[UPDATE, Feb. 24, 2025: Deloitte is moving its business in two markets: the U.S. and Israel. BCD Travel will retain the Deloitte account in more than 25 countries, according a spokesperson. This article also now includes a BCD statement.] In a stinging loss for BCD Travel, Deloitte, one of its oldest accounts and one of…
Serko aims to reach 250 New Zealand dollars ($150 million) in total income by fiscal 2030, up from $46 million in its most recent fiscal year, which ended in March. About half of this growth is expected to come from its online booking tool portfolio, including the Zeno platform and the pending GetThere acquisition. Next…
[CORRECTIONS, Oct. 7: Information originally published below related to servicing capabilities in Biz+ was inaccurate. The article was revised.] Booking Holdings’ Kayak For Business small and medium-sized enterprise travel offering is coming into its own after years in the making. A bevy of features in the new “Biz+” premium level fetches $20 per trip. Biz+…
Booking tool builder Serko plans to announce it hired David Holyoke as head of unmanaged travel. Most recently in commercial strategy at Airbnb, Holyoke left the home-sharing firm in April, according to his LinkedIn profile. He previously served as president of Travel Leaders Corporate, which he left in 2016. Publicly traded Serko sees unmanaged business…
Europe’s largest airline, Ryanair, in mid-December announced a deal to directly distribute fares through SAP’s Concur Travel and TripLink. On top of an agreement implemented in May 2023 with Amadeus, and pre-existing participation with Sabre and Travelport, the arrangement positions the carrier to court frugal business travelers for its aggressive growth plans. Already a titan…
Last week, American Express Global Business Travel’s CEO pointed to Blockskye as offering something “genuinely new.” He wasn’t the first leader in Amex’s orbit to recognize the emerging player. During a Skift event in September, Amex GBT chairman Greg O’Hara referenced, without naming all the names, PwC’s decision to move its North America travel program…
On the boards of a set of 14 business travel suppliers tracked by The Company Dime, female representation doubled between 2012 and 2023 to 30 percent. One of them has a woman serving as chair, the same number in that role among the group as in 2017 and 2012. The number of female CEOs in…
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