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‘s Service category explores changes in corporate travel management and customer service. This collection of articles provides valuable insights for travel managers, service providers and industry professionals seeking to understand and navigate the complex world of business travel support.

The content is diverse and forward-looking, covering technological advancements, industry challenges, emerging service models, case studies, company profiles and thought-provoking pieces on the traveler experience.

The Service category features a mix of news reports, analysis and opinion columns. Expert perspectives on topics ranging from the future of travel management companies to the impact of AI on personalization supplement on-the-ground insights from industry events and conferences.

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  • Anticipate and prepare for future trends in travel management service delivery

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Kurt Ekert, Sabre
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Q&A: Sabre CEO Kurt Ekert On Content, Pricing And Artificial Intelligence

The Company Dime co-founder Jay Campbell last week interviewed Sabre CEO Kurt Ekert via videoconference. Among other issues, Ekert talked about supplier content fragmentation, global distribution system pricing, AI, technology modernization and, yes, NDC. A lightly edited transcript follows. Some travel managers look back fondly at a period a few years ago when it seemed…

Sara Reid, Delta Air Lines
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Delta Names New Distribution Partners As Sabre Deal Comes Due

Delta Air Lines during a Thursday virtual meeting named the tech partners it would work with on a customer service-oriented distribution strategy based on IATA’s New Distribution Capability protocols. Accelya, ARC and Google will support Delta as it collaborates with corporate travel intermediaries on new distribution methods. The announcement comes as Delta’s agreement with Sabre…

DCA Admirals Club
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Travel Management Companies Race To Meet AA’s NDC Targets, Sort Out Client Fees

[UPDATE, April 23, 2024: American Airlines delayed new restrictions on how travelers can earn loyalty program points, to July 11 from May 1. The rules will affect some bookings through agencies AA does not qualify as “preferred.” According to a spokesperson, “This extension gives an opportunity for those agencies to complete the transition. We’ll continue…

CWT chief architect Matthew Newton examines algorithmic bias
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Op Ed: Matthew Newton On Removing Algorithmic Bias In Pursuit Of Equitable Travel

Having seen up close the dangers of algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence, CWT’s Matthew Newton has some suggestions for risk mitigation. Artificial intelligence is being deployed at scale in business travel management, with algorithms changing the game for service consistency, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. But this watershed moment threatens to unleash a monster. Algorithmic bias in…

Acai Travel CEO Riccardo Vittoria

World Travel Inc. Gets Productivity Boost From New AI Firm Acai Travel

Starting with automating email routing and responses, World Travel Inc. is using artificial intelligence from startup Acai Travel to restructure its customer support operation. Reduced average handling time means faster service for clients. The travel management company estimated a 4 percent increase in productivity “off the bat,” said new WTI president Erika Moore. Acai Travel…

TMC profits for online versus offline transactions
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Are Offline Transactions More Lucrative For Travel Management Companies? No, But …

AmTrav CEO Jeff Klee caused a stir with a Jan. 29 column in which he relayed an anecdote about a customer of a large travel management company hearing from a travel advisor that their “booking tool withholds some flight options on purpose in order to drive more revenue from phone calls.”  Reactions from multiple executive-level…

Notebook: Government Travel Pros Treated To Latest On Innovation, Sustainability
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Notebook: Government Travel Pros Treated To Latest On Innovation, Sustainability

Alexandria, Va. – Amid a federal government solicitation process putting the management of upwards of $4 billion in annual travel spending up for grabs, the National Defense Transportation Association’s GovTravels conference attracted a record 1,100 attendees here last month.  The U.S. General Services Administration has begun collecting information from interested travel and expense tech vendors…

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