Author: David Jonas

David Jonas in 2006 co-founded business media firm ProMedia.travel after ten years as a journalist with Business Travel News. David rejoined BTN in 2010 as executive editor when its parent company acquired ProMedia, and in 2014 co-created The Company Dime. David has a bachelor's degree in communications from Cornell University.
Tye Radcliffe, Accelya

Q&A: Accelya Chief Customer Success Officer Tye Radcliffe

Supporting New Distribution Capability aspirations at American, Delta, United and many other airline customers, Accelya sits on distribution’s cutting edge. For 2024, the company — which acquired Farelogix in 2020 — reported a 146 percent year-over-year jump in NDC transactions among corporate travel management companies…

TravelPerk CEO Avi Meir
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What is Yokoy, The Expense Software Firm TravelPerk Just Acquired?

TravelPerk on Tuesday announced it acquired Switzerland-based Yokoy in an all-equity deal alongside a $200 million infusion valuing TravelPerk at $2.7 billion. What’s Yokoy? Founded in 2019 as Expense Robot, the company changed its name in 2020 and began European expansion. It offers an AI-powered,…

Steve Johnson, American Airlines
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AA Reports New Deals With Top Corporate, Agency Accounts As Indirect Revenue Gap Closes

American Airlines has new deals with many of the corporate accounts that were most disadvantaged by its previous strategy and a few dozen of the largest corporate travel management companies, executives said. They presented this as evidence for ongoing corporate share recovery. According to AA,…

Corporate travel engagement platform Tripism offers a leisure component

Tripism Opens Leisure Travel Platform For Corporate Clients With ‘Church And State’ Split

Six Tripism clients are using the engagement platform’s new leisure component to build deeper supplier relationships and deliver favorable offers for personal trips. According to Tripism CEO Adam Kerr, it’s the right time to create a leisure experience because of the new ways people work,…

Buyer and provider do's and don'ts of supplier performance reviews
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How To Make The Most Of Business Reviews With Corporate Travel Suppliers

Preferred agreements should never be signed and forgotten. To continuously improve their relationships, savvy corporate travel buyers and sellers commit to regular dialogue, including business performance reviews. These face-to-face meetings, often conducted quarterly with airlines, hotel companies and travel management companies, are integral to supplier…

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