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Roomex | July 19, 2022

New research conducted by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), in partnership with Roomex, the workforce travel platform, has unveiled the state of business and project travel in 2022. Findings from the survey, completed by over 100 Travel Managers in the US and Canada between March 29 and April 15, 2022, has revealed the growth of business travel post-COVID and the methods top businesses are using to manage their staff travel. Demonstrating the resurgence of workforce t...

Business Travel

prnewswire | April 17, 2023

Tripadvisor, the world's largest travel guidance platform, released the third edition of its Review Transparency Report, revealing detailed trends around review contributions and the steps taken to ensure the integrity of user-submitted content. The report, which is published biennially, analyzed a full year's worth of community contributions - over 73 million reviews and opinions in total - to give readers a deep dive into global submissions. The report also reveals how r...

Travel Technology,Airlines and Airports

Alaska Airlines | December 01, 2022

Alaska Airlines became the first U.S. airline to launch an electronic bag tag program, which enables guests to tag their luggage through the airline's mobile app before they even reach the airport. This week, 2,500 Alaska Mileage Plan members will begin receiving their electronic bag tag. Those elite status members included in the first wave of the program are guests who have traveled in the last 12 months, checked-in at least one bag and were among the first to register...

PhocusWire | March 04, 2020

In what it calls the first step in an effort to become a “sustainable travel agent,” Barcelona-based business travel platform TravelPerk is launching a new solution, GreenPerk. Employees of TravelPerks’ 3,500 business customers – including companies such as GetYourGuide, Transferwise and Farfetch - will now see data about the carbon footprint of their flights, hotel stays and ground transportation options as they are making booking decisions in the platform. Travel manage...