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Some Things Happened In Airline Distribution This Year, Part One

With reaction, assessment and recovery on their minds, corporate travel professionals understandably did not focus closely on airline distribution developments this year. Inasmuch as they did, for some, it was a question of how the relevant systems could help the response to the pandemic — or not. There’s some debate about how soon the usually…

Walmart Seeks Patent On Corporate Travel Contract Optimization

When you’re a big corporation, you can get nice volume discounts. When you’re the biggest, you get to reinvent how they’re used. Walmart seems to be at it again. The $524 billion retailer’s tech group built something specifically to optimize utilization of, negotiations for and supplier compliance to travel contracts. In spring 2019, the company…

Reporter’s Notebook: Indebted Airlines, Return To Travel Plans, Value Of TMCs And OBTs, Invisible Spend, Hotel Distribution, Digital Nomads

A “face-to-face” community continues to make do with virtual events for sharing insight. Among the freshest commentary, SAP Concur’s Travel Industry Summit on Thursday delivered knowledge about the status and resumption of business travel and uncovering “invisible” spend. Immigration experts during a Newland Chase webinar the day before offered thoughts on issues facing “digital nomads.”…

Cornerstone Enhances Travel Policy Management Tool To Deliver Covid Trip Info

“Know before you go” websites are one way for business travelers to get informed and avoid the cost of calling a travel advisor. It was only a matter of time before more automation came to the fore. Reservation management, reporting and analytics company Cornerstone Information Systems has enhanced its travel policy management and authorization service…

How Did North America Lift CTM’s Performance?

For the first six months of this year, North America accounted for more of Australia-based Corporate Travel Management’s revenue than any other region. That was a first. The 26-year-old travel management company entered North America in 2012 when it acquired Polk Majestic Travel. Subsequent acquisitions grew the operation, and during the first half of 2020,…

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