Articles tagged “corporate travel”

The Saudi-UAE rift is reaching travel through the banking rails first. The thing to watch is whether it reaches demand next.

For a company whose growth has been almost entirely India-centric, Yatra is now betting that enterprise travel technology built for one of the world's most complex markets can travel just as well abroad.

Hilton and Navan have launched a direct booking connection that skips distribution middlemen, giving the hotel group more control over retailing. It's an early step in a broader corporate travel push to overhaul how road warriors book hotels.

Yatra Online reported what Chairman Dhruv Shringi called the “most profitable year in the company’s 20-year history,” even as India-Pakistan conflict, the Air India crash and travel disruptions across parts…

Navan, an AI-first travel management company, is growing fast and spending faster. Some investors want to know when the math starts working.

Shorter stays are quietly rewiring hotel businesses. Operators can’t rely on the old Monday through Thursday rhythm to smooth occupancy and pricing.

Despite increasing importance of corporate travel, travel and expense pain points remain prevalent. Employees and managers alike still struggle with their platforms and solutions, and companies can't afford to compromise.

Yatra wants to move from being a travel seller to a company that helps businesses manage all parts of employee travel, and bringing in a tech-heavy CEO is its clearest signal yet.

AI may not be replacing people yet, but it’s certainly changing roles and putting some at risk. Yatra just said the quiet part out loud.

Major shifts in the corporate travel space have inspired a trend toward unified, AI-powered policy management platforms. But travel is personal, and travelers demand a personalized touch; for AI to realize its potential, it must live in the hands of human agents.