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Articles tagged “american express”

Hotels

Turning High-End Luxury Vacation Rentals Into the Next Great Corporate Retreat

Everyone gets tired of luxury conference hotels—even really expensive ones. Exclusive properties offer the possibility of entertaining in a place you'd like to go if you weren't there on business.

Turning High-End Luxury Vacation Rentals Into the Next Great Corporate Retreat

Business Travel

Qatar Takes Big Stake in American Express’ Business Travel Unit, With $900 Million Deal

This joint venture sets up a whole new dynamic for American Express Global Business Travel, which can trim its exposure and take advantage of a funding infusion.

Qatar Takes Big Stake in American Express’ Business Travel Unit, With $900 Million Deal

Airlines

American Express Plans to Open More Airport Lounges

The American Express-American Airlines airport lounge deal was a victim of airline consolidation. There's little need to partner with an airline, though, if Amex can build its own lounges at the airports. It's a work in progress, and we'll see how the experiment works out.

American Express Plans to Open More Airport Lounges

Airlines

American Express Travel Part of $75 Million Settlement With Regulators

American Express call center agents were deceiving travelers and others about the benefits of paying off old debt or the bonus points they'd get when enrolling in certain credit card programs. Not surprising for a credit card company, but shameful nonetheless.

Media and PR

Time Inc Didn’t Pay Much For Travel+Leisure, In Fact Made $20 Million Gain

Not much of a shocker, such is the state of the legacy magazine business these days.

Time Inc Didn’t Pay Much For Travel+Leisure, In Fact Made $20 Million Gain

Business Travel

Concur Rebrands Booking Product Aimed at Rogue Business Travelers

Concur has faced intense pushback from the business travel establishment to its open booking initiative. Rebranding it as TripLink is a small bow to that opposition, but the essentials of the program remain the same.

Hotels

Orbitz Worldwide’s Future Relies on Leaving its Airline Past Behind

The Orbitz partnership to power American Express Travel contributed about one third of Orbitz's all-important hotel room night growth in the third quarter. Orbitz has been doing some interesting things, including the relaunch of its rewards program, but it is still very rough slog ahead.

Orbitz Worldwide’s Future Relies on Leaving its Airline Past Behind

Business Travel

Business Travel Airfares Forecast To Decline in North America in 2014

The forecast speaks volumes about the pending merger of US Airways with American Airlines because American Express predicts a decline in North America airfares in 2014 -- unless there is further consolidation "among major U.S. airlines." The Department of Justice should cite the forecast in the upcoming antitrust case.

Tourism

Credit Cards Make Headway in Myanmar, But Tourists Still Need Cash

Even where credit card machines are present, there is no guarantee that they'll work. The seemingly antiquated method of travel payments is one of the more evident examples of how unprepared Myanmar is groping to deal with an influx of visitors.

Credit Cards Make Headway in Myanmar, But Tourists Still Need Cash

Business Travel

American Express Selling Off Half of Business Travel To Investment Firm

The company still hasn't recovered from the slump in business travel post-recession, and with the macro picture on the sector changing fast with rise of digital, divesting, at least part of it, is the right move.