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Travel Weekly | January 14, 2020

Direct Travel , a roll-up of travel management companies based in the Denver area, has acquired Professional Travel of Cleveland (No. 31 on the Power List). Terms of the acquisition, Direct Travel’s largest in the U.S. to date, were not disclosed. According to Direct Travel, Professional Travel has more than 175 employees with sales of $448 million. Professional Travel’s leadership team will remain in place following the acquisition. “We’re enthusiastic to begin this new ...

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The European Union | August 28, 2021

The European Union on Friday moved to reinstate COVID travel restrictions like quarantine and testing requirements for unvaccinated citizens of the United States and five other countries, two diplomats told Reuters. EU countries started a procedure to remove the United States from a list of countries whose citizens can travel to the 27-nation bloc without additional COVID restrictions. The non-binding list currently has 23 countries on it, including Japan, Qatar and...

European Waterways | September 16, 2020

In tandem with the continuing growth of the solo travel market, European Waterways has extended its Solo Cruise in 2021 aboard the 20-passenger La Bella Vita hotel barge, which will sail between Venice and Mantua along Italy’s Po River and the Bianco Canal. Departing on Oct. 10, 2021 – and exclusive to solo travelers – the six-night cruise offers 10 percent off for advance bookings, which represents a savings of $560 off the $5,600 single rate, European Waterways said....

Skift | February 25, 2020

As the global battle for the lower end of the corporate travel management market rages on, top players are beginning to move beyond travel itself into solving problems above just booking and servicing. TripActions has been steadily growing its travel management platform and now boasts a global workforce of more than 1,000 as it moves into markets around the world. Its new product looks beyond travel to help both travelers and administrator handle one of the most annoying parts of corporate trave...