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Navan acquires Brazilian TMC Smartrips
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June 18, 2026
The deal gives Navan a deeper presence in Brazil and advances its strategy of expanding internationally through regional travel management acquisitions.
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Juniper Group acquires Deem from Travelport
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June 3, 2026
The corporate travel platform, owned by Travelport since 2023, will continue operating independently under its current leadership following the transaction.
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Kayak for Business, Blockskye and FCM partner on global business travel platform
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May 20, 2026
The companies plan to integrate booking, payments and servicing into a single offering designed to reduce friction in corporate travel programs.
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May 4, 2026
The startup is building an AI-powered business travel platform designed to help companies without dedicated travel teams book trips and control travel spend.
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Clarasight lands $11.5M for corporate travel data play
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April 28, 2026
The company said its platform has expanded in the past year to manage data from programs representing more than $5 billion in enterprise travel and expense spend.
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The AI cost trap: Why travel's big bet is getting expensive
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April 21, 2026
AI can improve efficiency in travel, but rising costs are complicating the value equation.
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Navan turns cash flow positive, talks up AI
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March 26, 2026
The company says it is displacing legacy players through its user experience, cost savings and AI.
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March 16, 2026
Juno launched last year as a solution for coordinating, booking and managing guest travel.
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Capital One acquires spend management platform Brex
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January 23, 2026
Brex, which offers corporate cards, payments and automated expense management, added corporate travel management in 2023 through a partnership with Spotnana.
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Sabre takes stake in BizTrip AI, plans AI corporate travel assistants
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January 14, 2026
The partnership pairs Sabre’s agentic APIs and MCP with BizTrip AI’s travel LLM model and agentic AI capabilities.
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How corporate travel, payments could change by 2030
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December 16, 2025
Blockskye co-CEO and co-founder Brook Armstrong shared his vision for the changing payments frontier at The Beat Live.
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Navan announces CFO transition following IPO
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December 15, 2025
Navan held its first earnings call following its October IPO, sharing a bump in revenue and a higher net loss year over year for Q3.
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TripGain developed an AI pilot that can book complete itineraries and handle disruptions in corporate travel.
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