Navan announced that CEO Ariel Cohen and CFO Aurélien Nolf will participate in a fireside chat at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco on September 10, 2026. The event will be webcast live and a replay will be available. Navan is a global AI-powered business travel and expense management platform.
Booking Holdings announced that CEO Glenn Fogel will participate in a keynote session at the Citi 2026 Global TMT Conference in New York City on September 8. A live audio cast will be available, with a replay later.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 2026 Cargo Experts Conference will take place in Budapest on 23-24 September, under the theme 'From Expertise to Execution'. The conference will feature three tracks: Digital Cargo (advancing ONE Record, APIs, AI), Safety & Security (dangerous goods, lithium batteries), and Pharma & Cargo Operations (cold chain, compliance).
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, in partnership with Asset World Corp (AWC), announced the opening of Fairmont Bangkok Sukhumvit, marking Fairmont's first hotel in Thailand. Located in Bangkok's Sukhumvit neighborhood, the hotel features 416 guestrooms and 58 suites, offering dining, wellness, meetings, and events. The design incorporates Thailand's botanical heritage, with seven dining venues including rooftop concepts and an underground entertainment venue. Over 2,000 square meters of event space includes a grand ballroom. The hotel is designed to LEED Gold standards, emphasizing sustainability.
The China Air Transport Association announced that the 4th CATA Aviation Conference will be held from September 17-19, 2026, at the China National Convention Center Phase II in Beijing, under the theme 'AI and Civil Aviation Integration Development'. The conference will feature an opening ceremony, industry forums, and a professional exhibition, exploring AI applications in civil aviation safety, operations, and services.
Hilton announced a culinary partnership with James Beard Award-winning Chef Mashama Bailey and her company Grey Spaces for the Signia Hilton Savannah, set to debut in 2028. Grey Spaces will lead the culinary direction for the hotel's food and beverage program, overseeing concept development, menus, wine lists, and guest experiences across multiple venues, including a lobby bar, all-day dining restaurant, and rooftop destination. The 444-room hotel will serve as the headquarters hotel for the Savannah Convention Center, featuring over 34,000 square feet of meeting space.
Chad Lemon, Director of Product Marketing at BCD Travel, reflects on ProcureCon Travel 2026, noting that high-performing travel programs are being rethought from the ground up rather than incrementally improved. Key themes include integrating policy with traveler experience, building trust in AI, managing multi-source NDC distribution, rising hotel costs, and the importance of open ecosystems. Leading programs connect data, policy, and behavior, offer choice within guardrails, and shift from lowest logical fare to overall value.
Expedia Group announced that CEO Ariane Gorin will participate in a fireside chat at Evercore's 2026 Global TMT Conference on June 2, 2026. The session will be webcast live, with a replay available for 3 months.
Booking Holdings announced that CEO Glenn Fogel will participate in a fireside chat at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference in Boston on May 20. A live audio cast and replay will be available.
Booking Holdings announced that CFO Ewout Steenbergen will participate in a fireside chat at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco on September 11, 2025. The presentation begins at 10:10 am PT and will be available via live audio cast and replay. Booking Holdings is the world's leading provider of online travel and related services, with brands including Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable.
A SAP Concur blog post states that approximately 1,000 SAP Concur employees and more than 2,300 customers and partners traveled to San Diego, California for the annual customer conference SAP Concur Fusion. The conference's CSR activity partnered with The Boys and Girls Club of San Diego on its Pack the Bus initiative, which has an annual goal of filling 1,000 backpacks. The SAP Concur CSR team, with employee and customer volunteers, exceeded that goal by packing 2,000 backpacks. Many participants returned to packing stations multiple times, and a few volunteers packed more than 100 backpacks each. The Boys and Girls Club of Greater San Diego has served the area for more than 75 years, with…
SAP Concur's annual Fusion 2020 conference will be held March 9-12, 2020, in Orlando, Florida. The four-day event includes keynotes, educational sessions, and product training. SAP Concur is seeking customer and partner speakers to share best practices and use cases. Session formats include presentations, panel discussions, micro forums, and campfire chats. Nominations are due by January 10, 2020, and speakers will be selected by January 27, 2020.
SAP Concur announced the availability of Concur Event Management by Groupize, a new solution extension that centralizes all aspects of meeting and event planning and management. It offers controls and compliance, duty of care, spend governance, and employee experience, and integrates with Concur Travel to simplify attendee registration and travel booking.