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Business Travel News is the leading source of information serving the managed business travel and meetings market. BTN provides business travel management professionals in multinational, large, midsize and small corporations with news, analysis, and research to help them better evaluate, select and purchase business travel and meetings for their companies.  www.businesstravelnews.com  
Hogg Robinson to Sell HRG to Amex GBT & Fraedom to Visa
Feb 9, 2018 · Two of the world’s largest travel management companies are set to merge after American Express Global Business Travel offered up to 410 million British pounds to buy Hogg Robinson Group. Amex GBT will combine with Hogg Robinson’s TMC business HRG. Hogg Robinson also confirmed a separate agreement to sell its other division, the payments and expense management software-as-a-service business ...
Airline-Hotel Loyalty Partnerships to Expand Offerings
Oct 9, 2024 · Members already can convert their Marriott Bonvoy points into Aeroplan points at a three-to-one ratio, according to Air Canada. In another sign that loyalty has become increasingly important for travel brands, two pairs of airlines and hotel companies on Tuesday announced separate enhancements to their loyalty partnerships.
Oyo to Acquire Parent Co. of Motel 6 | Business Travel News
Sep 23, 2024 · Indian budget hospitality giant Oyo, which entered the United States market in 2019, announced on Friday it would acquire from Blackstone Real Estate the economy hotel franchiser G6 Hospitality for $525 million in an all-cash transaction.G6 is the parent company of Motel 6 and extended-stay brand Studio 6. The purchase would cement Oyo’s interests in the North American market, where it put ...
Corporate Travel 100 - Business Travel News
BTN's 2021 Corporate Travel 100 Ranked: Total business travel spend for the largest 100 corporate travel programs measured by U.S.-booked travel volume rose again in 2019. U.S.-originating travel as estimated by BTN for these programs hit $11.8 billion, its highest point ever. Yet, the spend spread widened between the biggest programs on the list and the smallest ones.
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Business Travel News is the leading source of information serving the managed business travel and meetings market. BTN provides business travel management professionals in multinational, large, midsize and small corporations with news, analysis, and research to help them better evaluate, select and purchase business travel and meetings for their companies.  www.businesstravelnews.com  
TripActions Launches Payment Card, Promising Travel Spending …
Feb 25, 2020 · TripActions has launched a payment card designed to work directly with its travel management platform, according to the company. Dubbed TripActions Liquid, the new product features a virtual card for such pay-ahead bookings as flights, as well as a Visa-branded plastic credit card for expenses incurred by business travelers during trips.  
GSA Adds Breeze to City Pair Program | Business Travel News
Jul 17, 2024 · The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded fiscal year 2025 contracts to nine air carriers for federal government travelers through the agency's City Pair Program, including for the first time Breeze Airways, the agency announced Tuesday. Breeze will join Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue ...
Amex GBT Aims to Shed 'Legacy TMC' Label - Business Travel News
Aug 26, 2024 · While American Express Global Business Travel generally gets classified with "legacy" travel management companies, the company’s executives of late have been pushing back on that classification. Speaking last year at The Beat Live, for example, CEO Paul Abbott said being referred to as a "legacy" or "establishment" TMC was "self-serving rubbish."
Investor Group Led by Steve Singh Acquires Direct Travel
Apr 2, 2024 · A group of investors led by corporate travel industry entrepreneur and Concur co-founder Steve Singh has acquired Direct Travel, with plans to expand the travel management company's footprint around the world boosted by the other technology offerings in Singh's portfolio: Spotnana, Troop and Center. The investors joining Singh in the ...