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Q&A: Louis Magliaro
07 Oct 2024We caught up with Louis Magliaro, Group Publisher of BTN, to find out what makes Business Travel Show Asia Pacific essential for suppliers looking to connect with the region’s key travel buyers. Q: Lo ... -
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Business Travel Show APAC Advisory Board Announced
30 Aug 2024 Business Travel NewsThe Business Travel Show Asia Pacific, presented by the BTN Group, is pleased to announce the members of the inaugural Advisory Board. Comprised of key buyers, suppliers and consultants from across th ... -
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6 key takeaways from the recent Business Travel Trends & Forecasts Asia Pacific
05 Aug 2024 BTN EditorialNearly 50 corporate travel buyers collectively responsible for buying/managing over $6.4 billion in travel annually registered to attend the BTN Group’s 2nd Annual Business Travel Trends & Forecasts A ... -
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Northstar Travel Group Expands Portfolio with Launch of Business Travel Show Asia Pacific in Singapore Next Year
15 May 2024 Jonathan Carter-ChapmanNorthstar Travel Group’s BTN Group announced the launch of the Business Travel Show Asia Pacific, scheduled to take place 16-17 April 2025 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre at Marina Bay Sands, ...
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Star Alliance has opened its first branded lounge in Asia at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport ...
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Mexico City-based corporate expense and payment platform Mendel has launched an online booking tool ...
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American Airlines is rolling out its boarding technology platform to more than 100 airports in the U...
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Uber has launched a new larger car category and added a new Uber Reserve feature that recommends air...
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Aer Lingus has launched new benefits for its AerClub members flying American Airlines and on Dec. 2 ...
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Business travel costs are rising, but increasing opportunities for discounts, particularly in airfar...
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Alaska Airlines is launching two new year-round routes and eight new winter seasonal flights startin...
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STR and Tourism Economics have downgraded their U.S. hotel forecasts for 2024 and 2025, citing persi...
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Flight Centre Travel Group's corporate brands reported a 3 percent increase in transaction volume in...
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Cathay Pacific, HSBC Hong Kong and sustainable aviation fuel supplier EcoCeres are partnering to "fo...
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Hilton Worldwide plans to launch 150 Spark properties in India, introducing the brand to the Asia-Pa...
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will issue 65,000 additional H-2B visas for the 2025 fiscal...
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Business travelers reported experiencing more "friction" than leisure travelers in planning their jo...
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Marriott International by early January will lay off 833 employees from its Bethesda, Md., headquart...
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Travel technology provider TripStax has signed a reseller agreement with project and team travel boo...
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Etihad Airways effective June 1, 2025, will end its unilateral codeshare and bilateral frequent-flye...
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WestJet for summer 2025 will add new nonstop service between Vancouver and each Boston and Tampa, th...
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Spirit Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure its debt and improve financial st...
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U.S. room nights booked under corporate negotiated rates declined slightly year over year in the thi...
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CBRE Hotels Research on Thursday for the third time this year lowered its projected year-over-year i...
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Travel sourcing and consultancy group Partnership Travel Consulting has named former Corporate Trave...
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Icelandair on Sept. 5, 2025, will launch flights between Reykjavik and Istanbul, Turkey, the carrier...
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All Nippon Airways has selected Travelport to distribute its New Distribution Capability content, th...
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Rail Europe has introduced a new product to expand its group booking services beyond its current key...
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Serko's acquisition of GetThere was a big move that propelled the company to the No. 2 spot among co...
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Chase this week opened a Sapphire Lounge by The Club at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, th...
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Sabre is launching a simplified booking tool, Sabre Red Launchpad, designed for agents who are not e...
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Hertz's third-quarter revenue declined amid what it calls a "back-to-basics" strategy and "operation...
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Air India Group has completed the merger of Air India and Vistara, which was announced in November 2...
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Germany-based car rental company Sixt on Tuesday reported third-quarter revenue "at an all-time high...
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Business travelers largely believe AI will make their travel experience more effective, but they are...
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AmTrav has established a direct connection to Hawaiian Airlines, giving it access to the carrier's N...
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Emburse has deepened the integration of Emburse Expense Professional with Oracle's NetSuite enterpri...
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Air Canada has agreed to purchase 77.6 million liters of sustainable aviation fuel from producer Nes...
