Airfares Lead Corporate Travel Price Inflation

Data from corporate travel industry players details how much more companies are paying to send people on the road. It's not a little.

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Airfares Lead Corporate Travel Price Inflation

New data from a pair of corporate travel industry players details how much more companies are paying to send their people into the field, and it's not

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Stay Professional and Cool During Your Summer Commute

Maintaining a professional appearance during hot summer commutes can be a challenge. The Trend Pikz Portable Turbo Fan offers a discreet yet powerful cooling solution. Its versatile foldable design allows it to function as a quiet desk fan for the office or a handheld device for transit. A practical addition to any business traveler's kit.

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Explainer: Hotel RFPs

Automation may chip away, but the traditional RFP process for corporate hotel programs is still how many big firms secure favorable rates. Here's a roadmap.

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Explainer: Hotel RFPs

While automation and new strategies could supplant the traditional corporate hotel RFP, it remains the favored method for large organizations assembling

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Poll: Even As Corporate Travel Policies Tighten, Enforcement Lags

Corporate travel policies are getting more strict for some firms, but enforcement is challenging. AI tools may help close the compliance gap.

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Poll: Even As Corporate Travel Policies Tighten, Enforcement Lags

According to results of a fall GBTA poll, corporations that changed travel policies in the prior three years were more likely to have tightened them than

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Why Companies Still Can’t Find Their Employees In A Crisis

The Middle East conflict exposed gaps in traveler tracking, as employers struggle with off-channel bookings, siloed systems and low adoption of mobile apps from risk management firms. The changing nature of workforces exacerbates the challenge.

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Why Companies Still Can't Find Their Employees In A Crisis

As with many a crisis before it, the war in the Middle East lays bare how employers continue to fall short on knowing where their people are in an

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Gant Sees Demand For Human-Augmented AI, Not Touchless AI

The Indiana-based travel management company is recording productivity gains following its 2024 acquisition of AI company Aimendo.

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Gant Sees Demand For Human-Augmented AI, Not Touchless AI

Autonomous artificial intelligence is underperforming at Gant Travel Management. Using it to improve the productivity of human travel advisors, however,

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Serko Bets On Multi-Agent AI To Reinvent Booking Experience, Diversify Revenue Mix

Serko's new conversational interface for bookings is expected to support a shift to "higher-margin" revenue streams like licensing, subscriptions and payment economics, according to analysts.

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Serko Bets On Multi-Agent AI To Reinvent Booking Experience, Diversify Revenue Mix

Serko last week unveiled plans to beta-test a "multi-agent AI solution" in the United States next month. Serko.ai includes AI agents autonomously handling

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Op Ed: Riaan Van Schoor On Sabre's MCP Changing How We Innovate

Sabre in September said its proprietary MCP server would facilitate flights, lodging and post-booking. Riaan van Schoor kicks the tires.

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Op Ed: Riaan Van Schoor On Sabre's MCP Changing How We Innovate

Introduced by Anthropic in November 2024, and adopted by Google and OpenAI, a Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standard enabling parties to integrate

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