Arguably the first quarter since before the pandemic in which year-over-year comparisons are instructive, the three-month period ending in June produced financial results for the big three U.S. airlines that attested to trends in distribution. Overall, the airlines paid out more than $1.6 billion in an expense category comprised predominantly of travel agency, global distribution…
CWT and Spotnana are preparing to announce an alliance in which the former offers its customers services powered by the latter’s tech, according to people familiar with the matter. The companies did not comment. They also declined to comment on information from sources suggesting that Walmart intends to use Spotnana internally, following similar word about…
More than half of travel buyers surveyed by the Global Business Travel Association this month said some airlines were rolling out programs using the New Distribution Capability “too quickly.” Four in five said they needed more info and education about NDC. Sixty percent of the 277 polled buyers said they did not support the approach…
The venture capital-backed startup basket of the economy is a bit unsettled at the moment but that’s where card and business software firm Brex puts most of its eggs. It’s now competing for that market with a business travel service backed by Spotnana. Available to users of Brex’s Empower platform, Brex Travel offers desktop and…
The owners of Options Travel backed Mark Walton, for the past five years an EVP at their Chicagoland travel management company, in a new Spotnana-powered venture. Walton is now CEO of Solutions Travel, a TMC targeting mainly small and midsized firms using Spotnana’s online booking tool, agent desktop, mobile app, records system, content engine and…
Spotnana VP of strategy and partnerships Johnny Thorsen last month called out airlines for disparities between pre-travel emissions estimates and a trip’s actual impact. There are understandable reasons for gaps, but Thorsen and others say airlines should be more forthcoming about post-trip information. To counteract discrepancies, Spotnana is creating what Thorsen called a “greenwashing ratio.”…
Travel tech startup Spotnana several weeks ago activated “advanced,” direct integration with American Airlines to give travelers and agents booking and full post-ticketing capabilities, ARC/BSP settlement and access to new products. By using the airline’s NDC-compliant application programming interface from Accelya, the pair went live with offers that are not currently available in Sabre. “We…
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