Spotnana offers solutions directly to corporations, including operating “as your travel management company,” according to its website. However, multiple sources said the company had discontinued responding to buyers in that capacity. Instead, Spotnana is pushing TMC partnerships. While Spotnana CEO Steve Singh did not corroborate all of that in a Dec. 5 interview, he rhapsodized…
Consulting firm ZS is working with ARC subsidiary Traverse Technologies on a blockchain-based traveler profile system that, as ZS travel lead Sarah Hayden described it, would “put the data ownership back in the hands of the traveler.” ZS uses Traverse to support its direct booking programs with American and United. It’s in the midst of moving…
Corporate Travel Management is floating a $5 fee on hotel transactions that don’t generate commissions for the travel management company, according to sources. They did not know whether such a fee would apply to all or hotel-only transactions, online or offline bookings, or existing or new clients. The program could differ by geography. An official…
Transnational corporations want scale in their travel management providers, and it takes a lot to build that. Tech developers seek the same in their channel partners. After Spotnana’s ambitious owners bought Direct Travel, shoring up the global component makes perfect sense. There’s even a ready-made target in ATPI, formerly known as Advanced Travel Partners. While…
After talking to customers, competitors and suppliers in the first phase of its examination of American Express Global Business Travel’s proposed acquisition of CWT, the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority on Aug. 30 put out a lengthy report. One conclusion was that “tech entrants,” including Navan, were ill-equipped to serve large multinational corporate customers. …
As airlines began developing the New Distribution Capability more than a decade ago, they needed a way to communicate flight changes and other events to parties including travel agencies. Global distribution systems have queues for schedule adjustments and the like that agencies routinely deal with; NDC is different because the systems of record are run…
How would the world be different had you never lived? Countless movies and books explore this theme, but a travel tech startup? Spotnana has surreally erased co-founder and former CTO Shikhar Agarwal from its blog and, aside from a short statement sent in response to a query, its corporate history. Reached Tuesday, Agarwal said he…
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