Elizabeth West

1 week ago | businesstravelnews.com | Elizabeth West

BTN Looks Back The world of corporate travel seems to have gotten so much more complicated in 2017. The pieces had been building for a long time, but with global programs, the dramatic upswing in international business travel and the penetration of data throughout the business travel ecosystem, the stage was set for a number of watershed developments. Many of these surrounded security, both physical and cyber security, but also the innovation driven by all that data.

1 week ago | businesstravelnews.com | Elizabeth West

Daily business travel rates for hotel, taxi transportation and meals in European gateway cities remained relatively flat from the last quarter of 2024 into the first quarter of 2025, rising just over 1 percent considering the spend categories as a whole. Hotel rates for most cities were flat to down around 3 percent, but there were a few standouts both in terms of slightly steeper rate decreases in Q1 and increases.

2 weeks ago | businesstravelnews.com | Elizabeth West

Meetings French hospitality giant Accor announced this week it isbuilding its own meetings and event ecosystem to support sourcing and bookingactivities. The company said the new platform aims to unite more than 5,600Accor hotels around the world and will host an inventory of 2.5 million square metersof event space as well as more than 800,000 guest rooms.

2 weeks ago | businesstravelnews.com | Elizabeth West

Meetings Meetings sourcing and management platform provider Cvent this weekannounced the top meetings destination and hotels in North America, Europe, theMiddle East Asia and, for the first time, Latin America and the Caribbean basedon search and sourcing activity tied to a record $16.5 billion in event volumeplaced through the platform last year. In North America, Orlando once again took the top spot formeetings destinations, followed unsurprisingly by Las Vegas at No. 3.

2 weeks ago | businesstravelnews.com | Elizabeth West

Meetings Hires multiple executives to lead division structure Meetings management platform Groupize announced on Tuesday the addition of 29 team members in the first half of 2025, with plans to onboard 13 more in Q3. The company said the new hires were on pace to nearly double its workforce as the company has experienced 400 percent growth year over year.