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Concur, Frosch, HRG Sign Up For New AA NDC Program Offering $2 Per Segment, Other Benefits

American Airlines will pay participating travel agencies $2 per net segment booked and ticketed using certified NDC connections at all points of sale on AA-marketed flights. The program requires agencies to cover distribution costs, but comes with a near-term content parity commitment. It also enables new possibilities for corporate bundles, waiver-and-favor management and risk management data. They’re not up and… Read More »

Strategy Evolved, HRG Rolls Out Native Apps

The last big travel management company to hold out on delivering an owned mobile app, Hogg Robinson Group this month is deploying on Android and iOS. The TMC will maintain other mobile initiatives, including a Nordic region app co-branded with Amadeus and collaboration with Sabre’s TripCase. For clients in the United Kingdom, HRG also is about to launch… Read More »

Big Four Got About One-Third Of Total Sabre Incentives

New York — Sabre in 2011 paid a total of $647 million in travel agency incentives, according to evidence in the US Airways v. Sabre trial here. About one-third of that went to four big corporate agencies — American Express Global Business Travel, BCD Travel, Carlson Wagonlit Travel and HRG. Newly revealed evidence shows specific totals for CWT and… Read More »

Trial Reveals Sabre GDS Incentives Paid To Big Travel Management Companies

New York — As they consolidate and grow, travel agencies earn more incentive money from global distribution system providers. Just how much has been hard to ascertain, since incentives are not specifically teased out in GDS company financial reports. With the US Airways v. Sabre case underway here, some interesting numbers are emerging. According to data originating with… Read More »

Hogg Robinson Centers On Payments For SME Growth In North America

[UPDATE, Jan. 25, 2017: HRG apparently released a new app sometime in the last few weeks. It’s available on Android and iOS, and offers typical TMC app features like itinerary sync and touch-to-call. “This app is only available to existing HRG clients who have the app enabled in their technology configuration,” according to the iTunes store. The iOS… Read More »

Amex, BCD Distance Themselves From Lufthansa Comments

A Lufthansa executive this month reportedly named American Express Global Business Travel and BCD Travel as potential partners for the airline’s direct-booking initiative. However, the travel management companies don’t sound interested. According to an Amex executive, Lufthansa’s proposed alternative would end up costing more than the airline’s 16 euro surcharge for traditional distribution. A BCD Travel spokesperson said the… Read More »

DHL Cites Tech, Speed And Service For Picking Short’s In Agency Consolidation

Overwhelmed by trying to manage the use of 30 travel agencies in the Americas, logistics company Deutsche Post DHL Group a year ago started a consolidation project. The HRG affiliates network and Latin America’s L’alianXa Travel Network were the two winning bidders. In the United States, where DHL fields more than 20,000 travelers, Short’s Travel Management beat out other HRG affiliates. Implementation began April 1.… Read More »

Vendors Target Small And Medium Enterprises With Integrated Travel And Expense

One of the more intriguing ways Concur impacted corporate travel was how it created a market of its own based on combining two otherwise discrete products. Now, just about everybody is offering integrated travel booking and expense software, at least through partnerships. With Concur’s established leadership in the large market, rivals are targeting small and medium enterprises or… Read More »

Energy Sector Taking Its Belt-Tightening Turn

[UPDATE, April 13, 2017: The SkyTeam airline alliance announced a new program dedicated to marine and offshore clients. The initial set of participating carriers is Aeroflot, Air France, Delta, KLM, Kenya Airways and Saudia. The program includes special fares and baggage policies. It is managed by distributor IAS Global to make the program “widely available to M&O specialist… Read More »