TAdelman Travel Group will resell Deem’s Work Fource corporate travel booking and management software as part of an expanded sales and marketing relationship between the two companies. Adelman was the first ravel management company to deploy Deem’s new Intelligent Attach feature, which provides travelers with hotel and car service recommen- dations based on personal preferences, behavior patterns and corporate policies. The expanded arrangement extends through 2020.
Following a 37-year stint with American Express, president and
CEO Ken Chenault will retire in February. Stephen Squeri, currently
group president of Global Corporate Services, will replace him. “We’re
starting a new chapter from a position of strength,” Chenault said, “and
this is the right time to make the leadership transition to someone who’s
played a central role in all that we’ve accomplished.”
Spend management company Coupa has acquired fraud-detection company Deep Relevance, which uses artificial
intelligence-based behavior analytics to help companies identify
inflated expense claims, duplicate expenses, personal expenses, fake
vendors, fraudulent invoices, conflicts of interest and more, according
to Coupa. Deep Relevance evaluates individual and companywide
expense data, as well as receipt data, to create a “fraud profile” and a
behavioral risk analysis score for individuals. The company also alerts
companies about questionable transactions, prioritizing them by dollar
amounts. Coupa already partners with AppZen, a T&E expense auditing
company that also uses AI to analyze expense reports and receipts
to identify fraud. AppZen CEO Anant Kale said its partnership with
Coupa would continue.
After much delay, AirPlus International has launched its
Mobile A.I.D.A. virtual card solution in the U.S., marking the
14th country to offer the product. CEO Patrick Diemer had told BTN
the delay owed to U.S. regulations that required AirPlus to become
a bank or to partner with a MasterCard
issuing bank; in other countries
where AirPlus operates, that was
not necessary. AirPlus chose
to partner with Birmingham,
Ala.’s Regions Bank.
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This month, users of U.K.-based Gett’s
ride-hailing app will be able to book
Carey International black car services
via the app and Gett’s One Transport
platform, according to a Carey spokesperson. Carey International operates in
more than 1,000 cities worldwide. Carey
was in talks with Lyft last year, but the
spokesperson said the talks fizzled. Gett
and Carey also are considering a single
platform on which clients of either company
can book either service.
Chauffeured service network Blacklane
acquired airport concierge platform
Solve. Solve consolidates services like
curbside meet-and-greets, expedited
security and customs clearance, assistance
for connecting flights and lounge access
from more than 500 airports worldwide
into a single platform. Blacklane projects
customers will be able to book those airport
services through Blacklane in December.
Customers will be able to book the services
with or without booking an airport transfer.
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Deem has sold its back-office car
service system Voyageur to ground
transportation technology company
Ground Widgets. Ground Widgets plans
to move acquired Voyageur customers
“seamlessly … to our flagship product,
SantaCruz, or one of our other cloud-based operators,” according to Ground-Widgets CEO Apurva Patel. Deem sold
the system to focus on its priorities:
booking, expense and ground transportation platforms for corporate travel.
