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Amex GBT's big CWT deal would add scale but faces scrutiny

By Michael B. Baker - BTN | March 26, 2024

American Express Global Business Travel's newly announced acquisition of rival CWT would be a merger of giants but might not face the regulatory scrutiny that has quashed recent major mergers in the... Read More

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VIDEO: American Express GBT on NDC, TripActions and tech investments

By Linda Fox | December 2, 2019

As founder and senior director of investment firm Certares and executive chairman of American Express GBT, Greg O’Hara is in an ideal spot to comment on business travel and the sector's... Read More

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Amex GBT buys Hogg Robinson, tech integration at heart of £400M deal

By Kevin May | February 9, 2018

Massive consolidation alert: Hogg Robinson has sold to American Express Global Business Travel in a deal in the region of £400 million. Read More

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Lufthansa talks up direct connect as big corporate agency comes on-board

By Kevin May | March 11, 2016

Lufthansa claims it has achieved more progress with "B2B direct connections" in the last six months than in the previous five years. The airline group said during the ITB event in Berlin this week Read More

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Sharing managed travel - how much are Google employees spending with Airbnb?

By Kevin May | May 23, 2014

Depending on who you ask, "sharing economy" brands sites such as Airbnb will either be a huge threat or have no impact at all on corporate travel. The smarter industry commentators know that the re Read More

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Corporate travel focus 2014 - data security, travel risk management and mobile tech

By Karthick Prabu | December 5, 2013

Travel data security, risk management while traveling to emerging countries and demand for additional mobile technology will be the focus for corporates next year, says corporate travel management com Read More

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What keeps business travel experts awake at night?

By Kevin May | December 2, 2013

Not ill-fitting eye masks, anyway. This was the question handed to a group from various strands of the business travel world at the CAPA Summit in Amsterdam this week. It's a standard thing to ask Read More

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Online managed travel is booming in Europe

By Sean O'Neil | July 10, 2013

In 2014, mega agencies will book 41 billion euro in managed travel through online channels -- a 29% rise in annual gross bookings over four years. Read More

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The Scan: iRiS lobby app, ResponseTap's web tracking, Concur expense study and other travel tech news

By PhocusWire | February 12, 2013

Response Tap, FCm, HRG, Multicom, Vayant, Iris, Portman Travel, KDS, Conferma and Concur are mentioned in our special round-up of news and briefs you may have missed from the Travel Technology and... Read More

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The Scan: China business travel to outstrip the US and more travel tech news

By PhocusWire | November 12, 2012

HRG, Egencia, Inntopia, RateGain, Digital Alchemy, Masabi and IFE all feature in today's news roundup of snippets from across the travel technology industry Read More

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The Scan: Introducing the Travel Technology Association, and more news

By PhocusWire | October 1, 2012

Travel Tech, mmMule, Google Flight Search, HRG, WIHP, and ShoreTrips all make our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 1 October. Read More

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American Airlines offers direct-connect bounty via Priceline, talks with business travel giants stall

By Kevin May | July 31, 2012

American Airlines is back in Direct-Connect mode, after its programme to try and turn the airline distribution model on its head fell by the wayside as it faced bigger battles. Read More

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What Else? Tourism Australia-The Smiths, Etihad Airways, HRG, Affiliate Window

By PhocusWire | June 11, 2012

Mr and Mrs Smith tie in with Tourism Australia, Etihad digi campaign, HRG North America role, Affiliate Window eyes US... What else is going on in the world of travel tech... Read More

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What Else? HireWinston app, HRG acquires, CWT-iJet, Global Hotel Exchange, Prince Pegs

By PhocusWire | March 14, 2012

HireWinston unveils Blackberry first, HRG buys remaining SpendVision shares, CWT expands iJet deal, GHX secures hotels, Pegasus wins Prince Hotels. A round-up of other stories from across the industry. Read More

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Is mobile the biggest technology challenge facing the travel industry?

By Linda Fox | February 17, 2012

Walking the floor of last week's Business Travel Show threw up a number of interesting developments which were less about innovation and more about services to help travellers on the go Read More

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