Africa
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Travel Category Management: A Continuous Process At First Data
… being one of them," McTeer said. The firm's travel policies and processes in the United States, Europe/Middle East/ Africa , Latin America and Asia/Pacific regions were "not aligned from a booking-to-expense perspective," McTeer explained …
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Global Finance Survey: Coffers Opening, But Not For Business Travel
… with 35 percent from Asia/Pacific, 30 percent from Europe, 8 percent in Latin America and 1 percent in the Middle East and Africa . Responding firms generated a minimum of $500 million in annual revenues. The study also included information "in-depth …
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GDS industry bookings in April kept up a 4.6 percent year-over-year rate of increase enjoyed during the first quarter
… including a 3.5 percent increase in Americas segments booked. Europe fell 1.9 percent and the company's smaller Middle East- Africa and Asia-Pacific regions grew by 5.7 percent and 3.9 percent, respectively. Overall Travelport segments increased 2 …
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Travelport announced an agreement to acquire Galileo Southern Africa from South African Airways
The acquired business will be combined with a two-year-old Worldspan operation into a unit called Travelport Southern Africa . Travelport also signed a five-year full-content agreement with the airline.
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Survey: Diminished Supplier Discounts Pressuring Corporate Travel Costs
… managers in Brazil (58 percent), South Africa (45 percent) and Singapore ..... 29 percent and 44 percent), South Africa (45 percent and 57 percent) and Australia ..... Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, South Africa , Spain, Sweden, Switzerland …
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Africa's hotel capacity will increase by 30 percent during the next five years, according to Lagos-based research firm W Hospitality Group
with a total of 208 hotels representing 38,000 rooms in planning or under construction. About half of those rooms are projected to open within the next two years. Leading the continent's development action is Nigeria, where 43 hotels with 6,808 rooms are under development, and Morocco, Egypt,
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February Hotel Rates Up In Americas, Asia/Pacific But Down Elsewhere
February hotel rates increased in the Americas and Asia/Pacific region increased versus a year earlier but decreased in Europe and the Middle East/ Africa region, according to STR Global.
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StarCite added Worldhotels, a collection of about 500 independent hotels, to its Supplier Marketplace
… properties. Worldhotels' portfolio includes about 42,000 rooms in Europe, 39,000 rooms in Asia/Pacific and 26,000 rooms in North America, as well as a handful of properties in the Middle East, Africa and Central and South America.
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Interview: Citi Global Head Of Commercial Cards Manish Kohli
… unit. A 14-year Citi veteran, Kohli most recently led the firm's growth into new markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa . Now overseeing the global growth strategy for Citi's commercial and government customers, Kohli spoke to Business Travel …
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Roundtable: Discerning Mobile's Promises And Pitfalls
… Capgemini global travel manager for travel and events Cyriaque Benoist, Pfizer travel manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Kate Dolman and Accenture director of global operations Margaret McGrath. An edited transcript follows.
