Author: David Jonas
Buyers, Hotels Walk The Walk On RFP Angst
Complaining about the hotel request for proposals process is an annual rite. During the past few years, more buyers, hoteliers and intermediaries did something about…
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Service Providers See Growing Interest In Travel Manager Outsourcing
Travel manager outsourcing is getting more attention among some service providers. Representatives from travel management companies and independent consultants gave a few reasons for more…
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Concur/GBTA Report Urges Travel Managers To Inspect How TMCs Configure Booking Tools
A poll conducted this spring by the Global Business Travel Association and sponsored by SAP Concur had some unsurprising results: most organizations used an online…
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Grasp Advances Virtual Payment Integration With Online Booking Tools
Released last month, Grasp Technologies’ latest version of the GraspPay virtual payment system integrates with online booking tools via XML connections. Aside from SAP Concur’s…
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GBTA Aviation Committee Looks Beyond RFPs
San Diego – In 2016, the Global Business Travel Association’s aviation committee produced a new airline RFP template. It introduced a standardized format for quantifying…
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British Airways, Iberia Raise Distribution Surcharge
British Airways and Iberia said that on Sept. 18 they would increase the surcharge applied to bookings that don’t go through “an NDC-based connection or…
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AA Builds Reporting Portal As Big Three U.S. Carriers Share More Client Data, Push Soft Benefits
The three major U.S. network airlines are big on providing account-specific information. This can relate to spending, contract performance, ancillary services and operational metrics. Delta…
