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BCE M&E: Tight 2025 Budgets to Challenge Mtg. Buyers
[ad_1] Meetings and events buyers are going to have to do more with less going into 2025—provide more “engagement” and “experience” with lower or…
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STR: September U.S. Occupancy Slips as Rates Rise
[ad_1] The average U.S. hotel rate increased year over year September as occupancy slipped, according to hotel analytics firm STR. The average daily U.S.…
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Amex: Q3 Int’l Customer Spending Grows Amid Domestic ‘Stability’
[ad_1] Year-over-year spending growth by American Express international customers continued to outpace that of U.S. customers in the third quarter, Amex reported in its…
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Reed & Mackay Taps Ovation’s Peiser to Lead U.S. Business Development
[ad_1] Reed & Mackay has hired former Ovation Travel executive Annie Peiser as VP of business development for the U.S., where Reed & Mackay…
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Hilton Partners to Assist Visually Impaired Guests
[ad_1] Hilton Worldwide has partnered with Be My Eyes, an app designed to assist the visually impaired, and will use live agents to help…
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Elliott Calls for Southwest Special Meeting, Board Replacement
[ad_1] Elliott Management has carried through on its previous vow to call for a special meeting of Southwest Airlines shareholders, the investment company announced Monday. Elliott…
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TMC RFP Success in Current Market Requires Refined Strategy
[ad_1] Travel buyer chatter at industry conferences over the past several months has revealed a healthy appetite for change and innovation with their travel…
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AmTrav’s Perlstein Rejoins to Oversee Relationship Management
[ad_1] Ted Perlstein Former AmTrav sales executive Ted Perlstein has returned to the travel management company to lead its relationship management team, AmTrav announced.…
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United to Add Eight New Destinations Next Summer
[ad_1] United Airlines for the summer 2025 season will add eight new destinations, the carrier announced Thursday, making it the “largest international expansion in…
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FCM Targets Global Growth for Meetings & Events Business
[ad_1] Australia-based FCM Meetings & Events is leaning into global ambitions, relaunching its meetings and events business with major growth plans for Asia, Europe…
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ARC Integrates Oman Air NDC in Direct Connect
[ad_1] Airlines Reporting Corp. has implemented Oman Air’s New Distribution Capability offering in the ARC Direct Connect program, ARC announced Tuesday. The partnership “allows…
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Amex GBT, CWT Challenge CMA Merger Investigation Findings
[ad_1] American Express Global Business Travel and CWT have raised a series of objections to the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority’s decision to escalate its…
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American Extends TMC NDC Commissions
[ad_1] American Airlines has extended its travel management company incentives for New Distribution Capability bookings through the end of the year, the carrier confirmed. …
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SAS, Virgin Atlantic Agree to Codeshare
[ad_1] SAS and Virgin Atlantic have entered into a codeshare agreement, scheduled to take effect Oct. 7, the carriers announced Friday. Virgin Atlantic customers…
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Blockskye Ready for the Long Journey to Transformation
[ad_1] With a handful of publicly announced customers, the Kayak for Business Enterprise tool is taking a selective approach in bringing on new clients,…
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‘AI Agent’ SkyLink Wins BTN’s 2024 Innovation Faceoff
[ad_1] Judges named AI-powered corporate travel assistant SkyLink the winner of The BTN Group’s Innovation Faceoff at its 2024 Innovate conference in New York…
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Delta to Launch Salt Lake City-Seoul Service
[ad_1] Delta Air Lines on June 12, 2025, will launch its first nonstop route between Salt Lake City and Seoul, South Korea, the carrier…
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Elliott Vows Southwest Shareholder Mtg. Request ‘as Soon as Next Week’
[ad_1] Elliott Management, which has been calling for leadership and board changes at Southwest Airlines since taking a $1.9 billion stake in the carrier in…
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SAP Concur to Start Automatic Upgrades to New Travel Experience
[ad_1] SAP Concur in November will begin automatically upgrading customers in the U.S., Mexico and Canada using Sabre to the new Concur Travel experience…
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Turkish Airlines to Add Santiago Service
[ad_1] Turkish Airlines beginning Dec. 18 will launch flights between Istanbul and Santiago, Chile, with a stopover in São Paulo in both directions, the…