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Business travel is booming again – and so are prices. Average daily hotel rates in Europe have moved six per cent ahead of pre-Covid levels, according to lodging...

Business travel is coming back in force, industry bosses said this week at the ITM Accelerate Conference in Birmingham....

Reigniting corporate culture has become a priority, including meeting new hires or just training employees. In some cases it’s starting to eclipse traditional business travel, and the spike...

A day after a federal judge overturned the national mask mandate on airplanes and other forms of public transportation, airline stocks gained altitude....

Corporate Bookings Pace Increases, Yet Business Travelers Anticipate Taking Fewer Trips...

Business travel starts again and bargaining with hotels returns to the old cracks: that the agreements are respected. This is not always the case, according to the latest research...

On average, room rates are $31 more expensive, according to auditing and booking platform TRIPBAM, which has compared corporate booking data from February 2021 to the same month...

This North Carolina boutique property is bringing in retail partnerships to help it stand out from the crowd as more hotels start competing for the return of incentive...

TRIPBAM, the global rate auditing, benchmarking, analytics and sourcing provider for hotel and air today announced the next version of Smart Sourcing....

The newest release of the hotel RFP tool makes it easier for corporate travel buyers to work within existing Global Sales Organization processes at Marriott International, Hyatt Hotels...

Demand for corporate travel lodging is accelerating but it’s not just volume that’s closing in on familiar territory....

TRIPBAM, the auditing, benchmarking, analytics and sourcing provider for hotel and air, announced the next version of Smart Sourcing....

Hotel benchmarking and rate reshopping specialist TRIPBAM has announced its latest version of Smart Sourcing for hotels....

Rate-assurance, auditing and sourcing platform provider TRIPBAM today announced its latest iteration of Smart Sourcing for hotels....

TRIPBAM’s European boss has advised buyers to stay “agile and flexible” to manage the current volatility affecting hotel rates....

Steve Reynolds, CEO of TRIPBAM, has rolled out a fresh push beyond its traditional business — even as COVID has shaken the market....

In January and February of last year, TRIPBAM clients made about 80 percent more bookings with Marriott properties than they did with Hilton brands....

BTN Europe’s annual rundown of the people, products, trends and developments shaping the business travel industry....

Peter Grover, TRIPBAM Managing Director, Europe, shares his thoughts on Omicron’s impact on business travel in this column....

As we enter the new year it’s hard to know what to prioritise, so we asked business travel experts what they think should be on a travel buyer’s...

As the business travel industry celebrates the UK Government’s decision to relax some travel restrictions, here are 10 other reasons why we should be starting the year feeling...

Actively embracing ‘digital first’ thinking has been one benefit of the global pandemic. Solutions to new opportunities and problems had to be found, and fast, pushing the change...

Business Travel Association members report they are “frustrated” with a “lack of progress” from airlines with New Distribution Capability initiatives, according to a five-year report on NDC released...

This is the time of year when, traditionally, travel buyers put the finishing touches to the annual preferred hotel rate programme they have been painstakingly negotiating since the...

As TripBam and FairFly each branch out into one another’s territory, leaders of both platforms recently said they plan to continue to expand to cover a wider spectrum...

While travel spend has naturally reduced over the last 18 months, stricter budgets and uncertain economies mean that many corporates are looking to limit expenditure as people begin...

On Monday, Israel-based airfare reshopping tech firm FairFly announced it would roll out a hotel price assurance service to clients beginning next quarter....

Flexibility. Nimbleness. Dynamic. Fluid. In a time of uncertainty, those are the kinds of words buyers and sellers are using as companies work to put together their hotel...

Despite a blip in the recovery during August, when market-rate growth flattened and pricing volatility increased, hotel booking volume again is on an upward trajectory and volatility is...

In no particular order, here’s our list of the top tech innovators and innovations shaking up the industry…...

With TRIPBAM set to launch its air solution later this year, Bev Fearis checked in with its CEO and founder...

With corporate travel on hold for many organizations for well over a year now, as a travel manager responsible for managing spend, what should you do? Take a...

In early July, Hilton Worldwide did away with automatic daily housekeeping at its non-luxury brands in the United States, and instead now offers housekeeping services upon request, with...

As business travelers take to the road in ever-increasing numbers, they will be returning to many of the same hotels they were familiar with before – as well...

