[ad_1] Flight Centre Travel Group is upping its stake in travel content aggregator TPConnects to a majority 70 percent, the travel management company announced. Flight Centre first invested in the Dubai-based TPConnects—which aggregates travel content from sources including global distribution systems, low-cost carriers and other supplier-direct channels and New Distribution Capability content aggregators and makes…

[ad_1] United Airlines will allow unvaccinated workers with religious or medical exemptions from the company’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate who have been on unpaid leave to return to their jobs as of March 28, The Wall Street Journal reported. United CEO Scott Kirby on Aug. 6 became one of the first large-company chief executives to announce a…

[ad_1] Meeting and event management platform Groupize has broadened its language and currency selections, along with time zone management, according to the company.  Languages in the tool now include Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Ukrainian. Additional languages are in development, according to Groupize.  According to the Boston-based company Groupize also…

[ad_1] The U.K. government will remove all remaining Covid-19 travel rules on March 18. In a long-awaited move, transport secretary Grant Shapps said that the passenger locator form (PLF) and tests for all arrivals in the U.K. would be “stood down” from 4:00 am on March 18. “These changes are possible due to our vaccine…

[ad_1] TripActions has added auto-itemization capabilities to its TripActions Liquid integrated payment and expense management solution, the company announced. The feature uses “AI, foreign language translation and fuzzy matching” to split transactions with multiple components into individual line items when receipts are uploaded, according to TripActions. Hotel stays, for example, are itemized to break out…

[ad_1] Uber starting March 16 will add a 45- or 55-cent fuel surcharge on most rides, depending on location, the company announced Friday. The surcharges will be based off the average trip distance and the increase in gas prices in each state. Uber said proceeds from the additional fee would go to drivers. Trips that…

[ad_1] CWT’s John Pelant discusses: “Significant” acceleration in sustainability reporting CWT’s omnichannel vision Content expansion plans CWT last month pledged to launch new capabilities throughout this year after implementing a recapitalization plan that includes a $100 million investment in product development. CWT EVP and chief technology officer John Pelant recently spoke with BTN executive editor…

[ad_1] Domestic and international passenger air recovery slowed in January 2022 due to new travel restrictions imposed following the emergence of the Covid-19 omicron variant, according to the International Air Transportation Association.  January total air travel demand, as measured in revenue passenger kilometers, was up 82.3 percent compared with January 2021 but down 4.9 percent…

[ad_1] More than two-thirds of meeting organizers surveyed in Cvent’s 2022 Q1 Planner Sourcing Report: Europe Edition said the majority of their 2022 events would have in-person components, with hybrid events having the biggest slice of the event pie. By contrast, 25 percent of respondents said the majority of their 2022 events would be virtual. …

[ad_1] In its first earnings call since going public in January, short-term rental provider Sonder reported a 28 percent year-over-year increase in fourth-quarter revenue and detailed its strategy for the corporate travel market. Sonder went public on Jan. 19 through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Gores Metropoulos II.  In the fourth quarter of 2021, the…