Capa Centre for Aviation on June 3 announced a new organization for corporate travel managers and buyers in Asia. On Thursday, the Association of Corporate Travel Executives blasted Capa, one of its partners, for poaching an ACTE leader and installing him as the head of the new entity. Called Corporate Travel Community, the group’s mission…
A newish company with a not-so-new travel manager, Snap Inc. may invite new corporate booking tool WhereTo to bid on its business this summer. Just being in the conversation is a boost for WhereTo, which has been working behind the scenes for a few years with a large, press-shy corporate patron. For big U.S.-based companies,…
Just like its larger rival, the Association of Corporate Travel Executives named an insider to fill a vacant executive director position. Current ACTE president and board member Leigh Bochicchio takes over the role on June 17. Bochicchio has been in vice president positions at MasterCard for 13 years. Before that she worked for Galileo International…
If you’re like some of your peers in corporate travel management, you’re anxious about or even “mortified” by the leading industry association’s executive director and COO replacement. Maybe you’re asking, “Why the sudden departure of what appeared to be a successful executive?” or “Why no independent search process?” Or, “Why no search process?” Did the Global…
With Mike McCormick declining to pursue a new contract as Global Business Travel Association executive director and COO, the group appointed board fixture Scott Solombrino in his place. That this may ruffle feathers is nothing new for Solombrino, a politically minded former chauffeured transportation exec. During a phone interview, though, he asked people to put…
Affiliates of the Global Business Travel Association have until Jan. 1 to decide to either become full-fledged GBTA chapters or sever ties. The large groups in Chicago and Los Angeles announced their decisions to become official chapters. Sources said all other affiliates had done the same, except Texas BTA, which at press time was mulling it…
According to announcements from around the industry, next year will be a big one for NDC. As airlines push forward on plans to differentiate content and tailor offers, GDSs, TMCs and other tech intermediaries that support corporate travel programs are adapting. That’s why the experts are encouraging travel managers to get up to speed. It’s…
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