American Express Global Business Travel

Amex GBT acquires Middle East Kanoo Travel

News / Online

American Express GBT acquires stake in Middle East TMC

By Mitra Sorrells | August 13, 2019

American Express Global Business Travel has taken a 65% stake in Kanoo Travel, a TMC focused on the Middle East. Read More

News / Online

Business travel, part 2: TMCs focus on innovation to stay competitive

By Mitra Sorrells | August 12, 2019

For part two of our series on business travel we explore how some of the legacy TMCs are pursuing innovation. Read More

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News / Startups

Business Travel, part 1: The (major) investor opportunity

By Mitra Sorrells | August 5, 2019

For the first part in our monthlong series on business travel, we talk to investors in three of the sector's biggest startups - Lola.com, TravelPerk and TripActions. Read More

News / Technology

Travel payments, part 3: Virtual payment tech and its impact on business travel

By Mitra Sorrells | June 17, 2019

For part three in our payments month series we take a look at virtual card payments and how they're used in business travel. Read More

News / Technology

Marketing might be the answer for corporate travel booking tool adoption

By Linda Fox | June 7, 2019

Challenges remain for corporate booking tools, which are having to evolve fast to keep up. Read More

News / Online

American Express builds out services for members with acquisition of Resy

By Linda Fox | May 20, 2019

American Express continues to widen services for members, adds Resy restaurant booking service Read More

Interview / Startups

Sounding Off: Innovation in travel is only in the eye of the beholder

By PhocusWire | March 8, 2019

It's time to stop worrying about who is apparently providing the "innovation" and concentrate on ensuring that a brand keeps up with market forces, customer requirements and technology. Read More

News / Technology

Amex GBT launches cross-industry benchmarking tool to measure travel manager performance

By Jill Menze | March 6, 2019

American Express Global Business Travel's new Peer Travel Insights service will rank companies within their peer group. Read More

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Opinion / Technology

Why travel management companies have a responsibility to drive innovation

By David Thompson - American Express Global Business Travel | March 5, 2019

Business travel should be the most fertile ground for innovation in the traveler experience. However, the industry must first be willing to drive change rather than passively react to it. Read More

Notated News / Online

Lyft, Amex GBT and more executive moves...

By PhocusWire | February 14, 2019

In today’s wrap-up of news in brief… Lyft poaches from Uber... Kiwi.com creates new role... Amex GBT bets on digital... Read More

News / Technology

QOTW: Something about achieving true automation

By Kevin May | November 9, 2018

Quote from David Thompson, CITO of American Express Global Business Travel, in an article on PhocusWire this week. Read More

Interview / Technology

Technically Speaking - David Thompson of Amex Global Business Travel

By PhocusWire | November 7, 2018

For our November theme, PhocusWire talks to technology heads on the challenges of their roles and the rapid pace of change in travel technology and distribution. Read More

News / Distribution

NDC causing confusion, concern for corporate travel managers

By Mitra Sorrells | October 17, 2018

Corporate travel managers do not fully understand IATA’s New Distribution Capability and that lack of knowledge may make them resistant to embracing the data transmission standard. Read More

Opinion / Online

Revenue and loyalty for vacation rentals in the age of Amazon and Google

By Mike Putman - Custom Travel Solutions | August 23, 2018

The accommodations market has expanded over the past decade, in part due to the growing vacation rental sector. However, nobody quite knows how vacation rentals will fit into the larger travel ecosystem... Read More

News / Technology

Amex acquisition sees end of Mezi deals with travel management companies

By Elizabeth West - Business Travel News | June 20, 2018

Artificial intelligence-powered travel concierge Mezi has pulled out of its travel management company relationships, cutting ties to the corporate travel space after being acquired by American Express... Read More

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