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Owner of Airport Eateries Sees Revenue Surge to 53% of Pre-Pandemic Levels
September 29, 2021

SSP Group, which operates foodservice sites in airports and railway stations in 35 countries, on Wednesday (Sept. 29) announced that its revenues in the last week were roughly 53% of 2019 levels, according to a pre-close trading announcement on the company’s website. Third-quarter revenues increased...

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Corporate Traveler Launches AI-Powered Travel Management Tool
September 22, 2021

Global corporate travel management company Corporate Traveler is introducing a proprietary solution ahead of the forecast increase in business travel demand, according to a press release on Wednesday (Sept. 22). Corporate Traveler’s Melon is the only global TMC that solely caters to start-ups and mid-market businesses in the U.S....

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Onyx CenterSource To Launch Travel Agency Payment Platform
September 21, 2021

Hospitality-focused B2B payments and business intelligence service Onyx CenterSource on Tuesday (Sept. 21) unveiled a partnership with online travel marketplace Booking.com for a payment platform for the travel agencies that work with the reservation service. The platform, which was developed using Booking.com’s Amadeus integration, allows...

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DOT Report: 18 Airlines Still Being Probed Over Pandemic Refunds
September 13, 2021

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is still reviewing 30,100 outstanding complaints involving 18 airlines as part of an investigation into delayed refunds for flights canceled over the pandemic. “The department has devoted considerable time, energy, and effort to securing relief for consumers and holding...

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Travel App Provider Ranking Is All About Seeing New Places, Meeting New Apps
September 10, 2021

If apps make life easier — and they do — it’s no wonder how popular travel apps are, pandemic be damned. They’re big, and getting bigger, as people reacclimate to breathing airplane air and checking into rooms that are not their own. Like anything important,...

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Delta Variant Could Further Hamper US Airline Industry
September 09, 2021

Airlines expect the latest slowdown in travel due to the ongoing spread of the delta variant to be only a temporary setback, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. While business and leisure travel picked up more quickly this summer than some airlines...

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New COVID Cases Ground Air Travel
September 06, 2021

A new surge in cases of COVID-19 is leading businesses to rethink employee travel this fall. As Bloomberg News reported on Monday (Sept. 6), airlines and hotels were counting on the typically dependable revenue source of business travel to bounce back in the next few...

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Buoyant Domestic Summer Travel Suggests Brisk Holiday Demand Will Follow
September 06, 2021

With extra cash in their bank accounts and an itch to get away, many consumers spent their first summer with a COVID-19 vaccination away from home, spending their money on travel accessories and outdoor experiences rather than another take-out meal or trip to the mall....

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Wanna Jump-start Travel? Pile on the Perks and Memberships
September 01, 2021

As the pandemic slowly slips into the rear-view mirror, subscription travel is emerging as a new and interesting way for companies to extend greater utility to a subset of consumers who are very eager to pack their bags and experience the big wide world again....