Former Orbitz Exec Partners With Spotnana in New Corp Travel Venture

A former executive at Orbitz is launching a corporate travel agency in partnership with Spotnana — the secretive technology startup backed by Concur co-founder Steve Singh. Mark Walton, who was previously vice president, strategy and account management at Orbitz for Business, has started Solutions Travel, which will target mid-size corporations. The Chicago-based agency will exclusively use software provided by New York headquartered Spotnana. The launch is notable for several reasons. It's the first time Spotnana has publicly named a customer agency that is adopting what it calls its "travel-as-a-service platform." Spotnana offers a white-label solution for other agencies to use, as well as working directly with corporations itself — whose names it doesn't disclose. "It's a consumption based model for travel management compan