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Flight Centre Reports 'Record' Performance with SMEs in FY2024
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Total transaction value for Flight Centre Travel Group's global corporate business in its 2024 fiscal year increased 10 percent year over year, with small and midsized client wins a big part of its gains, the company reported. Corporate business total transaction value for the fiscal year, which ended June …
GSA Increases Lodging and Meals Per Diem Allowances for FY2025
WEBAug 16, 2024 · The GSA’s standard lodging rate for the 2025 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1 and runs through Sept. 30, 2025, is $110, up $3 from the current rate of $107. That is a smaller increase than last year’s $9 increase in the standard lodging allowance for the current fiscal year from the 2023 fiscal year. The rate, which applies to federal ...
TripActions Launches Payment Card, Promising Travel Spending …
WEBFeb 25, 2020 · TripActions has launched a payment card designed to work directly with its travel management platform, according to the company. Dubbed TripActions Liquid, the new product features a virtual card for such pay-ahead bookings as flights, as well as a Visa-branded plastic credit card for expenses incurred by business travelers during trips.
Hotel Rankings: Northstar Travel’s 10-Tier Classification System
WEB1. Moderate Tourist Class. A budget property with a no frills approach, providing basic accommodations for the traveler at a low-cost. Our 10-tiered hotel ranking system categorizes the different types of hotels and serves as an objective and independent evaluation system with worldwide application for the travel industry.
U.S. Travel: Business Travel Spending to Grow, but Slowly
WEBJan 17, 2024 · U.S. Travel forecasts $28.7 billion in U.S. international spending in 2024, about 78.8 percent of 2019 levels. By 2027, such spending is expected to reach $29.8 billion, still lagging recovery at about 82 percent of pre-pandemic levels. The report comes about a week after U.S. Travel released findings that show the United States ranks 17th out ...
Microsoft Implements Integrated Cytric Booking Tool
WEBJun 30, 2022 · Microsoft Implements Integrated Cytric Booking Tool. Amadeus has announced that software giant Microsoft will use the Cytric by Amadeus booking and expense platform for its employees. The deal, announced at Business Travel Show Europe in London on Wednesday, will see Cytric initially deployed to a …
BTN's 2024 Corporate Travel Index | Business Travel News
WEBBusiness Travel Per Diems for 200 Global Cities. BTN’s 2024 Corporate Travel Index is the business travel industry's definitive resource for business travel costs in 200 cities around the world. Use it to benchmark your current program or to offer insights into rate trends in the markets you care about most.
Air Travel Distribution History | Business Travel News
WEBOct 28, 2018 · In spite of the controversy, over 95 percent of travel agents subscribed to a CRS in 1989, and 75 percent of airline tickets were booked through a travel agency, according to the DOJ. 1990s: Global Distribution Systems Emerge & the Internet Changes Everything. In 1992, the DOT addressed gaps in the Civil Aeronautics Board's 1984 rules.
Setting Up a Corporate Lodging Program | Business Travel News
WEBJun 17, 2021 · The pandemic has already impacted two years of programming, and its ripple effect looks like it will be influencing a third. The Covid-19 pandemic upended the "rules" for how corporate lodging programs are put together. Though business travel is beginning to return, some buyers are rolling over 2020 rates again since many travel managers still ...