HRS Widens Focus Beyond Hotel Solutions; Travel Leaders Releases New Version of Home Portal

	August 19, 2022

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 this week discussed it with BTN's Elizabeth West, as well as the trends now affecting the managed travel industry. Keep Reading

Travel Leaders Releases New Version of Home Portal

Travel Leaders Corporate has launched an updated version of its portal for travel managers and travelers that offers new integrations, simplified search capabilities and sustainability data access. Keep Reading

Delta to Resume, Add Tokyo, Seoul Service

Delta Air Lines will resume flights between Los Angeles International Airport and Tokyo International Airport, also known as Haneda, beginning Oct. 30 "in anticipation of Japan's easing travel restrictions." Keep Reading

Uber to End Uber Rewards

Uber has pulled the plug on its Uber Rewards program, which is set to end on Nov. 1, 2022, according to the company. Keep Reading

WestJet to Launch Winnipeg-Los Angeles Route

WestJet on Oct. 31 will launch a nonstop route between Winnipeg Richardson International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport, to operate on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays, the carrier announced Wednesday. Keep Reading

July Shows Better Airline On-Time Performance

After average North American airline on-time performance in June dropped by more than 5 percentage points from May to 65.7 percent, monitored carriers in July improved to an on-time arrival average of 66.8 percent, according to a new Cirium report. Keep Reading

About 50 percent of people who are questioning a business trip because of what [disruptions] might happen, I don't think we've ever had that before."

- Egencia's Mark Hollyhead

33.8%

Projected year-over-year increase in global business travel spending in 2022 to $933 billion, according to the Global Business Travel Association, slightly lower than GBTA's prior projection.

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Groupize Pursues Total Mtg. Cost with New Expense Functionality

Event management platform Groupize this week launched a new payment tracking and expense reconciliation function for users, which the company called a first step toward producing a view of total meeting cost, including participant travel and ancillary vendors. Keep Reading

ARC: July Air Ticket Sales, Average Price Decrease from June

After surpassing 2019 levels in June, Airlines Reporting Corp.-accredited travel agency air ticket sales in July totaled $6.8 billion, representing a 13 percent month-over-month decline and a 69 percent year-over-year increase from July 2021. Keep Reading