Michael B. Baker

Michael B. Baker
Senior Editor, Transportation

Michael B. Baker joined BTN in 2006. Before taking over the transportation beat in 2014, Michael covered the lodging industry for BTN for eight years and also has covered expense and payment tools. He cut his journalistic teeth in the newspaper industry, covering business and industry for both The Press of Atlantic City and The Facts, a daily in the greater Houston area where he won awards for both breaking news and feature coverage.

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Travel disruptions top UK risk manager concerns for 2027By Michael B. Baker

Cyber threats, rising energy prices and supply chain disruption also present concerns, according to... KEEP READING

Corporate Traveler introduces AI assistant 'Mel'By Michael B. Baker

AI assistant provides additional layer of support to business travellers based on company policies and... KEEP READING

American Express to cut 5 per cent of workforceBy Michael B. Baker

Job cuts aim to streamline operations following the sale of the company's stake in Amex Global... KEEP READING

Amadeus, Nvidia to collaborate on scaling AI flight search capabilitiesBy Michael B. Baker

Tech giants agree to improve AI flight search efficiency... KEEP READING

Altour introduces conversational intelligence platformBy Michael B. Baker

Altour IQ can help travel managers analyse performance and strategise solutions with natural language... KEEP READING

Direct Travel names Stone chief customer success officerBy Michael B. Baker

New role at the TMC designed to help clients launch, manage and improve travel programmes... KEEP READING

PredictX's Orchestra and Swivul win honours at BTS America Innovation FaceoffBy Michael B. Baker

PredictX's AI platform Orchestra won over the judges, while Swivul was voted People's Choice... KEEP READING

Navan adds slack capabilities, new payment and expense featuresBy Michael B. Baker

Additions include new guest expenses offering... KEEP READING

Amex GBT adds AI agents to hotel sourcing consulting servicesBy Michael B. Baker

Agentic AI capability can shorten sourcing cycles and support programme optimisation, the TMC said... KEEP READING

Tripism consolidates data in ‘intelligence' offeringBy Michael B. Baker

New 'intelligence' layer offers recommendations to travellers and programme insights for travel... KEEP READING

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