[UPDATE, Oct. 9: Amadeus statement included. An Oct. 12 BCD Travel statement is here.] Travel and expense management providers don’t expect drastic changes in response to the European Court of Justice’s annulment of a key EU-U.S. data privacy accord. The data will still flow. But they’re attentive to these and similar developments, and thinking about where they may need…
Delta Air Lines has taken its interest in building loyalty among young business travelers to the corporate level. A relatively new, sometimes aggressive discount program targets up-and-coming midsize and tech businesses. It doesn’t require marketshare or volume commitments to get started. Sources said the deals run from 2 percent discounts off restricted coach to several…
Leesburg, Va. — It’s not uncommon to find travel managers who believe in Concur’s vision for TripLink but question whether it’s ready. Aggressive marketing has inflated expectations. Concur has acknowledged that building the service takes a long time. Maybe the mantra now should be “slow and steady” as the company ticks off delivery of key functions. A couple of…
[UPDATE, Nov. 24: Forecast data from American Express Global Business Travel is included.] [UPDATE, Oct. 1: Information from NYU’s outlook on expected hotel rate increases is included.] For 2016, corporate travel buyers should expect hotel rate growth in the low- to mid-single-digit percentages while airfares on average show little change. Those are the bottom-line conclusions forecast by BCD…
[UPDATE, Nov. 2, 2017: We published new information related to this article here.] [UPDATE, March 8, 2017: Amadeus-connected travel agencies in Canada and the United States now can “seamlessly access and book” Air Canada’s Preferred and Advance paid seats, according to the global distribution system operator. Agents within their standard workflow can use seat maps…
Travel and Transport isn’t in the “mega” TMC category, but it’s big enough now for global aspirations beyond the Radius Travel network it has helped steer for more than 20 years. Investing in overseas markets is one way the Omaha, Neb.-based company is trying to control its future. So is building more proprietary systems, including an agent desktop and a business intelligence platform. After years of exploring…
Airbnb last month announced that “business demand” surged and more than 1,000 companies had “formally” made it “part of their corporate travel programs.” The statement garnered press about corporate executives clamoring for the service, but it overreached. After our queries, Airbnb deleted the word “formally” from its announcement. [UPDATE, Sept. 21: Oddly, Airbnb has since reinserted the…
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