business travel

GBTA, Visa Say Business Travel Rebounded Faster Than Expected
GBTA, Visa Say Business Travel Rebounded Faster Than Expected
August 14, 2023  |  Travel Payments

Business travel is bouncing back following a pent-up demand for in-person meetings and events as the world moves beyond the pandemic. This rebound is occurring...

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Business Travel Looks to Take Flight With Cloud Benefits
Business Travel Looks to Take Flight With Cloud Benefits
August 11, 2023  |  B2B Payments

It has been a failure to launch for business travel coming out of the pandemic. The year 2019 is still the one to beat from...

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Visa Says CFOs See Digital Payments Solutions Through Working Capital Lens
Visa Says CFOs See Digital Payments Solutions Through Working Capital Lens
August 11, 2023  |  Commercial Payments

Back in the darkest days of the pandemic, Visa struck a partnership with Conferma Pay to integrate the payment network’s virtual cards into the latter’s...

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Business Travel Costs Expected to Keep Climbing
Business Travel Costs Expected to Keep Climbing
August 10, 2023  |  Travel Payments

Global business travel and events costs are expected to keep climbing through the remainder of 2023 and into 2024. However, lingering economic uncertainty and a...

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Marriott Q2: Sharp Rebound in International Travel Drives Boost in Global Lodging Demand
Marriott Q2: Sharp Rebound in International Travel Drives Boost in Global Lodging Demand
August 01, 2023  |  Earnings

Betting on a sharp rebound in international travel following the pandemic, Marriott International posted strong second quarter (Q2) earnings on Tuesday (Aug. 1), beating analysts’...

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Business Travel Platform BizAway Receives $11 Million to Drive Innovation
Business Travel Platform BizAway Receives $11 Million to Drive Innovation
July 24, 2023  |  Investments

Business travel platform BizAway has received 10 million euros (about $11 million) of new medium-term funding to help propel its growth. BizAway will use the new capital...

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Emburse Adds Flight and Hotel Rebooking Capabilities With Tripbam Acquisition
Emburse Adds Flight and Hotel Rebooking Capabilities With Tripbam Acquisition
July 19, 2023  |  Commercial Payments

Travel and expense management firm Emburse has acquired Tripbam. Tripbam provides fully automated, always-on auditing technology to track and review corporate travel pre-trip spending, corporate negotiated discounts and...

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American Express Global Business Travel Simplifies Structure to Reduce Compliance Costs
American Express Global Business Travel Simplifies Structure to Reduce Compliance Costs
July 11, 2023  |  B2B Payments

American Express Global Business Travel has begun eliminating its umbrella partnership-C corporate (UP-C) structure. With the series of transactions it has undertaken to do so, all...

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Shift in Business Travel Forces Airline to Rethink Corporate Model
Shift in Business Travel Forces Airline to Rethink Corporate Model
June 05, 2023  |  Travel Payments

The rise of the connected economy, and the blurring of lines between digital and “in-person” realms, is shaking up the corporate travel market. Zoom —...

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