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KLM beginning in 2025 will add services between Amsterdam and three international destinations, incl...
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Singapore Airlines and Garuda Indonesia have agreed to expand frequencies between Jakarta and Singap...
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British Airways parent International Airlines Group reported a strong third-quarter performance for ...
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IHG Hotels & Resorts this month has opened three hotels in Germany under its new midprice conversion...
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The October on-time performance for North American carriers continued to improve, despite some weath...
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Sabre now provides Sabre-connected travel agents with Air India's New Distribution Capability conten...
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Despite less international travel into Paris and less travel from France because of the Summer Olymp...
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Apartment-style accommodations provider Sonder Holdings has updated several of the delinquent quarte...
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Aerospace and defense in recent years has emerged as a "very large portfolio" for BCD Travel, said B...
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Crisis detection program Samdesk, already a data source for several travel risk management providers...
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Payment and expense app Expensify's revenue and paid users declined year over year in the third quar...
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Bookings via Amadeus' global distribution system increased 4.4 percent year over year to 117.5 milli...
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American Express Global Business Travel is expanding its New Distribution Capability rollout with Ai...
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Longer business trips in 2024 are growing at a faster rate than shorter trips, indicating growth in ...
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Air Canada has expanded its intermodal strategy, allowing customers to book rail and bus connections...
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Wheels Up reported improved financial performance in Q3 2024 with a significant reduction in net los...
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United Airlines has introduced TSA PreCheck Touchless ID at Reagan Washington National Airport, enab...
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Lyft's Q3 featured record active riders and rides. The ride-hail company launched 33 new features, i...
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Adtrav will start managing the GSA FedRooms government lodging program under a five-year contract st...
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The merger between American Express Global Business Travel and CWT "has the potential to substantial...
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AI business travel data tool PredictX has launched an internal carbon pricing feature within its Sus...
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CWT has added new artificial intelligence capabilities to its Analytics reporting tool, allowing use...
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Former Spirit Airlines CEO Ben Baldanza, 62, died Nov. 5, former Wall Street Journal travel columnis...
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Travel management company technology provider TripStax has partnered with mid- and back-office techn...
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Air Canada for the summer 2025 season will introduce new routes to the United States and Europe, the...
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What Donald Trump's return to the U.S. presidency after his victory Tuesday will mean for the travel...
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FCM Travel's FCM Consulting has named former Tripbam executive Jason Kramer as its air category lead...
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Third-quarter average daily rate and revenue per available room at U.S. extended-stay hotels each in...
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American Express Global Business Travel reported strong large-client transaction growth and slower s...
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Travelport has agreed to distribute TAP Air Portugal's New Distribution Capability content alongside...
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Choice Hotels International's extension into the upscale tier helped increase the share of business ...
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BCD Travel's Advito consulting arm has partnered with carbon planning and forecasting technology Cla...
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The corporate travel industry has "much work to do" to meet net-zero carbon commitments, with maturi...
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After a third quarter in which systemwide business transient revenue per available room increased 2 ...
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BCD Travel has partnered with sustainability management technology provider Squake on an "end-to-end...
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Partners in Cathay Pacific's Corporate Sustainable Aviation Fuel program have committed to using 2,6...
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Singapore Airlines plans to invest S$1.1 billion (US$835.5 million) on revamping the cabins on its 4...
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Travel management company ATPI is partnering with short-term immigration assistance technology Nomad...
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Air France beginning May 21 will offer direct service between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Orlando, F...
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Avis Budget Group executives during a Friday earnings call focused on lowering its fleet size, incre...
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Delta Air Lines beginning Dec. 2 will launch nonstop service between New York's John F. Kennedy Inte...
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After Air Canada's corporate segment gained during the second quarter, momentum slowed during the th...
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Most European business travelers opt for train travel over air for domestic trips as part of an "inc...
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American Airlines on May 6, 2025, will further expand its planned summer schedule to Italy with the ...
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A GBTA Foundation survey revealed that while women dominate many roles in the managed travel industr...
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Hyatt Hotels Corp.'s third-quarter systemwide business travel revenue increased 16 percent year over...
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Another company is taking on the elusive goal of capturing instant meetings bookings, especially as ...
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The American Hotel & Lodging Association has named Rosanna Maietta, the former CEO of the AHLA Found...
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Choice Hotels International in 2025 will lower the amount of points in its Choice Privileges loyalty...
