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May 23, 2023
American Airlines on April 3 began pulling up to 40 percent of its content from EDIFACT and making it available only through New Distribution Capability channels and its...
May 19, 2023
Corporate travel reshopping platform TRIPBAM has updated its Smart Sourcing tool for hotel requests for proposals, the company announced....
May 18, 2023
TRIPBAM has also expanded its support team to maintain rapid response times for buyers and hoteliers....
May 18, 2023
How can buyers quantify the business travel experience in order to improve it? It’s a tough calculation, but the industry is working toward solutions....
May 17, 2023
TRIPBAM, the provider of air and hotel fare/rate reshopping, auditing, benchmarking and sourcing, has launched the latest version of its Smart Sourcing for hotel RFPs tool....
May 11, 2023
It’s been a little more than a month since American Airlines began its New Distribution Capability push by removing some fares from EDIFACT-connected channels. While still early in...
May 9, 2023
As demand returns, more hoteliers – and even many travel programs – are turning to dynamic pricing...
April 7, 2023
The 2023 hotel request-for-proposals season was fraught with challenges. For many suppliers, it started too late and resulted in rushed response times....
March 29, 2023
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...
March 17, 2023
American Airlines has ruled out delaying the removal of 40 percent of its airfares from traditional retail channels next month....
March 17, 2023
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....
March 17, 2023
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...
March 15, 2023
TRIPBAM, global provider of air and hotel fare/rate reshopping, auditing, benchmarking and sourcing, has released its Market Snapshot Report for March 2023....
February 3, 2023
Barbara Blue joins TRIPBAM following a 22-year tenure with BCD Travel....
February 2, 2023
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...
February 2, 2023
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...
February 1, 2023
As buyers face continued uncertainty and disruption, 2023 will be a time of change and discovery. Four experts share their insights....
January 27, 2023
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...
January 20, 2023
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....
January 10, 2023
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...
January 3, 2023
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...
December 6, 2022
Delta Air Lines recently reached a $7 billion agreement with its pilots, a deal that put an end to tense negotiations....
December 6, 2022
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...
November 23, 2022
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....
November 11, 2022
Corporate buyers expect to pay more for hotel stays in 2023, even as reduced service levels continue to impact business travelers...
November 10, 2022
Three experts share insights on airfare trends and how travel managers should respond...
October 18, 2022
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...
October 14, 2022
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...
October 13, 2022
Anyone making predictions about the future of business travel over the next 18 months could be forgiven for painting a very bleak picture indeed....
October 10, 2022
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...
September 30, 2022
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...
September 29, 2022
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...
September 27, 2022
Travel management companies want to maximize revenues, corporate program managers want smooth servicing and no one wants debit memos....
September 26, 2022
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....
September 22, 2022
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...
September 21, 2022
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...
September 8, 2022
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...
August 30, 2022
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...
August 22, 2022
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...
August 15, 2022
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...
July 26, 2022
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....
July 22, 2022
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...
July 21, 2022
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...
July 16, 2022
After discussions with myriad buyers and suppliers, we can reveal that, yes, there will be an RFP season in 2022....
July 15, 2022
If you try to book a hotel room or reserve a flight these days, the prices are a clear indicator people are traveling....
July 13, 2022
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...
July 6, 2022
Travel technology consulting veteran Norm Rose urges a push for smart contracts to improve the efficacy of negotiated corporate travel agreements....
June 30, 2022
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...
June 24, 2022
With the travel-heavy July 4th holiday weekend fast approaching, airlines continue to struggle with flight cancellations, putting additional pressure on their stock prices....
June 23, 2022
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...
June 22, 2022
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...
June 16, 2022
Corporate travel management has always been a balancing act between cutting costs and looking out for traveller safety and wellbeing....
June 14, 2022
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...
May 27, 2022
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...
April 29, 2022
Business travel is coming back in force, industry bosses said this week at the ITM Accelerate Conference in Birmingham....
April 22, 2022
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...
April 19, 2022
A day after a federal judge overturned the national mask mandate on airplanes and other forms of public transportation, airline stocks gained altitude....
April 14, 2022
Corporate Bookings Pace Increases, Yet Business Travelers Anticipate Taking Fewer Trips...
April 8, 2022
Surging leisure demand combined with labor shortages are creating a uniquely challenging rate environment for corporates....
March 21, 2022
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...
March 16, 2022
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...
March 11, 2022
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...
February 18, 2022
TRIPBAM, the global rate auditing, benchmarking, analytics and sourcing provider for hotel and air today announced the next version of Smart Sourcing....
February 17, 2022
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...
February 16, 2022
Demand for corporate travel lodging is accelerating but it’s not just volume that’s closing in on familiar territory....
February 15, 2022
TRIPBAM, the auditing, benchmarking, analytics and sourcing provider for hotel and air, announced the next version of Smart Sourcing....
February 15, 2022
Hotel benchmarking and rate reshopping specialist TRIPBAM has announced its latest version of Smart Sourcing for hotels....
February 15, 2022
Rate-assurance, auditing and sourcing platform provider TRIPBAM today announced its latest iteration of Smart Sourcing for hotels....
February 9, 2022
TRIPBAM’s European boss has advised buyers to stay “agile and flexible” to manage the current volatility affecting hotel rates....
February 7, 2022
Steve Reynolds, CEO of TRIPBAM, has rolled out a fresh push beyond its traditional business — even as COVID has shaken the market....
February 2, 2022
In January and February of last year, TRIPBAM clients made about 80 percent more bookings with Marriott properties than they did with Hilton brands....
January 26, 2022
BTN Europe’s annual rundown of the people, products, trends and developments shaping the business travel industry....
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DALLAS (May 16, 2023) – TRIPBAM, the global provider of air and hotel fare/rate reshopping, auditing, benchmarking and sourcing, has launched the latest version of Smart
New TRIPBAM Market Snapshot Report Highlights Pressure from Suppliers Report details corporate transient hotel and air trends and provides recommendations for travel buyers to adjust
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