[ad_1] The month of May opened with a trio of major travel management company acquisitions announced over three consecutive days. On May 4, American Express Global Business Travel disclosed plans to acquire Expedia’s Egencia corporate travel division, which would combine two of the five largest global corporate TMCs. That megadeal was book-ended by two other…

[ad_1] AirPlus has revamped its long-established virtual payment card product line, which now is being offered on a standalone basis featuring three card versions distributed and managed over a new platform.  Formerly known as AIDA and included as part of AirPlus company accounts, the new AirPlus Virtual Cards are being offered under a standalone contract…

[ad_1] Hong Kong’s and Singapore’s governments once again have postponed the start of a quarantine-free travel bubble between the regions, following a Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore. The first flights under the bubble were scheduled to begin May 26, but the governments announced that is now postponed, with a new announcement to be made no later than…

[ad_1] Corporate analytics software provider PredictX has received a U.S. patent for the technology behind its travel data reporting product, The Story. Launched in 2017, The Story is designed to present data on corporate travel spending and policy compliance in a narrative context with an emphasis on visual elements, with the ultimate goal of conveying…

[ad_1] As the corporate travel industry begins to emerge from more than a year of Covid-induced hibernation, a vast majority of business travelers are willing to hit the road within the next year—but are putting the onus on their employers to implement measures that enable them to do so safely and comfortably, according to a…

[ad_1] A pair of tools from corporate travel data analytics and benchmarking specialist Prime Numbers Technology now can be integrated into Certify Travel, Nexonia Travel and Abacus Travel, all of which are affiliated brands under the Emburse travel and expense corporate umbrella. Mutual clients of Prime Numbers and the supported online booking tools can access…

[ad_1] United Airlines is adding more than 400 daily flights to its July schedule, with 80 percent of its 2019 domestic schedule restored for the month, the carrier announced. The July domestic schedule, up 17 percent compared with United’s June domestic schedule, marks “a big step toward flying at pre-pandemic levels in our domestic network,”…

[ad_1] Serko has launched a version of its Zeno travel and expense management service designed to work within the Oracle NetSuite SuiteCloud enterprise resource planning platform. The new Zeno SuiteApp enables mutual customers of Serko and Oracle NetSuite to enhance visibility into and control over expenses by integrating Zeno’s receipt capture, expense submission and approval…

[ad_1] All-business-class carrier La Compagnie plans to resume operations between New York and Paris next month after more than a year’s hiatus, the carrier announced. La Compagnie’s daily operations have been suspended since March 2020, when the U.S. first imposed restrictions on non-resident travel from Europe. The carrier has stayed afloat in the meantime by operating charter…

[ad_1] JetBlue head of treasury and investor relations Ursula Hurley will become JetBlue’s acting chief financial officer next month, the carrier announced. Current CFO Steve Priest, a former British Airways executive who joined the carrier in 2015 and became CFO in 2017, is leaving JetBlue on June 11 “to pursue a new opportunity,” according to JetBlue.…