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Sabre's corporate travel air booking volume grew between 3 percent and 4 percent year over year in t...
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Navan has established a New Distribution Capability direct connection with U.S. low-cost carrier Bre...
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Alaska Airlines' third-quarter managed corporate revenue grew by 9 percent year over year, with doub...
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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi during a Thursday earnings call said that the company's weekday business ...
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Emirates has promoted regional sales director for the Eastern U.S. Matthew Jones to VP for all its U...
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Air demand in September remained strong, with traffic at "an all-time high for September," according...
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American Airlines "in the months ahead" will offer AAdvantage members the ability to use TSA PreChec...
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United Airlines next year will increase its qualification levels for 2026 elite status, the airline ...
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The corporate segment recovery at Lufthansa Group carriers is happening at a slower pace than initia...
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Sabre-connected agents now can activate access to TAP Air Portugal's New Distribution Capability con...
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Air France on May 21, 2025, will relaunch service between Orlando International Airport and Paris Ch...
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The pipeline of U.S. hotel development in the third quarter set another new record for planned proje...
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JetBlue plans to begin offering in mid-November its Even More Space extra-legroom seat directly on t...
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United Airlines has launched TSA Precheck Touchless ID at Salt Lake City International Airport, enab...
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Navan is offering International Airlines Group carrier Iberia's New Distribution Capability content,...
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Ground transportation platform Blacklane has secured $65 million in a Series G funding round, the co...
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Ryanair's fares and schedules are now available to book in the new Concur Travel via a direct connec...
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New initiative aims to standardise sustainability measurement across hospitality industry...
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Survey reveals most corporates are optimistic about the year ahead, despite rising travel costs...
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US hotel firm plans to open properties in Croatia, Albania, Serbia and Romania ...
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Owner of FCM and Corporate Traveller has seen “more modest growth” in recent months...
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Current CFO of monday.com will chair the TMC’s audit committee ...
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UK carrier’s services were affected for several hours on Monday evening ...
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Move comes after Qatar Airways took a minority stake in Australian carrier ...
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Continent is forecast to add nearly 110,000 rooms in the next two years ...
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US carrier had to abandon its planned merger with JetBlue earlier this year ...
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Consortium will work with rail organisation on a series of “impactful initiatives” ...
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Aviation giant’s carriers will operate 12,000 flights per week next year ...
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Specialist online booking tool caters for the project, crew and team travel market ...
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Spanish carrier is the first to receive Airbus’ new single-aisle aircraft ...
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Nordic carrier will start service to Turkey in autumn 2025 ...
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Hotel giant has opened luxury brand’s latest property in Belgrade ...
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Budget airline opened its first base at the UK airport earlier this year ...
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Rail booking platform has also rolled out a new group travel feature...
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Airlines' New Distribution Capability content to be provided via GDS connection...
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TMC says it is "now seeing millions of dollars of AF-KLM NDC sales every week"...
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Companies “actively collaborating” to make the carrier's NDC content available by mid-year 2025...
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New tool includes AI capabilities and cuts training time required for agents...
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New partnership promises clients 'integrated transatlantic travel solutions'...
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Air France-KLM has already passed the proposed tax hikes on to travellers...
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Skepticism remains when it comes to tasks linked to the more personal aspects of travel...
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Dutch carrier to add new routes to San Diego, Georgetown and Hyderabad...
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Survey finds only half of corporates are addressing ground transport in risk policies and safety tra...
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BTN Europe's renowned annual rundown of the people, products and trends driving industry change...
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German car rental firm increases revenue by 10% in the third quarter ...
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The two companies aim to create a “seamless, secure experience” for clients ...
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Budget brand is continuing its expansion at key UK transport hubs ...
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Enlarged Air India Group will operate 300 aircraft to more than 100 destinations ...
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New midscale brand has opened its first properties outside the Americas ...
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TMC will make it easier for clients to book sustainable hotels and venues ...
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UK-based TMCs will look to expand their presence in entertainment sector ...
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UK airline has also pushed back the resumption of routes to Israel and Ghana ...
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Redevelopment of departure lounge is part of €6bn programme of improvements ...
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Graham and Gudgeon take up BDM roles with UK-based homeworking agency ...
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UK hub airport also makes plea to government to help sector decarbonise ...
