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With a $34 million raise, Deem refocuses on travel B2B tools

By Sean O'Neil | April 21, 2016

Deem, a San Francisco-based e-commerce company, suddenly has an urge to purge after its diversification binge into multiple categories made it unprofitable. Deem will simplify its business by focus Read More

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The direct bookings challenge to travel managers grows, as hotels lure business travelers

By Viewpoints | April 6, 2016

As companies worldwide grapple with the rise of direct booking, suppliers are accelerating this industry shift by bringing strong incentives to business travelers. In fact, to build customer loyalty a Read More

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TripIt integrates Rome2Rio for door-to-door corporate travel search

By Kevin May | February 11, 2016

Trip management service TripIt reckons it can make the process easier for finding alternative and cheaper ground transportation for business travellers - by partnering with door-to-door specialist Rom Read More

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Hotel IT startup StayNTouch raises $9.5M in investment led by Concur

By Sean O'Neil | February 3, 2016

StayNTouch is a startup focusing on hotel property management systems (PMSs). Despite its relatively unglamorous (though vital) core product, the company has secured a fresh fund-raising round from so Read More

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T&E software is eating the corporate travel world

By Rob Lovitt | December 14, 2015

New products, better integration, and increased funding are setting the stage for heated competition among companies that provide travel-and-expense (T&E) management services. The payoff could Read More

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Three (possibly) wild ideas for the travel industry by 2020

By Kevin May | October 14, 2015

Everyone loves a prediction or two, not least when it comes to figuring out what might be coming down the path for the travel industry. So, step forward Johnny Thorsen, senior director for strategy Read More

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The gradual creep of the sharing economy into corporate travel

By Kevin May | October 12, 2015

Disruption - such an overused word in the travel industry, often bandied around to simply describe a different feature or product line. But the concept of a new wave of traveller behaviour and its Read More

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Checkmate: Why text messaging is the new model for hotel guest communication

By Sean O'Neil | September 10, 2015

Checkmate is a startup that began a couple of years ago by building mobile tools for hotels to digitize and monetize the process of guests checking in. It has since expanded its aperture to include Read More

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Lufthansa debuts direct corporate booking, first via Concur

By Sean O'Neil | July 27, 2015

Lufthansa, the German national carrier, has signed a deal to open a direct connect with Concur, the maker of software for travel-and-expense management. Before this announcement, Lufthansa had told Read More

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Concur partners with Lyft and HotelTonight

By Sean O'Neil | July 27, 2015

Concur, a division of SAP that makes software that tracks business expenses, said today it has signed deals with Lyft, the on-demand car sharing service, and HotelTonight, the on-demand lodging startu Read More

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Airbnb quietly starts a pilot for listings exclusively for business travellers

By Kevin May | July 7, 2015

Airbnb has made no secret of its strategy to widen the pool of travellers connecting with its hosts to secure accommodation. The big slice of the accommodation pie that Airbnb wants to gobble up ne Read More

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Watch out, TripIt: Google Inbox adds Trip Bundles, an itinerary-tracker

By Sean O'Neil | May 28, 2015

Google's new email service, Inbox, now automatically groups all the messages about a trip into a bundle, possibly threatening Concur's TripIt itinerary tool. As of today, Inbox, a next-generation, Read More

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Airbnb claims only on the first page of its business plan

By Kevin May | May 19, 2015

It's a statement with probably enough of an edge to it to worry hospitality providers - and others - the world over, but clearly Airbnb has ambitions to grow further. Olivier Gremillon, managing di Read More

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Travelport ramps up accommodation strategy, acknowledges possible role in sharing economy

By Kevin May | May 7, 2015

Travelport says it will soon add vacation rental properties to its distribution network, in a bid to widen the accommodation options to agencies. Speaking following its Q1 2015 results, president a Read More

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Global distribution and new markets are key benefits of Concur sale

By Nick Vivion | April 8, 2015

There were many questions following the close of SAP's deal to buy Concur for $8.2 billion, such as retaining independence, governance and overall integration with the mothership. The travel and ex Read More

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