Jay Campbell

New York — Maureen Brady in August stepped down from her role as chief commercial officer in North America at Corporate Travel Management after five years with the company and more than 30 years at seven other TMCs of various kinds. She’s taking a career break — not using the “R word” yet — and sat for an “Elephant In…

Few companies have made as dramatic a C-suite housecleaning as quickly as travel and expense software firm Emburse. Save for its CFO, the company’s leadership page is entirely different than it was at this time last year. Emburse is the product of several acquisitions, going back nine years to private equity owner K1 Investment Management’s first expense software buy. Over…

Amadeus named Decius Valmorbida president of its travel unit in August 2020. A native of Brazil, Valmorbida originally joined Amadeus in 2004 and has been a member of its executive committee since 2017. He spoke on Tuesday with The Company Dime during a live interview on the LinkedIn Audio platform. Among other topics, he responded to assessments of the strengths…

The challenges of non-employee travel and the market vacuum left after Coupa bought and decided to bury Pana, a startup that largely solved the problem, are well-documented. Former Google travel manager Greg Wilczek plans to reveal an answer next year.Founded in September, his company, Empath Travel, will help corporations handle business travel for job candidates, interns, repatriated ex-employees, consultants and…

Travel management company mobile apps remain an important part of the typical corporate travel program portfolio over a decade after becoming a staple in buyers’ TMC bids. Mobile tools are potent enablers of direct relationships with corporate travelers. No one has consolidated all the needed…

Serko aims to reach 250 New Zealand dollars ($150 million) in total income by fiscal 2030, up from $46 million in its most recent fiscal year, which ended in March. About half of this growth is expected to come from its online booking tool portfolio,…

Snowfall, the London-based travel tech provider that absorbed the intellectual property of the troubled developer of the former PSNGR1 booking tool, has been flirting with collapse. Multiple sources familiar with Snowfall said the company was skipping payrolls and scrambling for additional investment after almost losing its…

The pandemic era's geopolitical tensions caused concern among economic globalization advocates. Despite rising nationalism and efforts to reduce reliance

Consulting firm ZS is working with ARC subsidiary Traverse Technologies on a blockchain-based traveler profile system that, as ZS travel lead Sarah Hayden described it, would “put the data ownership back in the hands of the traveler.”ZS uses Traverse to support its direct booking programs…

Solutions Travel, the Spotnana-powered travel management company backed by Options Travel and founded by industry veteran Mark Walton, is anticipating profitability next year, just two-odd years after its launch. The company recently hired seasoned pros for its leadership team and expanded its multinational network, including…