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Irish company will open property in UK capital’s financial district ...
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European aviation giant’s income was “significantly affected” by Paris games ...
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Organisational shakeup will support “long-term strategic growth” under new owner...
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Airline group reports 15.4 per cent year-on-year increase in profits for the quarter...
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Airline executives highlight say-do gap when it comes to sustainable travel choices...
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Air distribution revenue for the quarter up 8.6 per cent year over year to €724.4 million...
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Newly integrated data will provide TMCs and travel managers with behavioural and financial analytics...
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AI-powered platform to help streamline management of simple meetings...
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Flights initially operated on Boeing 777 aircraft ahead of the arrival of A350 fleet...
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Amex GBT “fundamentally disagrees” with the findings...
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Neale has also gained a board member seat in conjunction with new role...
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Deal facilitates launch of events specialist's travel division...
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Carriers' upcoming surcharge on EDIFACT bookings reduced to €3 for six months to "ease" NDC transiti...
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The TMC has partnered with ThoughtSpot to enable natural language queries and enhanced reporting...
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New tool enables users to put a monetary value on carbon emissions linked to business travel activit...
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Carrier's NDC content will be made available on Travelport's API and Smartpoint solutions...
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TMC has seen more “muted” growth from SME clients in recent months ...
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US-based industry veteran will work with TMC’s global clients ...
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Spending on corporate trips in Europe is set to reach €360.4bn this year ...
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Initiative designed to help clients measure, budget and forecast carbon emissions...
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Hotel giant says business travel demand has been boosted by large corporates ...
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Budget carrier had to carry out “more price stimulation” over the summer ...
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Initiative designed to help “stimulate” demand for lower-emission fuels ...
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More travellers in key European markets are choosing the train for domestic trips ...
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Initiative aims to make it easier for clients to set carbon targets and policies ...
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Latest deal is part of UK-based TMC’s global expansion plans ...
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Rail operator is currently running services via Brussels due to Amsterdam station revamp...
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Dutch carrier says airport’s 41% rise in fees in 2025 is “unreasonable and unwise”...
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Move will strengthen sustainability specialist’s consultancy division ...
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BTN survey results published as part of new Ecosystem Play travel tech report...
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Air France and KLM also increase additional baggage fee for Business Light fares to most long-haul d...
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Short-haul cabin revamp follows the carrier's recent €200 million upgrades to its long-haul fleet...
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Sabre-connected agents now can activate access to the carrier's NDC content...
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Good Travel Management and CT Travel Group join forces in further consolidation of UK market...
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TMC’s current COO Michael Healy will take the helm in 2025...
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Italian carrier will also launch flights to Bangkok in November...
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Labour chancellor Reeves also confirms extension of HS2 into central London...
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European carrier will introduce four new regional services and increase frequencies on existing rout...
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New and resumed routes added as BA temporarily scraps daily NYC service...
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TMCs' customers will need to pay distribution surcharge or shift to NDC bookings from 1 January 2025...
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Chauffeur service provider plans to expand in Europe, Middle East and US ...
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Spanish carrier has not operated on the route since start of pandemic in 2020 ...
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Design-led brand already operates a property in London’s Canary Wharf ...
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Company enjoys “record” summer for passengers despite problems for its core brand...
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Move will give business travellers access to budget carrier’s best fares ...
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New Zealand-based tech firm will acquire longstanding online booking tool ...
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Several TMCs will take part in beta testing of AI functionality before global roll out ...
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TMC says that more than half of airline's bookings are already going through new channel...
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Airlines have added 10 routes to the Baltic states in new agreement ...
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Global security specialist said the partnership is “our first UK TMC collaboration”...
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Long-awaited move comes after lobbying from the VDR business travel association...
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France-based hotel company currently expects similar price rises to this year ...
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Car rental firm has been boosted by sales growth across Europe ...
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New tool allows travel bookers to manage rides on behalf of business travellers...
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More than 900 properties in the UK, Ireland and Germany now available via Sabre’s GDS...
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Average daily rate in EMEA up 3.6 per cent in 2024 Q3...
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UK hub welcomed 30.7 million travellers between June and September...
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Belgian rail operator to commence new service in December...
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Italian TMC has also completed the first phase of its international expansion, with a presence in ni...
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Irish carrier to commence direct flights to Indianapolis in 2025...
