online booking tool

A corporate travel technology platform enabling businesses and employees to book travel services like flights, hotels, car rentals, and rail online. Can be configured to fit the business rules for each user organization, including contracted rates, approvals processes and policies. They often integrate with other systems such as mid/back office and expense management. Some examples are SAP‘s Concur Travel, Serko‘s GetThere and Zeno, Deem from Travelport and Cyrtic from Amadeus.

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Charting Huge Revenue Growth By 2030, Serko Earmarks More Investments In GetThere

Charting Huge Revenue Growth By 2030, Serko Earmarks More Investments In GetThere

Serko aims to reach 250 New Zealand dollars ($150 million) in total income by fiscal 2030, up from $46 million in its most recent fiscal year, which ended in March. About half of this growth is expected to come from its online booking tool portfolio, including the Zeno platform and the pending GetThere acquisition. Next…

Why hotel attachment is important and how to make it happen
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Explainer: Hotel Attachment

Why do travel management professionals care whether travelers book hotel stays at the same time as flights? There are pragmatic and financial reasons, and several methods to close the loop. Hotel attachment occurs when a lodging booking happens with an air booking, either through an agent or a designated booking tool. The higher the ratio,…

Serko To Buy Sabre’s GetThere
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Serko To Buy Sabre’s GetThere

Serko agreed to acquire Sabre’s GetThere online booking solution for $12 million. The parties also will “collaborate on the development of new product capabilities for corporate customers, as well as the growth and expansion of the companies’ relevant customer base,” according to a Monday statement. “The partnership also defines a joint approach to commercial, sales…

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…

Dispatch 13
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Dispatch 13

When responding in late August to competition concerns raised by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority over their proposed combination, leaders at American Express Global Business Travel and CWT must have held their noses. Their redacted response, released last week, showed that to get the deal approved, execs surmised they had to “big up” their…

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…

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