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Ground Transportation’s Battle For Convenience
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Ground Transportation’s Battle For Convenience

Uber and Lyft mastered the technology to make the on-demand car experience simple and nearly immediate. Traditional black car operators are trying to do the same. But their world is a complicated patchwork of platforms, patents and partnerships. No initiative has unified the industry, and more pop up all the time. Sorting out on-demand capabilities…

Deem To Get $34 Million In Funding; Grady Out
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Deem To Get $34 Million In Funding; Grady Out

[UPDATE, April 19, 2017: Deem redesigned and rebranded its software suite as ‘Work Fource.’] [UPDATE, April 15, 2016: A Deem official indicated the company does not agree with the CrunchBase figure for total investment in Deem; the official did not provide a different figure.] With founder Patrick Grady out and new funding in, Deem anticipates layoffs and a…

Sabre To Deliver AA’s Paid Seats Starting Feb. 2
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Sabre To Deliver AA’s Paid Seats Starting Feb. 2

[UPDATE, Feb. 4: Sabre announced that AA’s Preferred and Main Cabin Extra Seat now are available in the Sabre global distribution system. A Sabre official said a “phased rollout” will wrap up in mid-February.] Sabre at U.S. points of sale on Feb. 2 will start facilitating American Airlines’ paid seats, according to a Sabre memo…

2015 On The Company Dime
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2015 On The Company Dime

As they work for advantage, clients, suppliers and those in between keep business travel management interesting. Changes to underlying and consumer-facing technology make it a dynamic business function. The personal and geopolitical elements of business travel offer points of note from the micro to macro levels. As one of our featured practitioners noted, this job is about economics, geography, psychology and then some….

Delta Corporate Bundles Are In Client Hands Via Travelport
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Delta Corporate Bundles Are In Client Hands Via Travelport

New York — Delta Air Lines is offering corporate fare bundles to Boise, Idaho-based Micron Technology through Travelport in the first publicly disclosed realization of a long-held airline hope. Using Travelport’s Smartpoint interface, Micron’s BCD Travel agents next year will begin testing use of a special fare bundle including not only Micron’s Delta rate, but also certain ancillaries. Delta and…

Jack Reynaert And The Profitability Of Knowledge

Jack Reynaert And The Profitability Of Knowledge

Meritor global travel manager Jack Reynaert Jr. is a quintessential example of knowledge as power. For the Detroit-area drive train manufacturer, Reynaert established a highly insourced, no-nonsense program. The roads that led him there were a lot like his booking policy compliance — nearly perfect. Seemingly the industry’s only second-generation travel manager, Reynaert has travel management in his blood. His late…

GetGoing Gains In Mission To Improve Agent Hotel Shopping

GetGoing Gains In Mission To Improve Agent Hotel Shopping

[UPDATE, Jan. 28, 2016: BCD Travel announced it acquired GetGoing, including its San Francisco and Kiev-based product and engineering teams. Co-founder Alek Vernitsky joined BCD as SVP, product strategy, reporting to EVP of supplier relations and global strategic sourcing Rose Stratford.] About four in ten surveyed Canadian and U.S. business travelers at companies with travel policies said…

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