Business Travel Month

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 / Technology

VIDEO: Getting to One Order - is the airline industry there yet?

By Jill Menze | August 13, 2019

At GBTA 2019, IATA's Yanik Hoyles and Travelport's Ian Heywood engaged in a spirited discussion on the status of IATA's One Order initiative. 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

Travel Leaders tours and activities from Viator

News / Distribution

Travel Leaders adds Viator tours and activities for business travelers staying on

By Mitra Sorrells | August 9, 2019

Travel Leaders Corporate has created a new service that offers more than 200,000 bookable activities for business travelers who want to add a leisure component to their trips. Read More

Sitata new corporate travel risk management tools

News / Technology

Risk management solution expands offerings for corporate travel

By Mitra Sorrells | August 7, 2019

Sitata, a global health, safety and risk management service for travelers, is adding new tools for corporate travel. Read More

Interview / Distribution

In the Big Chair - Dan Ruch of Rocketrip

By Linda Fox | August 7, 2019

Before creating Rocketrip, Ruch was entrepreneur-in-residence at Genacast Ventures for 12 months. He also had a four-year stint at Tremor Video and was a director at AOL. Read More

News / Distribution

Southwest Airlines adds content to two GDSs

By Michael B. Baker - Business Travel News | August 7, 2019

Southwest Airlines at long last will provide content and full booking capabilities in global distribution systems via agreements with Travelport and Amadeus. Read More

News / Online

Airbnb pads out corporate offering with Urbandoor acquisition

By Linda Fox | August 5, 2019

Airbnb has announced the acquisition of Urbandoor, a marketplace for furnished and serviced apartments. Read More

Opinion / Online

To self-book or not to self-book - that is the business travel question

By Mike Baker - Lola | August 5, 2019

A study reveals that frequent business travelers feel they’re wasting time booking their own travel AND wasting time having someone else book it for them. Read More

Business travel part 1 investor perspective

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 / Online

TripActions takes on legacy TMCs with new consultancy services

By Mitra Sorrells | August 4, 2019

TripActions is expanding its suite of enterprise solutions with the launch of TripActions Consulting. Read More

Interview / Startups

STARTUP STAGE: Taptrip builds an efficient business travel booking platform for unmanaged trips

By Linda Fox | August 2, 2019

U.K.-based Taptrip was founded just over a year ago and has seven employees. It has signed a string of partnerships in recent months, including WeWork and Kiwi.com. Read More

News / Online

What owning the end-to-end traveler experience means for Airbnb for Work

By Jill Menze | August 2, 2019

As Airbnb endeavors to own the end-to-end experience for corporate travelers, is transforming into a full-fledged travel management company in the cards? Read More