If they stay on their current trajectory, hotel market rates will hit 2019 levels before the end of this year, according to an analysis by TRIPBAM, the hotel...

Current business travel volume is about 30% of 2019 levels and average daily hotel rates remain lower as well but are increasing. The figures, from hotel analytics firm...

Dell is now booking all of its rooms based on dynamic pricing, as previously contracted rates have become obsolete in the wake of the pandemic. More large organizations...

Industry data veteran and former EY global supplier leader for travel, meetings and events Tim Nichols has joined TRIPBAM to develop and lead a new air solutions practice,...

TRIPBAM named Tim Nichols vice president of air solutions, a new role where he will lead the development and rollout of the company’s suite of technology solutions in...

A shift away from cities to suburban and even rural markets, bookings at mid- or lower-star levels and a growth spurt from Hilton over Marriott are trends in...

London-based serviced-apartment provider SilverDoor has become the first such company to partner with hotel re-shopping company TRIPBAM, SilverDoor announced Wednesday. TRIPBAM confirmed it also has no other partnerships...

Serviced apartment company SilverDoor has announced a new partnership agreement with hotel benchmarking and rate reshopping technology company TRIPBAM....

There was a time not so long ago when containing or cutting costs was a travel manager’s top priority. Those days were looking somewhat anachronistic even before Covid-19...

Corporate hotel booking volumes in late January were at 18 per cent of last year’s levels for the same period, but that number is trending up, according to...

In a recent analysis of COVID-19’s impact on corporate hotel stays, TRIPBAM found that among corporate travelers Hilton is gaining market share over competitor Marriott and travel patterns are shifting away from city centers...

Travel buyers shouldn’t wait for travel to pick back up again before taking action on securing the best hotel rates, according to a TRIPBAM report. TRIPBAM, which tracks...

Hilton is gaining corporate market share over Marriott and business travel patterns are shifting away from cities toward more suburban and rural properties, according to a new survey...

Corporate hotel booking volume in late January was at about 18 percent of prior-year levels, but that number is trending up, according to a new quarterly report issued...

Corporate customers constantly reshopping rates is bad for hotels, but so long as properties publish lower rates, revenue managers have little recourse....

Like most companies, Dell’s business travel came to a screeching halt in March when the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. But there were some functions within...

The rise of independent hotels and soft brands reflect an increasing desire among travelers for lifestyle stays – properties that offer distinctive design and an “unscripted” approach to...

Occupancy in Europe improved w-o-w in week to 12th Sept, encouraging after a flat to declining performance for several weeks, but RevPAR deteriorated due to weaker room rates....

TRIPBAM, the global  hotel shopping, benchmarking and analytics provider, announced a new release of its Smart Sourcing product that makes the solution available to any corporation or consultant,...

Hotel reshopping and analytics company TRIPBAM has enhanced its Smart Sourcing tool and has made it available as a standalone service, the company told BTN....

The corporate travel sector could be edging closer to a more dynamic-based approach when it comes to hotel pricing — with Marriott leading the charge....

TRIPBAM, the Dallas-based hotel shopping, benchmarking and analytics provider, announced a new certification program for managed travel consultants to use TRIPBAM’s technology to source and manage corporate hotel...

Hotel reshopping platform TRIPBAM now offers a certification programme for managed travel consultants to use the company’s technology to source and manage corporate hotel programmes, the company announced....

Hotel reshopping platform TRIPBAM now offers a certification program for managed travel consultants to use the company’s technology to source and manage corporate hotel programs, the company announced....

With the corporate travel and hotel industries still in recovery mode, both sides are looking for alternative approaches to the traditional hotel RFP season....

Hotel shopping, benchmarking and analytics provider TRIPBAM has released a white paper on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the sector....

If you work in procurement, it is your duty to your organization to ensure you’re procuring for cost-efficiency and quality, regardless of which category you’re overseeing....

The Global Business Travel Association is endorsing a postponement of the 2020 hotel request-for-proposals process until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, and “encourages hotels to roll all...

Reshopping tool TRIPBAM has created a report of closed hotels due to the coronavirus and is making it available to the business travel community, the company announced....

Hotel reshopping technology tool TRIPBAM has created a dashboard to show clients year-over-year in hotel cancellations, average daily rate and new bookings created for any time period. It...