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How did Amplitudes start and evolve? José Martinez - I set up Amplitudes in 1991, with virtually no resources, in the suburbs of Toulouse, and I quickly turned my attention to creating tailor-made trips, drawing on my own experience. Given the fairly high-end clientele interested in this offer, a...

"A return to a certain normality after years of post-Covid recovery": the 2024 edition of the American Express GBT Business Travel Barometer translates into figures what most players in business tourism have been able to feel: an upward trend in travel volumes in 2023. However, after a...

It's the business travel news of the end of 2023, and perhaps the start of a new era for French SMEs on the eve of 2024: the launch of BusinessToGo in France and the UK was made official at the end of November. It extends the range of possibilities for booking and managing business travel,...

In the spring of 2022, the Lufthansa group ventured outside its core aviation target by attacking meetings & events and business travel reservations. For the first foray, Lufthansa Global Spaces relied on a Hubli partnership. The second was based on Navan, with the launch of BusinessToGo. This platform, which could look...

How would you describe the upturn in business travel? Bertrand Poey - The recovery is good if we look at the overall IATA figures, we are at around 95% compared with 2019. For the French market, the airlines are forecasting that October will see a return to the same period in...

CDS Groupe has just announced its integration into the Cytric solution from Amadeus. Why was this essential? Ziad Minkara - CDS needs to respond to its integration into the world of online booking tools. We are publishers of totally agnostic solutions, which can be integrated into any online booking tool. In this context,...

It's a bit like the philosopher's stone of the modern travel manager, the grail of the responsible business traveller... At least if the promising description "Stay or Go" is anything to go by. On the eve of the IFTM Top Resa event, The Treep is pulling out all the stops in the field of responsible mobility with the launch of...

How do you see the business travel sector in 2023? What major trends can we expect? Laurent La Rocca - In 2023, we anticipate a context marked by factors such as inflation, social issues, but also ecological issues which are increasingly visible. As a result of all these factors,...

At the start of the 2022 season, which the IFTM Top Resa will be marking for good on 20 September, Amadeus is balancing prudence and optimism on a business travel market that is still convalescing. "We've learned to be cautious over the last two years, but overall we're seeing an acceleration in the recovery in the second quarter", confided Bertrand Poey...

"In May, do as you please", they say... And Lufthansa clearly likes to do more than just air transport. Over the last few days, the German group has been diversifying its activities, announcing two new platforms in quick succession that open up new horizons. Starting with the official launch of...

Amadeus and Microsoft have taken the next step in their collaboration in the field of business travel. The two partners have announced the integration of Cytric into Microsoft 365. Business travellers will thus be able to access the new possibilities offered by Cytric Easy, in particular to optimise the organisation of their business trips, and the sharing of information...

Why did you launch the Treep? Laurent La Rocca - We created the Treep in 2016, positioning ourselves at the time as a mobility service for the general public, with a view to reducing CO2 emissions, with an application that aggregated all low-carbon means of transport. Faced with growing demand from businesses and...

Already integrated into the transport section, to better manage the carbon emissions of flights and trains, the 'sustainable' filter is now making its appearance in the Neo hotel catalogue. American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) announced on 28 October that its business travel and expense management software is now adding a sustainable filter to its hotel catalogue.

Business travellers comparing airfares on Kayak, booking their business stay on Airbnb or Booking, or even a car-sharing journey on BlaBlaCar... at first sight, the image may seem "exotic". But these habits are far from anecdotal. And publishers of integrated business travel management solutions are sparing no effort to deploy...

What are the features of the new interface unveiled at the Business Travel Show in London? Stéphane Donders - We have taken into account the requests of our customers, expressed in particular during the user groups that we organise regularly in France and the UK. So we worked on the "Look & feel"...

The opening of the Business Travel Show in London on 20 February kicks off a series of announcements in the business travel sector. Traveldoo opened the show with the unveiling of a new interface on Wednesday, riding the 'traveller centric' wave. While many players in the market are now claiming that they are refocusing their attention on the...

How do you explain KDS's relative discretion over the last two years? Bertrand Blais - We've been fairly quiet since KDS was acquired by American Express GBT. That's normal: there's always a bit of a cooling-off period after a takeover, and it takes time to create synergies between two companies, especially since...

Uvet France is off to a flying start in 2017. The business travel agency - known on the French market as Avexia not so long ago - is certainly showing signs of dynamism, and its ambitions have been revised upwards. On Tuesday, a few hours before the launch of its new...

When Uber arrived in Paris in December 2011, it made a dramatic entrance into the French mobility market, which had been rather quiet until then. Since then, business travel has entered the VTC era head-on. In just three letters, the acronym for chauffeur-driven cars has profoundly reshaped the landscape of urban travel. A study...

Keeping a relatively low profile since its acquisition by American Express GBT, KDS is back in the spotlight. The business travel technology specialist is adding new features to its KDS Neo booking tool. These will be available from 8 July, targeting both business and corporate travellers. In addition to extending the range of...