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Startup Delivers Point-Of-Sale Prompts To Travelers
… Procurement process studies conducted by A.T. Kearney and The Aberdeen Group projected a "5 percent to 20 percent savings on every dollar you get back into your program," but even a 10 percent savings would assist companies "internally looking to improve the …
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Airlines 'Rebuilding Fences' For Airfares In Strong Demand Environment
… a lot of strengthening of the advance purchase, of the stay requirements. You have to look at fares in more than just the dollar amount we are charging but also in qualifications in how you actually get those fares. That is what is driving industry yield …
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2012 SME Report: For Travel Supplier Discounts, SMEs Won't Wait For The Phone To Ring
… noted that clients see value in such programs through soft- dollar benefits, such as upgrades and lounge access, if not significant ..... free ticket," Casto said. "Most carriers offer these soft- dollar programs," added Peter Klebanow, Ultramar Travel Management …
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Travelex said it added the U.S. dollar to the euro and British pound sterling for its chip-and-pin-enabled, prepaid foreign currency card
introduced last December, to meet the needs of Canadians traveling to the United States. The reloadable MasterCard Cash Passport cards offer emergency replacement and are sold at company stores and online. Travelex doesn't charge for the card and locks in exchange rates when the card is issued or
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BTN's 2011 Airline Survey: Delta Finally On Top
… client savings and spending beyond core airfares. One such quarterly report obtained by BTN quantified the occurrence rate and dollar value of frequent flyer upgrades, waived bag fees and elite status designations. The reports also detail by figures the passenger …
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BTN's 2011 Corporate Travel 100
… side. On the savings side, these agreements are becoming more difficult to put together. It's harder to achieve hard- dollar savings today." TMC executives corroborated that SLAs have evolved and become more detailed. "You'll still have the customer …
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eNett now can issue MasterCard virtual account numbers in U.S. dollars
as well as in the euro, British pound and Australian dollar . A joint venture of Travelport and PSP International, eNett launched the virtual cards in Europe as a secure means for travel agencies to pay suppliers without incurring foreign transaction fees.
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Wage Revival: BTN's 2011 Travel Manager Salary & Attitude Survey
… several more noted travel staff and budget reductions. "Less flexibility, more rules," wrote one respondent. "Every dollar is scrutinized more closely." Meanwhile, a handful of surveyed travel professionals indicated that they and/or their department …
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FAA Reauthorization Failure A Windfall For Airlines
… taxes. Most carriers during the weekend raised base fares, but passengers may not even notice as increases largely mirror the dollar sum otherwise collected by the government. Meanwhile, the shutdown has halted airport projects, prompted furloughs and prohibited …
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New Investments Leave Three Major Shareholders In Radius
Travel management company Radius last week announced a private offering that generated a "multi-million dollar global investment" by Cox and Kings Ltd of India, Portman Travel in the United Kingdom and Travel and Transport in the United …
