Interview

Articles in narrative or Q&A form based on live or private recorded interviews.

Spotnana Aims To Win Over Corporate Travel Management Companies
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Spotnana Aims To Win Over Corporate Travel Management Companies

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…

Decius Valmorbida, Amadeus
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Q&A: Decius Valmorbida, President Of Amadeus’ Travel Unit (Audio)

Amadeus named Decius Valmorbida president of its travel unit in August 2020. A native of Brazil, Valmorbida originally joined Amadeus in 2004 and has been a member of its executive committee since 2017. He spoke on Tuesday with The Company Dime during a live interview on the LinkedIn Audio platform. Among other topics, he responded…

Q&A: Emburse CEO Marne Martin

Q&A: Emburse CEO Marne Martin

Few companies have made as dramatic a C-suite housecleaning as quickly as travel and expense software firm Emburse. Save for its CFO, the company’s leadership page is entirely different than it was at this time last year. Emburse is the product of several acquisitions, going back nine years to private equity owner K1 Investment Management’s…

Q&A: Corporate Travel Veteran Maureen Brady On TMC Economics
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Q&A: Corporate Travel Veteran Maureen Brady On TMC Economics

New York — Maureen Brady in August stepped down from her role as chief commercial officer in North America at Corporate Travel Management after five years with the company and more than 30 years at seven other TMCs of various kinds. She’s taking a career break — not using the “R word” yet — and…

Spotnana's Bill Brindle
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Q&A: Spotnana VP Bill Brindle On ‘Flexibility’ For Travel Management Companies

On June 20, Spotnana announced it had agreed with Sabre to allow Spotnana’s corporate and travel management company customers to “access NDC content from an expanded set of airlines” while retaining NDC servicing capabilities, including support for self-service cancellations and exchanges. Reiterating its “neutral and unbiased” commitment, Spotnana stated that TMCs could “source NDC content…

Taking ‘Short-Term’ CEO Role At Spotnana, Singh Expects More Focus (Audio)
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Taking ‘Short-Term’ CEO Role At Spotnana, Singh Expects More Focus (Audio)

Spotnana’s founding CEO, Sarosh Waghmar, announced Monday that he would step into the chief product officer role and share the chairmanship with executive chair Steve Singh, whom the company named CEO.  It’s a “short-term” assignment, Singh said Tuesday during a live interview on LinkedIn in which he also discussed his “perfect trip” vision, AI and…

Steven Mandelbaum
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Q&A: Travel Buyer Steven Mandelbaum

Steven Mandelbaum is senior vice president for business solutions at education consulting firm EAB, which he joined in 2000. He has managed travel throughout much of that time and now has responsibility for most internal operations, including technology, real estate, events, employee experience and strategic vendor partnerships. Travel represents about 20 percent of his job,…

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