
The hotel sector is getting rather interesting (and feisty) in 2012, as some predicted, with the likes of Google wading in deeper and the GDSs ramping up their efforts.

The hotel sector is getting rather interesting (and feisty) in 2012, as some predicted, with the likes of Google wading in deeper and the GDSs ramping up their efforts.

Concur announces a deal to combine its travel and expense management technology with salesforce.com’s cloud computing and CRM services.
In this edition: Travelzoo management changes, Orbitz faves, Concur mobile, ARC and the AeroTrend, and TRX boosts Traveltrax.

TripIt, the itinerary management service acquired by Concur in January, has reached a milestone: 1 million mobile users.

Business travel and expense company Concur continues its investment binge with a $5 million strategic investment in airfare and hotel rate tracking service Yapta.

Expense management firm Concur signed a definitive agreement to acquire a compeititor, London-based GlobalExpense, for £12 million, or about $19.75 million.

In separate announcements, Concur and Carlson Wagonlit Travel detailed enhancements to their mobile offerings.

Almost a year to the day since the Apple iPad hit the marketplace, trip management service TripIt has finally unveiled a dedicated application for the device.
With a $40 million investment from Concur, India online travel agency Cleartrip is focused on its competition, but is looking beyond it, as well.
Indian online travel agency Yatra has attracted a new round of investment worth $44 million from a string of US venture capital firms.

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