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Ground Transport
• Avis Budget
• BLS
• Enterprise
• Hertz
• Lyft
• Uber
Lodging
• Airbnb
• Accor
• Hilton
• HRS
• Hyatt
• IHG
• Marriott
Payment
• Airplus
• American Express Co.
• Conferma
• JPMorgan Chase
• UATP
• U.S. Bank
Risk
• Crisis24
• Everbridge
• International SOS
Other
• Airlines Reporting Corp.
• GBTA
• IATA
Our eighth podcast episode features a discussion recorded this month with three procurement experts: former Thomson Reuters VP of sourcing operations Linda Doty, former Guardian Life chief procurement officer Frederic Khalil and ROA Consulting Group managing partner Sharon Tolliver. They spoke with Jay Campbell about how travel relates to procurement, procurement transformation and professional certifications….
Priceline founder Jay Walker is back, and this time he’s focusing on business travel. His new firm, Flexible Travel Company, right now isn’t much more than some people and a marketing website. But those people are experienced and that website is intriguing. It describes the company as “turning the way we buy business travel upside…
[UPDATE, Feb. 4: Sabre announced that AA’s Preferred and Main Cabin Extra Seat now are available in the Sabre global distribution system. A Sabre official said a “phased rollout” will wrap up in mid-February.] Sabre at U.S. points of sale on Feb. 2 will start facilitating American Airlines’ paid seats, according to a Sabre memo…
Considering trends like open booking and self-service, it may be surprising that nearly half of U.S. midmarket firms expect their reliance on travel management companies to grow during the next five years. That was another finding of the Global Business Travel Association’s September survey of more than 200 U.S. travel managers, also covered here and…
As they work for advantage, clients, suppliers and those in between keep business travel management interesting. Changes to underlying and consumer-facing technology make it a dynamic business function. The personal and geopolitical elements of business travel offer points of note from the micro to macro levels. As one of our featured practitioners noted, this job is about economics, geography, psychology and then some….
The corporate travel world’s opinion of Marriott is bipolar. Travelers love the loyalty program, but that can work against corporate program compliance. Many industry professionals respect the company’s success but get discouraged when it takes a hard line on various issues. Travel buyers like the idea of a consistent, high-quality product from a world-renowned brand…
Our sixth podcast episode features a panel discussion on business travel technology hosted by the Meetings Technology Expo in New York City on Nov. 10. Jay Campbell moderated the conversation with Brand New Matter managing director (and former Priceline exec) Brian Harniman, nuTravel chief strategy officer Rich Miller, Atlas Travel & Technology Group COO Lea Cahill and soon-to-be-former Travelport chief commercial officer Kurt Ekert. Jay…
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