Altour senior vice president of sales Doug Payne on Tuesday evening became the second member of GBTA’s board of directors to confirm their resignation amid the controversy surrounding the organization’s CEO. Payne’s move follows that of Boeing’s Kathy Briski, who resigned on Friday. “Altour believes strongly in the importance of GBTA and its role in…
Industry vet Andy Menkes left BCD Travel and restarted Partnership Travel Consulting. He founded the firm in 2001 and deactivated it in 2018 when he joined BCD as an SVP. The relaunched travel management consultancy features longtime travel management company executive Dee Runyan and former corporate buyer Jim Wilkins. After 16 years at BCD Travel,…
Joining other industry participants, American Airlines on Monday voiced its concerns about comments written by GBTA CEO Scott Solombrino. GBTA board member Kathy Briski, meanwhile, resigned from GBTA on Friday, a spokesperson for the association confirmed. “American Airlines strongly condemns the alleged behavior of Scott Solombrino,” according to a company statement. “We applaud the GBTA…
The Global Business Travel Association board of directors on Saturday morning announced that it placed CEO Scott Solombrino on administrative leave. The organization said it did so to allow for “further investigation” into the claims made in a June 8 letter describing unethical conduct and alleging racism, sexism, humiliation and verbal assaults of staff, misuse…
American Express sees opportunity to capitalize on competitors potentially backing away from the corporate card business. When it comes to business travel, “CFOs and CEOs are not rushing to get back any time soon,” said Amex chairman and CEO Steve Squeri during a Bernstein conference on Thursday morning. “There will be a fundamental shift over…
When will business travel start to rebound? It’s one of the biggest current questions in travel management circles, and answers mostly are guesswork. A recent BCD Travel client survey pointed to meaningful resumption of client travel activity in the second half of this year. Polled between April 6 and April 16, 40 percent of 125…
[UPDATE, Nov. 16, 2021: U.S. Bank parent U.S. Bancorp agreed to acquire partner TravelBank. Financial terms were not disclosed.] TravelBank is doubling down on expense management, which CEO and co-founder Duke Chung called “the only software you can justify purchasing at this time.” During a Wednesday phone interview, Chung described the company’s new Work From…
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