Tag: patent
Posted in Negotiating
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…
Posted in Distribution
IBM Gets Patent On Travel Planning
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week issued a patent to IBM for “intelligent travel planning.” The patented process covers receiving a user’s trip…
Posted in Suppliers
Are You ‘Managing Records In A Travel Management System’? There’s A Patent On That
Amadeus has applied for more U.S. patents since 2012 than it did during the prior decade, far outnumbering others in travel technology. It received grants…
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