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How new technologies can power smarter business travel

By Lydie Charpin - Amadeus | April 4, 2018

When context is everything, offering relevant information at the right time and place to the traveler is fundamental. When consumers are more empowered than ever before, travel technology needs to speak... Read More

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Omega World Travel launches Alexa skill for travel managers

By Jamie Biesiada - Travel Weekly | March 8, 2018

The use of voice technology facilitated by smart devices like Amazon's Echo is surging in popularity among consumers, and Omega World Travel is among the travel companies now entering the space. Read More

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Travel management cos must embrace high-tech while maintaining high-touch services

By Mitra Sorrells | February 22, 2018

The role of travel management companies is evolving, driven by the rise of new technology and the changing demands of business travelers. Read More

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The tech-led evolution of the travel agency community

By PhocusWire | February 5, 2018

The travel agency channel was once the most high-tech of industries back in the 1970s and 1980s. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Hotel issues to sharpen

By Dori Stein - Fornova | December 28, 2017

2018 will be another busy year in the distribution space, as hotels and online travel agencies continue to dance and spar. Read More

Opinion / Technology

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Rise of the machines (and humans)

By Rob Greyber - Egencia | December 27, 2017

What a year. On a global scale, 2017’s headlines were both polarizing and surprising, terrifying and exhilarating. Read More

News

Concur talks about its next steps in travel expense dominance

By Sean O'Neil | June 8, 2016

When SAP, the German software company, bought Concur Technologies in 2014, it said the key benefit would be the cross-selling of products. The cost was $8.3 billion, equal to 10 times predicted rev Read More

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CWT crunches flight data to help understand booking behaviour

By Linda Fox | April 14, 2016

Carlson Wagonlit Travel has been looking at its flight data to uncover patterns, identify segments and assess the financial impact of behaviour. By looking at more than six million air transactions Read More

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Serko builds a travel management powerhouse Down Under

By Rob Lovitt | January 24, 2016

When it comes to managed travel programs, some companies focus on expanding the range of inventory that employees can book. Others strive to streamline the booking process to create a system that empl Read More

News / Distribution

How a corporate travel giant views the rapidly changing sector

By Linda Fox | December 7, 2015

As the likes of Airbnb, Booking.com and others jostle for a slice of the corporate travel market, existing players watch intently from the sidelines. This is a market that is having to adapt, faced Read More

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Roadmap wants to bring mobile context to road warriors

By Linda Fox | April 29, 2015

Roadmap, a new business-to-business itinerary management mobile application, is preparing for release in the US in a matter of months. The company (also called Roadmap) has grown out of Sound of Da Read More

News / Technology

What are your travel management priorities in 2015?

By Nick Vivion | January 30, 2015

The travel managers over at Carlson Wagonlit Travel compile an annual report analyzing the priorities within the TMC world. Do their priorities reflect yours? The report is an analysis of 1,113 res Read More

News / Distribution

The open booking prophecy will be fulfilled by 2020

By Viewpoints | November 25, 2014

Six years doesn’t sounds like much. But in corporate travel, it's a lifetime. NB: This is a viewpoint by Ethan Laub, founder of open booking startup TripScanner. He's an alum of HBS and Wharton, an Read More

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Concur's Fusion event kicks off with TripLink and IBM announcements

By Nick Vivion | May 6, 2014

Concur's annual customer event Fusion is going on this week in New Orleans. In addition to the table8 funding news, the company has announced a new partnership and an expanded direct connectivity feat Read More

News / Online

Yapta targets corporate travel with fare-savings tool

By Dennis Schaal | May 7, 2012

Yapta began a pilot program with "several large travel management companies" to test a new tool designed to capture savings when airfares drop. Read More

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