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Oracle, JPMorgan Chase Partner For Touchless Travel Expenses

ByJay Campbell

As part of an effort to automate business-to-business transactions for 40,000 customers that use its enterprise resource planning software, Oracle Corp. on Wednesday announced corporate card integration with JPMorgan Chase. The travel card and expenses initiative would reduce the expense reimbursement cycle through a new touchless mobile experience.  “When a mutual customer’s linked JPMorgan corporate card is charged, authorization data…

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CWT Invests In Reporting To Join Separately Booked Trip Components

ByJay Campbell

CWT earmarked some of its development budget for new trip reporting that pulls in info from multiple bookings to make client data more comprehensive. The travel management company expects it to roll out early next year as part of a new analytics solution.  Depending on the client, upwards of 30 percent of trips may have missing pieces not consolidated in…

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With Google ITA, Deem Presents Clients A New Choice For Shopping Southwest

ByDavid Jonas

[CORRECTION, Oct. 19, 2022: The original version of this article included outdated information about some Southwest Airlines leisure routes not available to Deem users via certain shopping channels. There are no longer any such restrictions.] Southwest Airlines early this year began “limited” participation in the Google ITA QPX airfare search and shopping system. Corporate online booking tools accessing the carrier’s…

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Reporter’s Notebook: Spinning Corporate Travel From A Seat At The Table

ByJay Campbell

Though peripheral to big-picture themes like diversity, recovery, risk and sustainability, fundamentals of travel management also got airtime at corporate travel’s largest event here in August. Several education sessions had corporate travel management practitioners dissecting how the pandemic changed interdepartmental collaboration and stakeholder engagement. If the following anecdotes offer any indication, the increased attention paid to travel management due to…

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In Uncertain Times, The Best Strategy Is Adaptability

ByHarvard Business Review

Corporate travel professionals know a thing or two about attempting to produce forecasts amid uncertainty. According to Michael Mankins, a leader in Bain & Company’s organization and strategy practices, companies are better off nurturing adaptability, flexibility and dynamic planning than trying to get more out of the crystal ball. Senior executives often lament, “If we only had better forecasts, we…

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Still Beating Display Drum, Delta Restates New Distribution Capability ‘Pause’

ByDavid Jonas

While continuing to argue that retailing capabilities in traditional connections and displays could improve, a Delta Air Lines exec on Wednesday said a New Distribution Capability project with Sabre that the airline halted a couple of years ago had “very much restarted.” Also this week, Delta officials clarified 2020 comments widely taken to mean NDC was not a priority for…

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Travel Management Companies Sweeten Offers As Staffing Issues Persist

ByJay Campbell

American Express Global Business Travel, BCD Travel and CWT each has around 500 job openings, according to their websites. Industry employment and recruiting sources said some travel management companies had begun offering more competitive salaries and benefits to attract talent. Some refreshed or reintroduced recruitment and training programs.  It’s all not soon enough for corporate clients still dealing with long…

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