The decision by the Orlando World Center Marriott to host a White Nationalist conference offers a “moment of reflection,” according to Grant Caplan, the Global Business Travel Association’s Diversity Committee chair. Reports by the Orlando Sentinel and HuffPost of the Feb. 25 America First Political Action Conference dominated some social media feeds following the event….
American Express Global Business Travel reported a net loss of $474 million for 2021, besting the $619 million loss reported for 2020, as transaction volume began to recover. Including full-year numbers for Egencia, which GBT acquired last year, the company’s 2021 results beat its forecasts issued a few months ago in terms of adjusted earnings,…
It isn’t easy to make a going concern out of selling standalone corporate self-booking software. Commenting last year on why he didn’t want to be in that business, veteran travel tech exec Greg Webb, CEO of Travelport, couldn’t resist using the word commodity. He said corporate booking tools were often part of broader solutions and…
If all goes according to plan, Deem’s corporate booking tool and mobile apps this summer will be the first of their kind to allow Uber for Business users to book scheduled and on-demand rides. According to Deem head of mobility Nikolaj Koester, about nine in 10 trips through ridehailing companies are on-demand. “You’ve never been…
In addition to accessing relevant content when booking travel, making sense of offers and how they stack up continues to be a challenge. Amadeus is working with airlines, travel management companies and corporations to allow for predetermined values on the various components of bundled, branded or otherwise personalized air travel offers at the point of…
Hertz emerged last year from bankruptcy as a leaner company with a new outlook on corporate sales. It used reorganization to get out of what it deemed unfavorable corporate deals and now, according to interim CEO Mark Fields, “We do not chase unprofitable business.” That’s easier to justify when there is tight supply relative to…
SAP Concur this month met with travel management company partners to discuss its roadmap and its migration to Amazon Web Services from internal cloud infrastructure. Begun late last year, the move underpins features like an updated shopping experience for Concur Travel, due out later this year. SAP Concur has parted with its most recognizable industry…
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