Egencia three years ago said it would begin building technology globally rather than regionally, and now it’s on the verge of some real accomplishments. Although the endgame is beginning to emerge, the 325 software engineers working on Egencia’s Fusion project need not update their résumés. Parent Expedia on Feb. 12 announced plans to buy yet another corporate travel platform in Orbitz for…
Amadeus confirmed plans to boost its e-Travel Management corporate booking tool in North America. It’s starting with a “multi-year” deal struck this month to access Southwest Airlines inventory and fares “in the coming months.” The carrier also would be available worldwide in e-Travel and the Amadeus i:FAO cytric booking tool and mobile app popular in Germany. The deal is not surprising given…
You may have read that as SAP swallows Concur, business travel innovation goes down with it. This is absurd. Concur is much more an expense management software company than a business travel company. Is it innovative? Yes, but that’s not how it got its travel cred. Concur has no monopoly on ingenuity and now, perhaps at its zenith, competitors smell…
Atlantic City — No one in the fragmented and diverse ground transportation industry underestimates Uber anymore. For chauffeured car execs meeting here last week at a Chauffeur Driven magazine conference, “Uber” was the four-letter word everyone could not help but say. The rhetoric was dire, with operators described as being at “war” and destined to suffer many “casualties.” Tristar Worldwide…
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