[ad_1] ATPCO has hired digital marketing veteran Ellen Lee as chief commercial officer, effective Tuesday, the company announced. Lee has close ties to new ATPCO CEO Alex Zoghlin, as she co-founded distribution technology firm G2 SwitchWorks with him and subsequently served as its SVP commercial. More recently, she was SVP of digital marketing and experience for mountain resort…

[ad_1] Corporate travel planning and engagement specialist Tripism will incorporate joint clients’ booking data from BCD Travel into its platform via API under a new partnership between the companies.  Tripism will use the data to determine when a traveler is returning from a trip, which will trigger communication aimed at soliciting feedback and reviews for flights,…

[ad_1] BTN is following a single group of meeting practitioners throughout 2021 to assess corporate meetings’ progress as companies return to face-to-face events. Kicking off a three-part series are Zurich-based Nadja Haag, global meetings and events manager for Takeda Pharmaceuticals; ZS Associates meetings and travel manager Suzanne Boyan; Anthem director of travel and events Cindy Heston; and industry…

[ad_1] A cyberattack on airline technology provider SITA has affected the data of about 4.5 million passengers around the world, Air India reported. The attack, which affected multiple airlines and was reported by SITA earlier this year, compromised data including passenger names, credit card details, dates of birth, contact information, passport information, ticket information and frequent-flyer…

[ad_1] Ticket sales from U.S.-based travel agencies in April totaled $3 billion, according to the Airlines Reporting Corp., a 67 percent lower than the $9.1 billion recorded in the pre-pandemic month of April 2019 but 569 percent higher than April 2020. “Air travel bookings and sales bottomed out in April 2020, so we’re seeing the…

[ad_1] U.S. hotel occupancy and revenue per available room once again were the highest reported for any month since February 2020, and the April 2021 average daily rate was the highest since March 2020, according to STR.  Occupancy was 57.7 percent, RevPAR was $63.46, and ADR was $110.34, according to STR. As it did with…

[ad_1] American Airlines has hired former Amazon executive Mecole Brown as chief people officer, a position that will lead the carrier in employee-facing areas including recruiting and diversity, equity and inclusion. Brown most recently was VP of human resources for two different businesses within Amazon and prior to that was SVP and chief human resources…

[ad_1] The advantages of virtual payment cards for corporates and their travelers are well-documented. But virtual cards also offer some key benefits to suppliers, especially in light of business concerns stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic—and the supplier-side push is becoming an important driving force in virtual payment adoption, according to a new report from Amadeus. …

[ad_1] One week after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said people vaccinated against Covid-19 could gather indoors without face masks, several—but not all—hotel chains have dropped masking requirements for vaccinated guests.  Still, even as the American Hotel & Lodging Association this week eased masking requirements for vaccinated guests from its Safe Stay…

[ad_1] The mandatory implementation of Strong Customer Authentication in the United Kingdom for e-commerce payments, including for many business travel bookings, has been delayed by an additional six months to March 14, 2022, the country’s Financial Conduct Authority announced Thursday. SCA is designed to eliminate fraud through an additional verification process by the cardholder, such…