American Express Global Business Travel, BCD Travel and CWT each has around 500 job openings, according to their websites. Industry employment and recruiting sources said some travel management companies had begun offering more competitive salaries and benefits to attract talent. Some refreshed or reintroduced recruitment and training programs. It’s all not soon enough for corporate…
There was a time when 30-year-old travel tech provider Cornerstone Information Systems saw an exchange on one in five tickets issued. Now that’s up to between one-third and half. This has huge implications for corporate travel services, labor and costs — as the industry has seen since business travel came back in earnest. Unfortunately, it’s…
There are a few ways to talk about business travel’s prospects. Some news articles quote sentiment surveys — do business folks plan to travel more or less, spend more or less on trips, loosen up on restrictions? Some highlight mid- to long-term forecasts by economists and the like. Many discuss uncertainty, but booking trends have…
San Diego — Stanford University about two years ago enabled contracted United Airlines rates delivered on the carrier’s website to registered travelers who indicate they’re planning a work trip. Whether a burgeoning model or just another tool in the kit, the program is a work in progress, according to Stanford travel relationship manager Janet Wyer….
Travel tech startup Spotnana several weeks ago activated “advanced,” direct integration with American Airlines to give travelers and agents booking and full post-ticketing capabilities, ARC/BSP settlement and access to new products. By using the airline’s NDC-compliant application programming interface from Accelya, the pair went live with offers that are not currently available in Sabre. “We…
Visa, whose corporate travel program was first to “integrate corporate-tailored NDC content at scale through the agency channel,” also has adopted an unorthodox TMC pricing strategy, according to Business Travel News. Visa’s travel management company, CWT, announced a new pricing model in May and an official this week said it had generated a lot of…
San Diego — Education sessions at the Global Business Travel Association’s annual convention last month had a few main themes, with risk, sustainability and payment getting lots of attention. Distribution also enjoyed significant airtime, but not the hotel or car rental kind. Airline distribution sessions were packed. For many, the prevailing feeling was that the…
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