcing Solutions’ as AA Deadline Looms
BCD Travel called for “partnership and collaboration,” not “forcing solutions that aren’t completely ready” when it comes to the distribution… Read More »
Travel Buyers Concerned About Upcoming AA Fare Access
Many large corporations are concerned that travel management companies and online booking tools will not be ready to provide all… Read More »
Persistent Hotel Staffing Shortages ‘Alarming’ But Offer Opportunity
Hospitality staffing shortages have plagued the industry since the first few months of the pandemic, with nearly 8 million hospitality… Read More »
Travelport Introduces New Retailing Interface for Agents
Travelport has launched a new retailing experience for agencies, Smartpoint Cloud, that the travel technology company says will make it… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »