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American Express Global Business Travel Leaves Travelport Digital For Internally Built Mobile Apps

ByJay Campbell

Migrating away from Travelport Digital, American Express Global Business Travel last month updated its Android and iOS mobile apps using fully proprietary technology. New features include text chats with counselors, bookings on Booking.com and “action-oriented trips and segments, with contextual options based on where you are in your journey.” GBT also added an optional “import feature” allowing users to “add…

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Southwest Adds Hotel Bookings, More Reports, Mobile Itinerary Changes To Swabiz Portal

ByDavid Jonas

Now positioned predominantly as a service for small and midsized companies, Southwest Airlines’ Swabiz booking portal has a bunch of new features. The airline this month added hotel bookings, new reporting options and mobile itinerary changes. Swabiz previously offered hotel bookings through…

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Mobile Air Bookings Poised To Enter Corporate Travel’s Mainstream

ByDavid Jonas

It was inevitable. Following hotel bookings, air bookings are coming in full force to mobile devices for corporate travel. Concur, Egencia and several other travel management companies and booking tech providers already offer them through their mobile apps. American Express Global Business Travel and BCD Travel seem ready to follow in the near term. Carlson Wagonlit Travel started bringing the…

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Mobile Is A Differentiator In Fast-Expanding GoToMeeting Parent’s Frosch Selection

ByJay Campbell

Boston-based LogMeIn roughly tripled its revenue and employees via acquisitions since sourcing pro Jean Johnson joined the tech firm nearly two years ago. As director of global procurement, Johnson consolidated from seven travel management companies to one. Frosch’s mobile technology helped distinguish it from other bidders. LogMeIn also is rolling out Concur Travel as part of a travel program that officially…

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Travel Manager Mobile Apps Find A Niche

ByJay Campbell

As travel management companies race to improve traveler services via mobile apps, one concept that hasn’t exactly taken off is a travel manager interface. Still, a couple of TMCs are offering one. Christopherson Business Travel’s mobile app is entirely for program managers. It leaves the mobile traveler touchpoint to partner apps including Concur’s main app and TripIt. Egencia is very…

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