Corporate Travel Management

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Travel And Transport App Helps Travelers Fuel Up Before They Fork Over

You have all been there. Driving toward the airport, about to return the rental car and sweating it out because you might have already passed the last gas station before the return ramp. And then what? Pay through the nose? Turn around and risk missing the flight? You just know there’s a conspiracy between these…

Guy Langenburg|globalization

Lessons In Travel Globalization: Be Sensitive, Modest And Mature — But Firm

When Amway global sourcing manager Guy Langenburg attempted to gather data for global travel management consolidation, some local managers and suppliers hid it from him. No, really. They acted like children. It’s far from the first illustration of what corporate travel educators have been saying for years about globalization projects. You need to know your…

TMCs Advance Mobile Hotel Bookings, Services
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TMCs Advance Mobile Hotel Bookings, Services

It’s well known that lodging is a strategic driver for travel management companies. Mobile is a key vehicle. American Express Global Business Travel next month in the United Kingdom will add hotel booking and chat to its Amex GBT mobile app. The move furthers a hotel strategy that recently included the integration of Booking.com content,…

TMC Vet George Opens North America For Agency Automation Firm Tramada
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TMC Vet George Opens North America For Agency Automation Firm Tramada

Longtime corporate travel sales exec Mary Ellen George joined Sydney-based travel agency automation firm Tramada Systems to lead its expansion in North America. Sixteen-year-old Tramada offers agencies a cloud-based, GDS- and online booking tool-agnostic alternative to back-office systems like Trams or Travcom. This includes business intelligence, though Tramada is happy to export data to its clients’…

Joel Bailey

Travel and Transport Augments Agent Desktop With New Information System

[UPDATE, March 7, 2018: We published new information about this topic here.] Two-thirds of Travel and Transport’s client bookings go through self-booking tools. Why, then, did the travel management company spend time and money building out technology at the travel agent point of sale? It’s because the rest often are the most important or tricky…

Travel And Transport Downgrades KDS Partnership

Travel And Transport Downgrades KDS Partnership

In recent years, KDS talked a lot about the importance of partnerships with travel management companies. Then American Express Global Business Travel announced it would acquire the travel and expense tech firm. Some assumed right away that those TMC relationships would suffer. They were right. Travel and Transport was once a key KDS partner. “Our…

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