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Center lands $30M, plans open platform to improve expense management
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December 5, 2023
The company plans to put the investment towards speeding up innovation through the development of new features to address friction for users and broadening its distribution.
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Why payments orchestration in travel should be personalized
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December 1, 2023
A payments strategy won’t deliver maximum value until the decision-making is powered by an understanding of both the payment and the trip.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024: Blockskye
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November 14, 2023
Blockskye offers an end-to-end solution for corporate travel management in partnership with Kayak that places corporate buyers in direct contact with suppliers.
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Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024: Direx
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November 14, 2023
Direx is an all-in-one, cloud-based business management solution specifically designed for tourism and hospitality business owners in Africa.
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Steve Hafner on why Kayak is going deeper into business travel
By Mitra Sorrells
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September 12, 2023
Kayak has more than 30,000 companies using it's free corporate travel tool for small- and medium-sized businesses and is now going after larger enterprises with a new product developed for PwC.
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Ramp lands $300M investment, looks to accelerate growth
By Linda Fox
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August 23, 2023
Investment in the company, which was founded in 2019, was led by Thrive Capital and Sands Capital while existing investors Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Lux Capital and Definition also participated.
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Cornerstone teams with Traxo on better business travel data
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August 11, 2023
Cornerstone Information Systems plans to integrate Traxo’s out-of-channel travel bookings into its data and automation products.
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Mastercard report sees business travel at tipping point
By Derek Catron
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August 10, 2023
With global business travel staging a comeback after years of uncertainty, Mastercard’s survey of travel decision makers identifies opportunities to support transformation.
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Emburse boosts expense management offering with acquisition of Tripbam
By Linda Fox
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July 19, 2023
The acquisition strengthens Emburse’ offering and aims to help its travel and finance customers better manage spend.
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Access Group acquires Guestline to expand offerings to hotel sector
By Derek Catron
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July 14, 2023
Guestline's cloud software platform supports over 2,900 venues in 23 countries through its end-to-end distribution, property management and guest experience system.
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How can travel harness ChatGPT - while limiting risks?
By Rudy Daniello – Amadeus
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July 11, 2023
Amadeus has been working with Microsoft and Accenture to develop a generative AI-powered interactive travel assistant to assist corporate travelers with all elements of their journey.
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HyperGuest raises $23M to enhance hospitality tech platform
By Derek Catron
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July 7, 2023
HyperGuest's platform enables hotels and suppliers to directly connect with travel distributors, including online travel agencies, agents groups, tour operators, travel management companies, bedbanks...
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Business travel leaders cautious on generative AI, tout benefits
By Linda Fox
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July 6, 2023
Generative AI continues to dominate conversations across travel with corporate travel no exception. Executives from Clarivate, Cornerstone, Spotnana and UiPath share early uses for the tech and pitfalls...
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Topkey lands $5.1M for vacation rental financial operation platform
By Linda Fox
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July 5, 2023
TopKey aims to offer an expense management, billing and payment platform initially focused on vacation rental property managers.
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Navan uses ChatGPT for travel spend analysis and management
By Linda Fox
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May 4, 2023
The company, formerly TripActions, said it has used generative AI to develop Ava into a personal data analyst in addition to the previous traveler support function.
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