BCD Travel

Notebook: Buyers Explain Challenges Of Managing Non-Employee Travel

How much to invest in support for recruits, board members, interns, consultants, contractors and other guest travelers can be a tough call, according to speakers at GBTA’s convention last month. BCD Travel and Fox World Travel are among the latest providers to come up with solutions for this headache of the non-profiled. The booking, payment,…

Notebook: NDC As Contract Component? It’s Under Consideration

Dallas – Utilization targets for the New Distribution Capability are part of the “new contracting process with many of the airlines,” according to FCM Travel’s head of consulting for the Americas, Ashley Gutermuth.  That companies could negotiate with airlines on this basis was fascinating and “eye-opening” for Matt Patterson, senior director of client relationship management…

GBTA Posts Index Of Travel Risk Management Suppliers, Capabilities

Duty of care is top of mind and ISO guidance on travel risk management is becoming more familiar to those involved in corporate travel. Still, many organizations don’t know which suppliers and third parties can meet TRM program needs. Aiming to plug that knowledge gap, the GBTA Risk Committee surveyed providers, reviewed supporting evidence and…

Corporate Travel Data Trio: Domestic Airfares Keep Falling

U.S. government domestic airfare data published a few weeks ago showed a deepening downward trend. A few Wall Street analysts and Delta CEO Ed Bastian said that information did not reflect market realities. But data from several other airfare benchmarking sources, including a trio of corporate travel data handlers, formed a consensus: despite solid demand…

Grasp’s Virtual Payment Solution Strives For Standard Status

More hotel chains are adopting a solution developed by Grasp Technologies and Marriott International for the vexing problem of communicating virtual payment instructions to properties. “Right now, we’ve launched with Marriott, Hilton, IHG and Hyatt,” said Grasp senior sales director for virtual payments Stacey Mack during a webinar last week. “We will bring on more…

CWT Partners With Spotnana

CWT and Spotnana are preparing to announce an alliance in which the former offers its customers services powered by the latter’s tech, according to people familiar with the matter. The companies did not comment. They also declined to comment on information from sources suggesting that Walmart intends to use Spotnana internally, following similar word about…

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