BTN’s 2022 Salary Survey and Travel Mgr. of the Year; Supplier News and Updates

 

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August 18, 2022 Travel Management Evolves: BTN's 2022 Salary Survey BTN's 2022 Salary Survey showed travel manager compensation reaching an all-time high as organizations realized the complexities of the position as well as the strategic contribution it can provide. Not all travel managers had the same empowering experience, though. See BTN's annual research and reports on how travel managers are positioning themselves today for their next opportunities. Keep Reading BTN Names Visa's Hamer 2022 Travel Manager of the Year Business Travel News on Tuesday night at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina recognized Visa senior director of global sourcing Kim Hamer as its 2022 Travel Manager of the Year and announced its three 2022 Best Practitioners. Keep Reading GBTA: 'Headwinds' to Delay Full Corp. Travel Recovery Citing "headwinds" including inflation and supply chain shortages, the Global Business Travel Association on Monday projected global business travel spending won't reach pre-pandemic levels until 2026. Keep Reading Southwest Set to Launch New Corp. Travel Portal Southwest Airlines plans to launch its corporate travel portal to current Southwest Business customers on Aug. 24, the company announced Monday at the Global Business Travel Association convention in San Diego. Keep Reading The sharp rise that we saw in the second quarter in terms of the return of business travel certainly drove an acceleration of our recruitment efforts." - Amex GBT's Paul Abbott Read More Amex GBT: Q2 Transactions Near 70 Percent of '19 Level Second-quarter transactions for American Express Global Business Travel recovered to 69 percent of 2019 levels, representing $6.5 billion of total value, the travel management company reported in an earnings call. Keep Reading United Plans New RFP Platform for Corp. Clients United Airlines plans to launch in late 2022 a new platform that will let corporate clients customize their travel programs with the carrier, the airline announced. Keep Reading Amex GBT Adds Features for Flight Disruption Management American Express Global Business Travel is launching new tools designed to help travel managers and travelers deal with flight disruptions. Keep Reading Survey: Disruption Frustration Threatens Travel Intent Nearly half of business travelers said they would prefer to cancel future trips than deal with more air travel disruption, according to a new survey by Egencia. Keep Reading HRS Widens Focus Beyond Hotel Solutions Q&A with HRS's Tobias Ragge This month's announcement that HRS had agreed to acquire expense management platform Paypense was another signal that the hotel solutions provider is expanding its traditional value proposition beyond connecting the dots of complex corporate hotel programs. CEO Tobias Ragge spoke about it with BTN's Elizabeth West. Keep Reading Concur Car Rental Booking Tool to Include Sustainability Features SAP Concur's new car rental booking tool, slated for release by year-end, will feature tools to help travelers make more sustainable transportation choices, Concur said. Keep Reading FCM Launches Booking Tool in U.S., Canada Flight Centre Travel Group's corporate TMC has expanded availability of its new online booking tool, FCM Booking, into the United States and Canada. Keep Reading CTM Enhances Lightning with AI, Machine Learning Corporate Travel Management has added artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities into its Lightning online booking tool in North America. Keep Reading BCD Partners with FairFly for Price Assurance Offering BCD Travel is tapping travel data platform FairFly's technology to power its air price assurance offering. Keep Reading Advito, BCD M&E Unveil Emissions Calculator Advito and BCD Meetings & Events have developed what they claim is the first ISO-certified emissions calculator for meetings and events. Keep Reading Choice Introduces Consolidated Invoicing for Corp. Customers Choice Hotels International partnered in April with TreviPay to collaborate on a consolidated direct billing option for corporate customers and on Monday announced the 'customer launch' of the product. Keep Reading World Travel Taps U.S. Bank for Virtual Card Product Corporate travel management company World Travel, Inc., has partnered with U.S. Bank to create a virtual pay product for its clients. Keep Reading Amadeus Automates Agency Communication with Partnership Amadeus is partnering with AI and machine learning tech provider Aimendo to provide automated communication between travel advisors and travelers. Keep Reading Mtg. Planning Platform Troop Books It with Spotnana Troop and Spotnana bring booking capability to Troop's big-data meeting planning platform with a "soft launch" at the GBTA convention in San Diego. Keep Reading Sabre Acquires Conferma Pay Sabre has acquired payments company Conferma Pay. The acquisition took place on Aug. 3, Sabre confirmed. Keep Reading Snowfall to Acquire Psngr1 U.K.-based travel technology firm Snowfall is acquiring online booking tool Psngr1, with plans to merge it with its own technology and, in turn, boost its presence in North America. Keep Reading Delta Rebrands Corp. Tools as 'Delta Business'  Read More Dinova Adds Concierge Service for Private Dining Events  Read More Adelman Unveils Guest Travel Management Offering  Read More Groupize Pursues Total Mtg. Cost with Expense Functionality  Read More CDC Loosens Some Covid-19 Recommendations  Read More AmTrav Names New Execs, Adds Advisors  Read More American to Redesign U.S. Admirals Clubs  Read More Loews Hotels Promotes Davis to Sales SVP  Read More Sabre Signs Distribution Agreement with Cain Travel  Read More Flight Centre Names New Leaders for Canada  Read More LCC Breeze to Add Phoenix, New Providence Base  Read More HQ to Include Lyft Rides in Ground Platform  Read More Travelogix to Integrate with Thrust Carbon  Read More TakeTwo Joins GlobalStar Network  Read More Incentives for SAF Included in Inflation Reduction Act  Read More Executive Travel Hires New Business Development VP  Read More EV Rental Co. Ufodrive Expands to U.S.  Read More Carrousel Travel to Take Grapevine for a Spin  Read More 100 Lighting Way Secaucus, New Jersey, USA 07094

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