Three former travel buyers in July swapped their corporate jobs for startup life to pursue a passion for fixing sustainable sourcing in hospitality. Female-founded Alō Index “eliminates the struggle with siloed, unverified and duplicative” environmental, social and governance information, according to the company. Alō “consolidates, verifies, enriches, analyzes and weights millions of ESG datapoints to…
CWT last week announced that its RoomIt division would provide Amazon with hotel category services including sourcing, booking and rate reshopping. Amazon previously used HRS for worldwide sourcing as part of a “multi-year” agreement due to commence in 2019, according to a late 2018 announcement. Business Travel News in September identified Amazon as the largest…
San Diego — “The pandemic has had a huge impact across the payments space,” according to Visa Business Solutions senior director Ryan Grabau. “People want to be more digital, for sustainability or because everyone is working remotely. They want to pay contactless. Organizations want more control in managing expenditures and cash flow.” Grabau spoke here…
That they see the lodging sector as a seller’s market right now means many corporate travel buyers are waiting until later than usual to start rate negotiations for the coming year. It also means the dynamic discount model hotels began pushing well before the pandemic — which then served as a component of the dual-rate…
You can’t manage what you don’t measure, but how do you measure? That question has hindered the business travel sector’s assessment of environmental impact for years. Two-thirds of 216 buyer respondents to a GBTA poll this month said sustainability had prompted them to review travel policies — the most of any listed factor. Yet, in…
One Covid silver lining is the chance for travel management pros to rethink strategies, improve cross-department collaboration and focus on bigger-picture topics like sustainability and duty of care. Combining transient travel and meetings can help with all that. More companies are moving in this direction, according to sources. They cited as motivations financial and people…
Clients told Cvent its transient sourcing products were “adequate,” but the company is shooting higher. As business travel pros begin thinking about 2023 rate negotiations, the company on Tuesday told buyers and suppliers it would update components of its request for proposals technology for this summer. Reducing custom questions and back-and-forth on standard ones are…
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