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TravelPerk: Costs Are Five Times Less Than Those Of ‘Normal’ TMCs

ByJay Campbell January 12, 2022November 3, 2023

TravelPerk’s valuation tops $1 billion partly because its per-trip costs are five times lower than those of traditional travel management companies, according to its chief commercial officer. “TripActions and TravelPerk are measured like Software-as-a-Service companies, such as Workday, Slack or Zendesk, and not like an Amex or a more traditional travel company,” said TravelPerk CCO Jean-Christophe Taunay-Bucalo during a Wednesday…

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Hip Mobility, SummitQwest Merge For All-In-One Ground Transport Platform

ByDavid Jonas October 5, 2021November 3, 2023

Commuter shuttle firm Hip Mobility and corporate ground transport specialist SummitQwest finalized a merger on June 30. The new entity, HQ, intends to offer a one-stop shop for ground transport needs, ranging from micromobility, ride-hailing and car rental to high-end corporate sedans, vans and buses. Corporate spending on ground transport tends to be fragmented across many providers. Corporate online booking…

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As Lola Suspends Operation, Users Migrate To Amex GBT

ByDavid Jonas September 21, 2021November 3, 2023

[UPDATE, Oct. 8, 2021: Capital One acquired Lola’s software and hired its team, according to media reports.] Some high-profile business travel startups are not cutting it. According to its website, Lola.com is suspending existing operations. The doomed service joins Upside Business Travel as a former corporate travel provider founded by an online travel titan. Lola CEO Mike Volpe and CTO…

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GBTA Adopts New Leadership Diversity Criteria

ByDavid Jonas September 1, 2021November 3, 2023

The Global Business Travel Association recently adopted guidelines for its board of directors and Allied Leadership Council to address diversity aspirations. According to a GBTA press official, the board and the ALC “must have at least one female director and one director who self-identifies as Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian, Native American or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific…

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Corporate Travel Services Adopt Vaccination Status, Trends As Inputs

ByJay Campbell August 2, 2021November 3, 2023

The unvaccinated are getting and spreading the virus, and organizations are beginning to take a harder line despite the associated controversy and politics. Travel for work “generally” will not be available to unvaccinated federal employees, President Joe Biden said Thursday. On Friday, Walmart announced that home office employees and managers who travel within the United States must get shots by…

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The Climate-Equity Connection

ByHarvard Business Review July 12, 2021November 3, 2023

By Auden Schendler, vice president of sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company. A little over a year ago, Syracuse University flew me all the way from Colorado to give a talk on climate change, and not a single graduate student showed up. I asked my host professor why. He told me that the students think capitalism is bankrupt. They don’t want…

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Marriott Again Wants To Skip Corporate Rate Negotiations As Hotel Pricing Remains Volatile

ByDavid Jonas July 2, 2021November 3, 2023

As it and several other hotel companies did last year, Marriott International told corporate accounts it would roll over current-year negotiated rates to next year and bypass the request for proposals process. Some companies last year agreed to that approach but others held out and insisted on negotiating new rates. The hotel company is getting pushback again. “Our Marriott strategy…

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