[UPDATE, Dec. 2, 2016: Sabre announced that it added a virtual payment option for airline bookings within the Sabre Red Workspace, furnished with payment firm Conferma. Sabre described the new "standard form of payment" at the agent point of sale as an industry first. The integration "eliminates the need for mid/back-office providers and online corporate booking tools such as GetThere to modify their business processes and incur additional technical expenses," according to the company. "When using virtual payments within the GetThere booking tool, we provide incremental detailed reconciliation data available for expense management."]

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David Jonas in 2006 co-founded business media firm ProMedia.travel after ten years as a journalist with Business Travel News. David rejoined BTN in 2010 as executive editor when its parent company acquired ProMedia, and in 2014 co-created The Company Dime. David has a bachelor's degree in communications from Cornell University.