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We’ve been telling you for a few years about airlines aiming to minimize corporate discounts, limit who gets them and shift to other forms of contract value. (See here, here, here, here, here and here.) Reflecting all that, a new American Airlines offer sits between the AAdvantage Business small business program and bespoke, large corporate…

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HotelHub: Rates Keep Rising Despite ‘Concerning’ International Booking Trends

Global corporate hotel booking volume continues to build, but pressure on consumer spending and hotel rate hikes have companies keeping travelers closer to home and extending trips to get a bigger bang for their buck, according to a new report from booking platform HotelHub.  The company’s director of business development, Paul Raymond, saw the data…

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In April, 85 percent of more than 600 buyer and supplier respondents told GBTA they “like” or “love” working in the business travel industry. “Once you’re in it, no matter how hard you try, you don’t leave,” said GBTA VP of education and engagement Jill Koronkiewicz. “You keep coming back. It’s inclusive and welcoming; there…

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Exogenous Factors Stymie Big Three Airline Competition

Major carriers face ongoing pilot shortages, air traffic control deficiencies, aircraft supply chain and engine troubles, and softer domestic demand. Where they are adding capacity, it’s in their strength markets, primarily with bigger planes and denser seat configurations. Southwest’s growth in major markets notwithstanding, the big carriers are staying out of each other’s way. American,…

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At the end of September, Travelport reduced its workforce. Sources said the cut was about 10 percent of employees. A media relations official declined to address that figure. “Our goal is to be the industry’s most effective and efficient company, delivering the best technology that enables our customers to be the most modern retailers,” the…

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