Corp. Travelers Battle for High-End Air Seats; BTN's 2022 SME Report

 

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August 04, 2022 Premium Squeeze? Corp. Travelers Battle for High-End Air Seats By Donna M. Airoldi Executives from the three largest U.S. air carriers in recent months have touted the high demand for premium seats by leisure travelers, a trend they expect to continue. But what does it mean for premium-class availability for the returning road warrior as business travel finally picks up steam? Keep Reading Shifting Balance: BTN's 2022 SME Report How are small and midmarket enterprises managing travel now? SMEs largely have dispensed with Covid-19-related travel restrictions, but now face elevated pricing and negotiation challenges. BTN explores their strategies, outlooks and objectives in this special report. Keep Reading Southwest Eliminates Flight Credit Expiration Dates Southwest Airlines has eliminated the expiration date on all Southwest flight credits, the carrier announced. The change applies to all flight credits unexpired on or created on or after July 28, 2022. Keep Reading JetBlue Agrees to Acquire Spirit Announcement comes one day after Spirit and Frontier called off merger agreement. Keep Reading Amex: Q2 SME Travel Spending Tops 2019 Levels Second-quarter travel and entertainment spending on American Express corporate cards by the small and midsize corporate segment exceeded pre-pandemic levels from the second quarter of 2019. Keep Reading It's not a great time for making long-term plans. Travel patterns are in flux. Product offerings from suppliers are in flux. Prices definitely are in flux. It's very volatile." EAB's Steven Mandelbaum Read More Rapid Recovery Spurs Knowland to Boost U.S. Mtgs. Forecast Knowland projects meeting levels to recover to 106.3 percent of 2019 levels in 2023 and 115.7 percent in 2024. Keep Reading Corporate Traveler Sweetens Melon with Hotel Booking Tool Travel management company Corporate Traveler has implemented a new hotel booking tool within its Melon travel booking and management platform in the U.S. and Canada, the company announced. Keep Reading Grasp Pilots Virtual Payment Integration with Marriott Grasp Technologies has worked with Marriott International to implement an automated workflow for virtual payments that it says could become an industry standard to ease virtual card use for hotel stays, according to Grasp. Keep Reading U.S. Travel Launches Sustainable Travel Coalition The U.S. Travel Association has unveiled the Sustainable Travel Coalition, a group of representatives of nearly 60 initial member organizations that will serve as an advisory board to the association. Keep Reading Atlanta Tops Busiest Airports List The Atlanta airport handled 75.7 million passengers during last year, up 76.4 percent from 2020. Keep Reading Meetings & Incentives Worldwide Integrates Bizly into Platform Bizly powers the simple meetings self-serve side; Cvent technology tackles the larger events. The system integrates the data and reporting. Keep Reading Citi, Dinova Partner for Dining Program Offering  Read More HQ Expands Team, Adds Lichtenstein  Read More Festive Road Adds Four to Team  Read More ARC Promotes Solomon to Chief Commercial Officer  Read More TravelPerk Adds Two to Senior Leadership Team  Read More Sonder Names Hebbar COO  Read More American, IAG Invest in Hydrogen-Electric Engine Developer  Read More Alaska Airlines, Gevo Sign SAF Deal  Read More 100 Lighting Way Secaucus, New Jersey, USA 07094

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