[UPDATE, April 19, 2017: Deem redesigned and rebranded its software suite as ‘Work Fource.’] [UPDATE, April 15, 2016: A Deem official indicated the company does not agree with the CrunchBase figure for total investment in Deem; the official did not provide a different figure.] With founder Patrick Grady out and new funding in, Deem anticipates layoffs and a narrowed product focus in an…
The most common and largely practical way to locate travelers in a crisis is to look at who intended to travel to the area and ping them. Credit card swipe data is another way follow an employee’s path. Potentially even more effective, GPS-based tracking is challenged by privacy concerns and battery drain. However, a relatively new crop of providers is…
Miami — Managing travel should generate at least 8 percent to 20 percent in reduced spending. The offsetting cost to achieve that should be 4 percent to 7 percent. Sourcing a travel management company to support all that should take seven to 21 months. Sadly, implementation fails seven out of 10 times. These are some rules of thumb for travel…
Sometimes the things we write about peter out. Sometimes more developments happen, but they don’t warrant an entirely new article. In other cases, something unexpected or counterintuitive is noteworthy in its continuance. Hence, the Updates post. Click these links to jump to updates on airline consolidation, New York lodging rates, hotel safety, GBTA’s risk management…
Long known to frequent travelers, a questionable practice called dynamic currency conversion is catching more attention from bank card issuers and their clients. While the practice borders on insidious, travel professionals can protect their organizations with a little education. Bank sources said the activity — in which merchants ask foreign travelers whether they’d like charges in their home currency, only…
[UPDATE, June 22, 2017: British Airways began offering branded fares to global distribution systems via the Airline Tariff Publishing Co. Using what BA called “an industry standard distribution method,” the functionality took effect for Travelport and Amadeus in early May and for Sabre on June 1. The airline told travel agencies that its aim is to help them “differentiate between…
The fare combinability fracas isn’t over. American, Delta and United at the end of last week said their recent changes on one-way ticketing went further than intended. They are making revisions to bring back some normalcy. But live travel agents still seem to be the only ones capable of booking circle trips and some other itineraries on a single ticket….
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