Germany's largest travel management company is not happy with the country's dominant airline. BCD Travel has been discussing with clients how to react to Lufthansa's decision to levy a 16 euro fee on bookings through GDS channels. There a few options, none particularly good.

That's according to BCD Travel executive vice president Rose Stratford. She knows of no "viable" alternative that provides the efficiency and comparison shopping of global distribution systems. "Otherwise," she said, "it would already be in place."

Spokespersons from American Express Global Business Travel and . . .

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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.