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Microsoft Outlook adds Concur's travel booking and expense tools, via Office 365
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Microsoft Outlook adds Concur's travel booking and expense tools, via Office 365
By Sean O'Neil | May 17, 2016
Microsoft said it will enable travel booking and expense reporting powered by Concur to happen in business apps many employees already use by autumn 2016. Users of Microsoft Office via the cloud-ba Read More
Google shows its potential to ruin the dreams of travel destination apps
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Google shows its potential to ruin the dreams of travel destination apps
By Kevin May | May 4, 2016
True to form, Google is putting the industry on red alert with the upcoming release of a new travel app known as Trips. The company began testing the application through a group of users of its Loc Read More
With a $34 million raise, Deem refocuses on travel B2B tools
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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
The direct bookings challenge to travel managers grows, as hotels lure business travelers
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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
TripIt integrates Rome2Rio for door-to-door corporate travel search
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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
Hotel IT startup StayNTouch raises $9.5M in investment led by Concur
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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
T&E software is eating the corporate travel world
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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
Three (possibly) wild ideas for the travel industry by 2020
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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
The gradual creep of the sharing economy into corporate travel
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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
Checkmate: Why text messaging is the new model for hotel guest communication
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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
Lufthansa debuts direct corporate booking, first via Concur
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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
Concur partners with Lyft and HotelTonight
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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
Airbnb quietly starts a pilot for listings exclusively for business travellers
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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
Watch out, TripIt: Google Inbox adds Trip Bundles, an itinerary-tracker
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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
Airbnb claims only on the first page of its business plan
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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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