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Articles tagged “amex gbt”

News Blog

Amex GBT, Accenture and Shell Partner on New Sustainable Fuel Platform

American Express Global Business Travel, Shell and Accenture have teamed up to launch Avelia, a so-called book-and-claim platform designed to help businesses buy sustainable aviation fuel. The book and claim model allows companies to pay for the fuel, and claim the benefits, even if it’s not available at their departure airport. The fuel is instead…

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

News Blog

Amex GBT Shares Climb 13 Percent After First Day Trading

A smooth, steady start for American Express Global Business Travel during its stock market debut. The world’s largest corporate travel agency listed on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, under the ticket symbol GBTG, following a business combination deal with Apollo Strategic Growth Capital. The parties initially announced the combination on December 3, 2021.…

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Hotels

Daily Podcast: What Hotels Should Worry About Now

Good morning from Skift. It's Tuesday, May 31, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

Daily Podcast: What Hotels Should Worry About Now

News Blog

American Express Global Business Travel To Debut on Tuesday — Interesting Factoids

It's a holiday weekend in the U.S. so what better time to break up the monotony of barbecues and beach, and burrow into a Securities and Exchange Commission filing about the pending SPAC debut Tuesday of American Express Global Business Travel. Among the takeaways: The merger of Apollo Strategic Growth Capital and Amex GBT will…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Business Travel

Amex GBT to Start Trading as a Public Company on May 31

One of travel's most-anticipated SPACs, Amex GBT made it official Friday. It will start trading as a public company on the Tuesday after Memorial Day, smack into a volatile market. But signs of a fast-improving business travel recovery may be what investors choose to focus on.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

Amex GBT to Start Trading as a Public Company on May 31

News Blog

Amex GBT Optimistic After Clients’ Travel Spending Spree

The world’s biggest corporate travel agency has seen record growth in its customers spending. In line with (most) other travel industry earnings results, American Express Global Business Travel has seen a significant bounce back over the past few months. The agency reported a 454 percent increase in total transaction value for this year’s, compared to…

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Business Travel

United Ups Revenue Projections on Full Return of Corporate Travel Business

Plenty of doubters predicted business travel wouldn’t fully return, but recent surges suggest the wider industry could break past its pre-pandemic $1.4 trillion value.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

United Ups Revenue Projections on Full Return of Corporate Travel Business

Business Travel

Positioning Business Travel as New Center of Company Culture

This is a smart way to think about this new hybrid world of work: approaching travel as less of a transactional function and more as a strategy for developing company culture. Worth a read.

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago

Positioning Business Travel as New Center of Company Culture

Business Travel

Google Picks Prince Harry’s Travalyst for Emissions Data and More Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Google joins global partnership Travalyst, backed by Prince Harry, in an act towards sustainability, Europeans are set to make record summer travel numbers, and loyalty programs are being revamped across major and minor travel brands alike.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

Google Picks Prince Harry’s Travalyst for Emissions Data and More Top Stories This Week

Overtourism

Daily Podcast: Europe’s Massive Travel Surge

Good morning from Skift. It's Wednesday, April 12, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

Daily Podcast: Europe’s Massive Travel Surge