Articles tagged “corporate travel”

Business Travel

Amex GBT Sees More Small Companies Needing Business Travel Help

Shifting business travel patterns makes small businesses an essential part of the overall travel management client mix for Amex GBT. Its use of generative AI to serve them is eye-catching.

Selene Brophy | 3 weeks ago

Amex GBT Sees More Small Companies Needing Business Travel Help

Startups

Anyplace Raises $10.3 Million for Remote Worker Rentals: Startup Funding Roundup

Two startups in corporate travel raised money this week, along with another in short-term rentals.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Anyplace Raises $10.3 Million for Remote Worker Rentals: Startup Funding Roundup

Business Travel

Citi and Navan Enter Into Travel and Expense Partnership

This is a big win for Navan, giving it an inside track to a lot of Citi's corporate accounts.

Dennis Schaal | 1 month ago

Citi and Navan Enter Into Travel and Expense Partnership

Travel Technology

Meta, Microsoft, AWS: Big Tech Reveals Travel-Related AI Projects

As the big tech companies reveal what they've been working on in travel, it raises questions about the longevity of small companies that have been working on similar projects.

Justin Dawes | 2 months ago

Meta, Microsoft, AWS: Big Tech Reveals Travel-Related AI Projects

Online Travel

Exclusive: Hopper Terminates Booking.com Partnership in Preemptive Strike

Hopper is in a much deeper state of hurt than it is letting on. It has a trimmed down vision to focus on direct hotel relationships after two of the biggest online travel agencies in the world departed as partners.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

Exclusive: Hopper Terminates Booking.com Partnership in Preemptive Strike

Tourism

‘Embarrassing’ Visa Delays and Old Airports – What U.S. Travel Needs to Fix

The U.S.'s travel industry's prospects to compete globally over the long-term looks dim.

Dawit Habtemariam | 2 months ago

‘Embarrassing’ Visa Delays and Old Airports – What U.S. Travel Needs to Fix
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Business Travel

New Report: Exploring the Rise of Purposeful Business Travel

As travel demand returns, a new report from Accor uncovers some of the challenges and opportunities facing corporate travel decision makers as they reexamine the value of business travel in a post-pandemic world — and points to what they need to prioritize in 2024.

Accor Group + Skift | 2 months ago

New Report: Exploring the Rise of Purposeful Business Travel

Travel Technology

Microsoft AI Upgrades: How They Help Tourists, Event Planners, and Business Travelers

Few of these features seem to have been designed with travel front-of-mind, except for the corporate booking tool — that's getting close to what travelers are asking for.

Justin Dawes | 2 months ago

Microsoft AI Upgrades: How They Help Tourists, Event Planners, and Business Travelers

News Blog

Flight Centre Appoints New Lead For U.S. Corporate Traveler Division

Flight Centre Travel Group has appointed John van den Heuvel as president of its Corporate Traveler USA Division, as the company places significant focus on growth in the region. Van den Heuvel will lead the company's newly opened Corporate Traveler's headquarters in Bryant Park. Before his appointment, Van den Heuvel was president of the group's…

Selene Brophy | 2 months ago

News Blog

Corporate Booking Platform CDS Groupe Acquires Germany’s Corporate Rates Club

CDS Groupe, a hotel booking platform for business travel, is expanding into the German market through an acquisition.  The France-based company said this week that it has acquired Corporate Rates Club, the business travel segment of TourisMarketing Service GmbH.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Corporate Rates Club will continue to operate independently with…

Justin Dawes | 2 months ago