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American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) has added a new feature to its catalogue. The TMC had recently focused its attention on SMEs, to whom it dedicated the Travel Toolbox. This time, the travel giant is targeting structures on a completely different scale. In this case, companies operating in the...

The big manoeuvres continue in the business travel ecosystem. And Amex GBT does not have a monopoly on announcements. As expected for several months, Navan made it official this week that it would become a listed company: "Today, Navan is officially listed on Nasdaq under the name $NAVN", said the business travel specialist....

"Economy" is - unsurprisingly - the watchword among the travel buyers surveyed by BCD Travel in the latest study published by the TMC. Of the 132 professionals questioned by the travel agency, almost 90 % give priority to cost savings as their main concern when it comes to...

Helping small and medium-sized companies to streamline their business travel by turning to the right specialists: this is a growth potential that TMCs have long been seeking to exploit. With this in mind, Amex GBT is launching a new solution called Travel Toolbox, a self-service consultancy platform dedicated to helping small and medium-sized companies...

Why did your group recently change its name to S4BT? Ziad Minkara - The name CDS Groupe, with its long history and strong positioning in the hotel sector, was already well known in France. But the strategy we set ourselves for 2020, before Covid, is Europe-wide....

Not content with having recently absorbed its direct competitor, CWT, business travel agency American Express GBT is now joining forces with expense management specialist SAP Concur. This partnership between two leaders in their field will result in two key offerings: the forthcoming integration of Concur Expense into the company's travel booking solution...

Before looking at the future of Supertripper, can you tell us about its history and mission? Maxime Pialat - Supertripper was created in 2015. Its aim is to combine the best of service and technology for business travel management. We're developing our own technology, a solution that allows travellers to book...

More than ever, the world of business travel agencies is undergoing consolidation. The takeover of CWT by American Express GBT, which brought together the market's No. 1 and No. 2 players, has set the ball rolling. Among the major US TMCs, Direct Travel is advancing a little further in the market.

"Business travel is the mirror of the current economic climate and of business confidence," says Christophe Roth, Associate Director - BU Expertises Conseil, EPSA Group. According to the 15th edition of his barometer, unveiled in partnership with the IFTM trade show, the sector is not doing all that badly in an environment that is...

How would you sum up the first half of the year? Zahir Abdelouhab - The overall trend is clearly towards an increase in business travel expenditure. There is also confirmation of older trends, with more and more bleisure, and we expect this activity to double by 2029. In this...

FCM is starting September with new promises for business travellers. And it is Sam, TMC's virtual assistant, who is to embody these revised ambitions. With three priorities: integration, personalisation and anticipation. And all of this - as is now inevitable - boosted by artificial intelligence.

Moderate growth in hotel rates next year: these are the forecasts for the major business destinations from American Express GBT, as part of its Hotel Monitor 2026 study. A crystal ball based on tangible elements, starting with TMC's own data, in particular its hotel reservation platform,...

We'll have to wait a little longer to see French companies take advantage of the new tool unveiled on Wednesday by FCM Meetings & Events. The agency is giving priority to the American and Australian markets, and a phased roll-out will begin in the UK, followed by continental Europe, Asia and Mexico, over the coming months. Such...

How do business travellers rate the hotels they stay in during their business trips? To answer this question, BCD Travel surveyed 1,035 business travellers around the world. The first positive finding is that seven out of ten travellers say they are satisfied with their company's hotel policy, and that...

A new - and probably final - twist in the takeover process initiated by Amex GBT for its competitor CWT. The US Department of Justice (DOJ), which had blocked the takeover on the grounds that it infringed competition principles, changed its mind on Tuesday. As the UK authorities had done a few months earlier....

American Express GBT is boosting its data on the carbon emissions of hotels used by business travellers. Already a partner of the start-up Chooose, selected by TMC to enhance the carbon footprint reporting of flights offered to its customers, Amex GBT is extending this partnership with the integration of functions relating to hotels. From...

BCD Travel is stepping up its partnerships in the field of artificial intelligence. After detailing its agreement with SkyLink at the beginning of the summer, it is now Oversee's turn to be the subject of an announcement from TMC. The business travel agency intends to make progress on the road to automation, to optimise the work of its agents by taking the burden off...

One week follows another in the business travel agency ecosystem. Each of the TMCs is investing - or sealing partnerships - to explore the capabilities of artificial intelligence applied to travel management. CWT is the latest player to present a new tool. Called TIM, for Trends, Insights and Metrics, it...

BCD Travel's new recruit is SkyLink. His job: intelligent conversational assistant dedicated to business travel. Its mission: to offer a fully autonomous booking experience via chat. Its promise: to boost the productivity of travellers and their assistants, while promoting compliance with travel policies and controlling costs for...

There was a time when Amadeus simply fitted into the "GDS" box, three letters that were enough to sum up its business. Things have changed, however, as the European giant's prerogatives have diversified. Today, Amadeus is best described as a "technological innovator". A mission that is not confined...