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American Airlines is going live with its New Distribution Capability offers with global distribution system Sabre on April 3, marking the point of no return for its removal of...

American Airlines has ruled out delaying the removal of 40 percent of its airfares from traditional retail channels next month....

A San Fransisco-based advisory firm is seeing more company bosses and their entourages embark on fact-finding trips around the world to gain better business insights....

We broke the news on December 1 but it’s still sinking in. After hearing no mention of it on investor calls, we tried to contact the loquacious JPMorgan Chase analyst...

TRIPBAM, global provider of air and hotel fare/rate reshopping, auditing, benchmarking and sourcing, has released its Market Snapshot Report for March 2023....

Barbara Blue joins TRIPBAM following a 22-year tenure with BCD Travel....

Corporate travel reshopping platform TRIPBAM has appointed former BCD Travel executive Barbara Blue as VP of strategic partnerships, the company announced Thursday. Blue joined TRIPBAM in January following...

After almost three years of volatility, a picture of the hotel landscape is emerging, but it is decidedly fuzzy. As one travel manager put it, “The dust has...

As buyers face continued uncertainty and disruption, 2023 will be a time of change and discovery. Four experts share their insights....

American Airlines’ recent announcement to push 40 percent of its airfares through NDC via the GDS by April 1 has created quite a stir. The question for buyers...

Hotel groups have been eager to introduce branded residential offerings. Plus, Marriott tests “magic” beds, Macau may cap room occupancy, and other recent hotel news....

The pandemic has led to a permanent change in how we live our lives between work and the personal. No longer just a trite category called “bleisure,” the...

Pricing power for lodging suppliers, an altered traveler profile and uncertainty on the buyer side created unusual outcomes for 2023 rate negotiations. At some Hilton properties, this meant...

Delta Air Lines recently reached a $7 billion agreement with its pilots, a deal that put an end to tense negotiations....

Travel prices across Europe have started to decline, following months of continuous hikes in air fares and hotel rates. However, they’re expected to remain highly volatile for several...

Judges at the BTN Group’s 9th annual Innovate conference gave top honors to meetings management travel platform Troop, while inaugural Innovate winner TripBam received top accolades from attendees....

Corporate buyers expect to pay more for hotel stays in 2023, even as reduced service levels continue to impact business travelers...

Three experts share insights on airfare trends and how travel managers should respond...

A greater appetite for digital solutions during the pandemic opened up a new world of efficiencies for SMEs and that demand has accelerated this year as they get...

The sky’s the limit for the hospitality sector, coming up with ideas like “togetherness programs” and offering increasingly bizarre spiritual and nature-based activities. But for how long will...

Anyone making predictions about the future of business travel over the next 18 months could be forgiven for painting a very bleak picture indeed....

Global market hotel rates have declined since early June, and lessening demand for leisure helped “bring down rates for corporate transient, particularly in primary markets that entertain a...

Amadeus and TRIPBAM separately reported data this week suggesting that corporate travel demand continues to gain momentum. Plus, China-based Dajia wants to sell $1.3 billion worth of hotels...

The research arm of investment bank Truist reported on a conference call it held with corporate travel data company TRIPBAM. Takeaways included that any indications of a recession have not...

Travel management companies want to maximize revenues, corporate program managers want smooth servicing and no one wants debit memos....

That’s the takeaway from Truist Securities’ discussions with corporate-travel data company TRIPBAM, which analyzes more than $20 billion of spending in this category....

The biggest knock on any discount program buyers secure with hotel properties and chains is that travelers can’t access preferred rates. That wastes the negotiating effort and eliminates...

There are a few ways to talk about business travel’s prospects. Some news articles quote sentiment surveys — do business folks plan to travel more or less, spend...

Google’s retreat is typical of the wider sector, according to Steve Reynolds, founder and CEO of corporate travel rebooking and auditing platform TRIPBAM. He has long argued that...

Well past the second anniversary of the pandemic, business travel has yet to recover. There have been green shoots of hope seen in increasing weekday demand across the...

Hotel demand from business travelers, which has been the slowest to bounce back in the U.S. hotel industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, will return to peak 2019...

Surprise! Business travel is back with the potential to be better than ever, at least according to some hotel executives. But with other companies watching their expenses, the...

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Hilton’s new marketing positioning, Alaska Air’s business travel worries, and UK tourism’s marketing overhaul....

After a big rebound in the first quarter, Alaska Airlines is less confident about business travel’s future. Nine of its top ten markets represent business-oriented destinations, with Fort Lauderdale...

That they see the lodging sector as a seller’s market right now means many corporate travel buyers are waiting until later than usual to start rate negotiations for...

After discussions with myriad buyers and suppliers, we can reveal that, yes, there will be an RFP season in 2022....

If you try to book a hotel room or reserve a flight these days, the prices are a clear indicator people are traveling....

Back in our list for a second year, the innovative team at TRIPBAM is making big in-roads with its new product for flight bookings. Like its game-changing hotel...

Travel technology consulting veteran Norm Rose urges a push for smart contracts to improve the efficacy of negotiated corporate travel agreements....

At the big hotel-technology gathering, all roads still lead to Covid. Hoteliers have an even bigger staffing problem than many realize, booking data points to wary consumers, and...

With the travel-heavy July 4th holiday weekend fast approaching, airlines continue to struggle with flight cancellations, putting additional pressure on their stock prices....

Hotels are set to clash with travel buyers as they try to lock in rates for next year — rates that have been edging north since the second...

Corporate travel budgets set for 2022 are coming up short as travel demand rises from early-year lows and as costs soar. TRIPBAM CEO Steve Reynolds during a webcast...

Corporate travel management has always been a balancing act between cutting costs and looking out for traveller safety and wellbeing....

Fast-moving changes in the workplace, in particular the hybrid model in which employees blend working from home with going into the office, is a headwind to business travel—from...

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...

Surging leisure demand combined with labor shortages are creating a uniquely challenging rate environment for corporates....

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....