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Related Newslog Items August 10, 2010 Orbitz for Business partnered to integrate travel data with IBM's Global Expense Reporting Solution. IBM separately uses corporate booking systems and support from Orbitz and Travelport for internal travel. August 9, 2010 Concur added a variety of services and content sources to its mobile solutions, including smartphone-based Amtrak bookings, flight tracking from Mobiata, GateGuru's airport dining and shopping information, public transport info from MetrO by Kinevia and services from Open Table and Taxi Magic. August 9, 2010 Concur and Marriott International announced a partnership to offer Concur clients downloadable e-folio data from participating Marriott hotels. August 9, 2010 Carlson Wagonlit Travel signed a reseller agreement with Rearden Commerce and next year will retire its internal Horizon booking tool in favor of a Rearden-powered product, the companies announced. CWT also has reseller relationships with Concur's Cliqbook and Sabre's GetThere. August 9, 2010 Concur announced "strategic distribution agreements" for its mobile solutions with a collection of travel management companies including Adelman Travel Systems, Atlas Travel International, Azumano Travel Service, Fox World Travel, The Travel Authority, Travel and Transport, Travel Destination Management Group, Travel Incorporated, World Travel Service and World Travel Inc. Using Concur's mobile application-programming interfaces, the TMCs "will send business travel itineraries that will be integrated with Concur's mobile platform," Concur stated. August 9, 2010 Rearden Commerce partnered with IBM to offer an integrated travel and expense management solution that "consolidates booked transaction data [with] actual business expense data" from IBM's Global Expense Reporting Solution. August 4, 2010 Concur's Cliqbook Travel product now offers integration with Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, enabling users to share trip plans with their connections in those networks. The booking tool also has a "streamlined user interface" that combines search results "by schedule and price into a single view," and accommodates the QREX Plus ticket exchange option from the Sabre global distribution system, as well as Amadeus' Master Pricer Travelboard low-fare searching, Concur announced.
August 3, 2010 Concur added direct Amtrak bookings to its travel reservations solutions. " Concur clients may now view, hold, reserve and purchase Amtrak rail travel--and compare rail and air travel options--all on one screen," the companies announced. Other functions include route maps, loyalty program number exchange, special rate support, multi-segment trips and automated payment and ticketing. July 29, 2010 Concur reported record June quarter revenue of $75 million, 20 percent more than a year ago. Net income was $3.7 million, about half the $7.2 million reported a year earlier. The company slightly trimmed its revenue growth expectations for the September quarter to 18 percent from 20 percent. Travel transactions in the June quarter were "ahead of expectations and are clearly continuing to trend back towards the waterline," CEO and chariman Steve Singh said, warning that volumes are "still well below pre-recession levels and it will likely take at least until the end of 2011" to exceed those levels. July 20, 2010 Concur is adding to its mobile and travel solutions OAG's real-time flight status info "such as delays, cancellations, terminal/gate updates and baggage claim information", the companies announced. OAG's "direct connections into airlines' operational systems" provide departure and arrival times, change alerts, terminal locations and searches for alternative flights. OAG is part of UBM Aviation. July 15, 2010 NBTA called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to "use its existing and common sense authority to direct the airlines to provide full transparency" on ancillary fees. According to comments provided by NBTA to a congressional subcommittee examining airline fees, "ancillary fees are ultimately part of the total net fare. It is imperative that airlines provide full transparency to the public, including corporate travel managers and travel agencies, with regard to all fares, fees and other charges related to transporting passengers and their luggage, as well as booking, ticketing, billing, and fulfilling those services." NBTA also wrote that it formed a task force to seek solutions for challenges related to ancillary fees. It includes representatives from AirPlus, Amadeus, American Airlines, American Express, ARC, Airilne Tariff Publishing Company, BCD Travel, Concur, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, MasterCard, Monsanto, Sabre, Thomson Reuters, 3sixtysourcing, TRX and US Airways.
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