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Customer data platforms in travel: Worthy of the hype?
By Valerio Fuschini - Carlson Wagonlit Travel
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April 4, 2019
With the increasing competition for customers, TMCs are crying out for cross-functional windows into traveler data, but are customer data platforms the answer?
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PSD2: How to maximize benefits and minimize the impact of 3DS and SCA on your travel company
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March 29, 2019
Urgent things to learn: a payment directive shall require new customer authentication to be applied to every online transaction in the European Economic Area.
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Certify, Chrome River merge in $1B transaction
By Mitra Sorrells
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March 6, 2019
Business travel management platforms Certify and Chrome River are merging in a transaction valued at more than $1 billion.
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Business travelers continue to spend big on Uber and Lyft, food delivery services gaining share
By Linda Fox
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February 7, 2019
The latest business travel expense report from Certify reveals the dominance of digital brands.
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VIDEO: ConnexPay - Summit pitch winner at Phocuswright 2018
By Kevin May
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December 5, 2018
ConnexPay is transforming how travel companies accept cards & pay for travel to save millions of dollars in fees.
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Airplus partners with Pana for app-based booking and payment service
By Linda Fox
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November 23, 2018
Travel payments specialist AirPlus International is hoping to improve the travel process for non-employee business travel following a partnership with Pana.
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TripActions raises $154M to boost R&D, claims unicorn status
By Linda Fox
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November 8, 2018
TripActions, a corporate travel management startup, has raised $154 million in Series C funding, saying its value has shifted to over $1 billion.
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Certify swoops on Captio to further grow expense management ambitions
By Linda Fox
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September 18, 2018
Certify acquires Spain-based Captio, its second expansion through M&A in the space of three months during 2018.
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Egencia, Yapta, Traxo and more product news from GBTA
By Mitra Sorrells
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August 15, 2018
The Global Business Travel Association’s annual convention wraps up today at the San Diego Convention Center.
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HRS tool eliminates incorrect hotel rates in business booking channels
By Mitra Sorrells
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August 9, 2018
Business travel management company HRS is preparing to launch a filtering tool to prevent incorrect hotel rates from appearing in booking systems used by business travelers.
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Airbnb for Work bookings triple, drive "significant" growth for Homes business
By Jill Menze
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August 6, 2018
Airbnb is reporting a sizable increase in bookings via its corporate travel platform - so much so that Airbnb for Work is now “one of the most significant growth drivers” for the company’s Homes sector.
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Certify snaps up travel expense tech platform Abacus
By Linda Fox
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July 17, 2018
Certify, an expense management software specialist, has acquired real-time expense reporting system Abacus.
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Industry first alert - Way2VAT gets patent for automated invoice analysis
By Marisa Garcia
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July 11, 2018
Way2VAT has earned a patent from the U.S. Patent Office for a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered technology which, it says, will simplify VAT claims and travel expense management. The patent
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Business travelers see AI as safe, are reluctant to share data
By Jill Menze
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June 7, 2018
Business travelers believe artificial intelligence can make corporate travel safer, though many are hesitant to share certain types of data needed to help AI flourish.
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What travel management companies can learn from leisure booking practices
By Mitra Sorrells
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May 1, 2018
Business travelers are frustrated with corporate travel booking systems that have limited choices, high rates, antiquated technology and inconvenient interfaces - and that frustration is driving many to...
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