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Dispatch 13

When responding in late August to competition concerns raised by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority over their proposed combination, leaders at American Express Global Business Travel and CWT must have held their noses. Their redacted response, released last week, showed that to get the deal approved, execs surmised they had to “big up” their…

Kayak For Business product lead Anthony Salomone
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Kayak For Small And Medium Businesses Finds Its Bearings 

[CORRECTIONS, Oct. 7: Information originally published below related to servicing capabilities in Biz+ was inaccurate. The article was revised.] Booking Holdings’ Kayak For Business small and medium-sized enterprise travel offering is coming into its own after years in the making. A bevy of features in the new “Biz+” premium level fetches $20 per trip.  Biz+…

Megin Dressel, travel manager at Keller North America, speaking about virtual payment at the GBTA convention

Geotechnology Firm Keller Goes Old School To Scale Virtual Payment

Atlanta — Keller North America is an engineering company employing many workers who may not carry phones to job sites. They don’t have corporate-issued phones or corporate email addresses to receive communications. And no corporate cards. They often join the firm at the last minute in far-flung locales. Keller uses virtual cards for about $14…

Citi is ending commercial card programs in eight countries including China.
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Citi Pulls Commercial Card Programs From China, Other Markets

Some Citi commercial card clients are looking for other ways to pay for travel after the bank told them it would shut down programs in China this year. Program end dates occurred in February and March, according to customer sources. “We will continue to invest in our local currency commercial cards services but have made…

New Emburse CEO Aims To Double Revenue
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New Emburse CEO Aims To Double Revenue

Emburse has a new CEO and an ambitious goal. Owned by private equity firm K1 Investment Management, the purveyor of expense and travel management products by Chrome River, Tripbam, the former Roadmap and other brands, on Monday announced that longtime technology industry leader Marne Martin replaced Eric Friedrichsen as CEO.  Friedrichsen became a board member….

Blockskye’s Disruption Accelerates After Years In Stealth
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Blockskye’s Disruption Accelerates After Years In Stealth

Last week, American Express Global Business Travel’s CEO pointed to Blockskye as offering something “genuinely new.” He wasn’t the first leader in Amex’s orbit to recognize the emerging player. During a Skift event in September, Amex GBT chairman Greg O’Hara referenced, without naming all the names, PwC’s decision to move its North America travel program…

Scott Laurence
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AA Again Snubs Managed Corporate Travel

An American Airlines exec said the carrier’s new loyalty program rewarding both travelers and employers was squarely focused on small and medium-sized enterprises. But buyer anecdotes and the company’s own program materials tell a different story. Moreover, that the program is available only on website or mobile app bookings was seen as a slap in…

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