Articles tagged “corporate travel management”

Business Travel

Amex GBT Sees More Small Companies Needing Business Travel Help

Shifting business travel patterns makes small businesses an essential part of the overall travel management client mix for Amex GBT. Its use of generative AI to serve them is eye-catching.

Selene Brophy | 1 month ago

Amex GBT Sees More Small Companies Needing Business Travel Help

News Blog

Flight Centre Appoints New Lead For U.S. Corporate Traveler Division

Flight Centre Travel Group has appointed John van den Heuvel as president of its Corporate Traveler USA Division, as the company places significant focus on growth in the region. Van den Heuvel will lead the company's newly opened Corporate Traveler's headquarters in Bryant Park. Before his appointment, Van den Heuvel was president of the group's…

Selene Brophy | 3 months ago

News Blog

Corporate Booking Platform CDS Groupe Acquires Germany’s Corporate Rates Club

CDS Groupe, a hotel booking platform for business travel, is expanding into the German market through an acquisition.  The France-based company said this week that it has acquired Corporate Rates Club, the business travel segment of TourisMarketing Service GmbH.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Corporate Rates Club will continue to operate independently with…

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Business Travel

Kayak Tries a Corporate Travel Side Hustle for Big Businesses

The American Express GBTs of the world won't lose sleep over this. But Kayak's effort should be a wake-up call to the sector. Technologies like blockchain may be seeding more competition at last.

Sean O'Neill | 3 months ago

Kayak Tries a Corporate Travel Side Hustle for Big Businesses

Business Travel

Flight Centre Results Show Shift Back to Corporate Travel

Flight Centre is seeing a potential shift in client demographics as more than half of its new account wins for corporate travel were previously unmanaged companies.

Selene Brophy | 3 months ago

Flight Centre Results Show Shift Back to Corporate Travel

Startups

Ramp Raises $300 Million for Corporate Spend Platform: Startup Funding Roundup

Corporate travel is the theme this week. Companies want to make sure business trip spending is as efficient as possible, and that's where expense management software comes in.

Justin Dawes | 4 months ago

Ramp Raises $300 Million for Corporate Spend Platform: Startup Funding Roundup

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Clarity Travel to Buy Corporate Travel Businesses Agiito and Evolvi

Clarity Business Travel, a corporate travel agency based in the UK, plans to purchase two corporate travel businesses for £36.5 million ($46 million). Capita, a publicly traded business IT company based in London, said Thursday that it plans to sell subsidiaries Agiito and Evolvi, pending regulatory approvals.  Agiito is a management agency for corporate travel,…

Justin Dawes | 4 months ago

News Blog

Travelport Integrates Corporate Booking Tool Following Deem Acquisition

Travelport has completed the integration of corporate booking tool Deem, which it acquired earlier this year.  Travelport — along with its two larger competitors, public companies Amadeus and Sabre — primarily act as marketplaces to connect airlines and travel agents.  While Amadeus and Sabre have had in-house corporate travel booking tools in recent years, Travelport…

Justin Dawes | 4 months ago

News Blog

Medius Acquires Corporate Expense Management Startup Expensya

Expensya, the corporate expense management startup, has been acquired.  The Tunisia-based company said Tuesday that the deal is now complete with buyer Medius, the New York-based provider of accounts payable automation software.  Terms were not disclosed.  Medius’s software primarily deals with invoices, processing, and payments. The Expensya software automates the processing of employee expenses.  Medius…

Justin Dawes | 5 months ago

Startups

Smiler Raises $8.5 Million to Connect Photographers with Tourists: Startup Funding Roundup

Smiler wants to make it easier for photographers and tourists to connect at travel destinations, while more startups are venturing into developing sustainable aviation fuel.

Justin Dawes | 6 months ago

Smiler Raises $8.5 Million to Connect Photographers with Tourists: Startup Funding Roundup