Corporate Travel news and trends

American Express GBT: Global Multinationals Increase Their Business Travel

May 07, 2024
American Airlines Marks Record Quarter Amid Corporate Travel Snapback
Earnings // April 25, 2024

Business travel is on a steady ascent, aligning with the resurgence observed in the leisure travel sector over the past three years.  On Thursday (April 25), American Airlines announced a record first-quarter (Q1) revenue of approximately $12.6 billion, with business travel showing robust growth, particularly among...

Airlines Say Tech Companies Driving Rebound in Business Travel
Earnings // April 19, 2024

Business travel has reportedly caught up with the booming business that leisure travel has enjoyed over the past three years. Three airlines that have released their first quarter results — Delta, United and Alaska Airlines — reported that corporate travel has rebounded, Reuters reported Friday (April 19). Alaska said Thursday (April 19)...

United Airlines Reports Higher Travel Volumes, Expects Record Summer
Earnings // April 17, 2024

United Airlines increased both its capacity and the amount of passenger travel during the quarter ended March 31. The airline also expects to see another summer of record travel this year, executives said Wednesday (April 17) during United Airlines’ quarterly earnings call. Compared to the...

Delta Reports Business Travel Up 14% YOY
Travel Payments // April 10, 2024

Delta Air Lines has seen growing demand for both leisure and business travel. That’s according to company executives, who also announced that Delta delivered record revenue for the March quarter and expects to do so again for the June quarter, according to a Wednesday (April 10) earnings release....

Interviews & Exclusives
Business Travel Reporting Starts With Central Expense Management

April 02, 2024
It’s a new era for business, and that means it’s a new era for business travel. And against today’s backdrop, where every dollar of working capital matters, travel spend management is coming under renewed focus. Managing travel expenses has long been a complex and time-consuming task for both employees and company finance departments. But it […]

AI-Powered Chatbots and Searches Punch Travel Industry’s Ticket

March 11, 2024
Kayak’s new chatbot lets users seek travel advice and discover flights via screenshots, in the latest sign of how artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the digital transformation of business and...

Receipt Data Makes Corporate Travel Expense Management More ‘Hospitable’

September 07, 2022
The road warriors are returning to airports, hotels and restaurants in droves. And, curiously enough, in an age when consumers can book and pay for travel (and all the stops...

Putting Employees At Center Of Business Spend Management

April 23, 2021
The global pandemic shut business travel down a little over a year ago as workers relocated to their home offices and physical interactions between colleagues more or less rolled up...

Quick Reads
American Express GBT: Global Multinationals Increase Their Business Travel

May 07, 2024
American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) saw global multinational customers increase their business travel during the first quarter. The growth in travel by these companies outpaced that of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) for the first time since the recovery from the pandemic, the B2B software and services company for travel and expense said Tuesday (May 7) […]

Airlines Say Tech Companies Driving Rebound in Business Travel

April 19, 2024
Business travel has reportedly caught up with the booming business that leisure travel has enjoyed over the past three years. Three airlines that have released their first quarter results — Delta, United and Alaska...

United Airlines Reports Higher Travel Volumes, Expects Record Summer

April 17, 2024
United Airlines increased both its capacity and the amount of passenger travel during the quarter ended March 31. The airline also expects to see another summer of record travel this...

Delta Reports Business Travel Up 14% YOY

April 10, 2024
Delta Air Lines has seen growing demand for both leisure and business travel. That’s according to company executives, who also announced that Delta delivered record revenue for the March quarter and...