Boulder, Colo.-based travel management company Cain Travel has signed a new distribution agreement with Sabre Corp., bringing them onto the Sabre global distribution system, Sabre announced. Cain Travel, which lists…
HRS has agreed to acquire Germany-based expense management platform Paypense, which it will integrate into its own HRS Pay spend management platform, the company announced. Financial terms of the deal…
Second-quarter travel costs in the Eastern U.S. have increased the most due to inflation among global destinations, according to data compiled by TravelPerk. The data, based on bookings made through…
Travel management company Corporate Traveler has implemented a new hotel booking tool within its Melon travel booking and management platform in the U.S. and Canada, the company announced. The tool…
While corporate and international travel recovered “nicely” during the second quarter, the recovery rate has begun to slow down in recent weeks—which could be a temporary slowdown, Sabre CEO Sean…
Grasp Technologies has worked with Marriott International to implement an automated workflow for virtual payments that it says could become an industry standard to ease virtual card use for hotel…
Citi has added a preferred dining program for corporate card clients via a partnership with corporate dining program provider Dinova, Citi announced. Through their partnership, Citi and Dinova are integrating…
U.K. travel management company Gray Dawes Group has acquired travel management business Ventur Travel, formerly known as Traveleads, the company announced. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed, but…
Global consultancy Festive Road has hired three new category analysts and a sustainability manager, the company announced. The new hires include two new travel category analysts: Traci Aultman, who most…
Air bookings through Amadeus reached 75.2 percent of 2019 levels in the second quarter, with bookings in North America higher than pre-pandemic levels, the company said in its earnings report.…
Automated value-added tax recovery provider Way2VAT has signed an agreement to acquire Barcelona-based corporate expense management and VAT recovery company DevoluIVA, the company announced. The Tel Aviv-based Way2VAT plans to…
Sabre Corp. next month will get new chief product and chief financial officers, as the executives currently in those positions will leave the company. Garry Wiseman, who Sabre called an…
Roy Hefer TravelPerk has hired new chief financial and chief people officers, each of whom the travel management platform said will help with global expansion, particularly in the United States.…
Former U.S. Travel Association chief operating officer Geoff Freeman is rejoining the organization as president and CEO on Sept. 1, when longtime president and CEO Roger Dow steps down from…
Cloud-based booking platform Spotnana has raised $75 million in its latest fund-raising round, which the company said would help it accelerate hiring and boost faster adoption on the platform. Co-founder…
Michèle Lawley BCD Travel has promoted Michèle Lawley to president of the travel management company’s European operations, the company announced. Lawley, currently BCD’s SVP for Europe, on Aug. 31 will…
Corporate Traveler, Flight Centre Travel Group’s SME-focused travel management company, is adding new sustainability services in part built from a partnership with Thrust Carbon, the company announced. The TMC is…
Flight Centre Travel Group projects that it broke even during the first six months of this year due to a faster-than-projected recovery. The projection was part of a guidance update…
U.S. outbound international travel purchasing has recovered beyond 2019 levels following the lifting of Covid-19 testing requirements for inbound travel, according to data provided by Airlines Reporting Corp. Total ticket…
Egencia has integrated its chat tool into messaging service Slack, on both its mobile and desktop platforms, the travel technology platform announced. Both traveler and travel manager users of Egencia…