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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. The presentation will be webcast.
Booking Holdings will release its first quarter 2026 financial results on April 28 and hold a conference call to discuss the results.
ACI World released 2025 rankings of the world's busiest airports. Atlanta leads with 106.3 million passengers, followed by Dubai and Tokyo Haneda. Chicago O'Hare tops aircraft movements. Global passenger traffic reached 9.8 billion, up 3.6% from 2024.
ACI World has opened submissions for the 2026 Airport Innovation Awards, inviting airports worldwide to showcase innovative projects. Categories include passenger processes, operations, innovation leader, and airport on the rise. Deadline is June 16, with winners announced at Airports Innovate in Barcelona in November.
A SAP Concur blog post highlights the financial complexity facing healthcare organizations, including rising labor costs and regulatory scrutiny. Many struggle with fragmented spend across travel, supplier invoices, recruiting, and corporate cards, leading to inefficiencies and compliance risks. The article emphasizes automating financial workflows and connecting data systems to support regulatory compliance, reduce fraud, and improve resource allocation.
ACI World's 2026 Airport Economics Report shows global passenger traffic reached 9.4 billion in 2024, 4% above 2019, but total revenues of US$194.9 billion remained 2.1% below pre-pandemic in real terms. Aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenues were 3% and 9% below 2019, expected to recover in 2025 and mid-2026. The report urges policymakers to support airport investment.
At SAP Concur Fusion, SAP Concur and Amex GBT announced new advancements in Complete, including AI-enabled travel support with Joule, a travel manager home page, expanded content (NDC, GDS, hotels, rail), and Concur Expense integration with Egencia. These updates aim to streamline booking, servicing, payments, and expensing, enhancing customer value.
At SAP Concur Fusion 2026, SAP Concur announced innovations: Joule integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot, new Expense Automation and Pre-Submit Audit agents; deepened partnerships with Amex and Visa for virtual cards and real-time notifications; Concur Travel expansion to India with Cleartrip content; TripIt Pro introduces Image to Plan and risk alerts.
SAP Concur and American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) announced a deepened partnership to co-develop 'Complete', an integrated solution leveraging AI to transform business travel and expense management. They will share engineering teams, unify data layers, and align product roadmaps. The solution offers proactive traveler experiences like auto-generated expense reports, real-time policy checks, unified chat agents, and proactive re-accommodation. Data advantages include over 600 airlines and 2 million properties, plus complete trip lifecycle data. This addresses slow traditional integrations, offering CXOs both control and experience.
SAP Concur introduces the 'Beyond the Balance Sheet' series, a thought-leadership series for modern finance leaders. Each 20-minute episode covers trends shaping finance, including growth strategy, AI, and the evolving role of business travel. Episodes include 'Vision for Growth', 'AI — Hype or Game-Changer?', 'The Role of Business Travel', and 'Integrations: Making Every Connection Count'.
SAP Concur blog offers five strategies for AP leaders to get ahead of spend in 2026: removing manual friction, using invoice data for early visibility, connecting AP to total spend, embedding risk and compliance, and designing scalable processes. Citing Ardent Partners, best-in-class AP teams process invoices in 3.1 days at 80% lower cost.
SAP Concur blog explains two main T&E software pricing models: user-based and transaction-based. User-based suits small stable organizations but risks unused licenses; transaction-based charges for actual usage, offering flexibility, transparency, and scalability. Buyers should evaluate total value, not just sticker price.
ACI World announced the 2025 ASQ Customer Experience Awards, recognizing 100 airports worldwide with 195 awards. Nearly 707,000 passengers were surveyed, and global passenger satisfaction continues to rise, with border and passport control seeing the largest gains. Global passenger volumes are expected to reach 9.8 billion in 2025 and 10.2 billion in 2026.
SAP Concur blog summarizes Ardent Partners' 2026 AP trends: agentic AI becomes foundational, global invoicing compliance is real-time, AP data drives cash intelligence, tariff instability persists, and paper checks near extinction. AP's role shifts from invoice processing to strategic insights.
SAP Concur ranked #1 on G2's 2026 Best Accounting and Finance Software list, marking its sixth consecutive year. G2 is visited by over 100 million software buyers annually, and SAP Concur earned this ranking from nearly 6,500 authentic user reviews. Users praise its integration, automation, compliance, and user experience.
SAP Concur enhanced its integration with Uber for Business, enabling automatic employee directory sync, filtering by team/region/department, and preview-before-invite. Employee data flows directly from SAP Concur to Uber for Business, reducing manual upkeep. Uber rides and meals generate e-receipts that flow into Concur Expense, streamlining expense reporting.
SAP Concur blog compares SAP Concur and Emburse expense management solutions. Based on TrustRadius and G2 reviews, SAP Concur scores higher in overall rating, efficiency, mobile functionality, rules, and workflow satisfaction. SAP Concur users report up to 23% cost savings, 28% higher policy compliance, and 5x more efficient expense report processing.
SAP Concur recaps 2025 innovations: Joule AI assistant general availability, Receipt Analysis Agent for better receipt capture, Complete unified solution with Amex GBT, integrations with Microsoft Teams and Uber for Business, new NetSuite connector, language support expanded to over 90, and improved admin interfaces.
This SAP Concur blog post compares SAP Concur and Coupa based on user reviews, features, and mobile experience. SAP Concur scores 8.3/10 on TrustRadius from 1,980 reviews, while Coupa scores 7.9/10 from 152 reviews. SAP Concur outperforms in travel booking, mobile receipt capture, and reimbursement.
This SAP Concur article outlines six ways finance leaders stay ahead of spend in 2026: shifting from reactive to proactive spend management, connecting travel, expense, and AP, using automation, treating business travel as strategic, leveraging AI, and prioritizing predictability. It cites research, such as 35% of CFOs citing poor cost management as a top internal threat.
This SAP Concur article provides a playbook for travel managers in 2026: turning travel data into actionable stories, building cost savings that support the business, treating AI as a practical advantage, learning from peers, and adopting a connected approach to travel and spend. Research shows nearly 7 in 10 travel managers say their budget doesn't reflect travel's importance.
Airports Council International (ACI) World released its World Airport Traffic Forecasts 2025-2054, projecting global passenger traffic to reach 10.2 billion in 2026, up 3.9% year-on-year. Long-term, traffic is expected to double to 18.8 billion by 2045, with a CAGR of 3.4%. Growth is driven by emerging markets but faces challenges like capacity constraints, uneven regional growth, and operational complexity. ACI calls for accelerated investment in airport infrastructure, airspace capacity, and operational resilience.
SAP Concur blog discusses the benefits of integrating travel, expense, and invoice data with ERP systems. Integration enables unified data, real-time visibility, improved compliance, and greater efficiency. SAP Concur offers pre-built connectors, APIs, SFTP, and custom integrations to connect with ERPs like SAP, Oracle, NetSuite. Automated workflows and real-time data synchronization reduce errors, speed approvals, and enhance compliance.
Booking Holdings announced it will hold a conference call on February 18, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results. The release will be posted at 4:00 p.m. ET on its IR website, and the call audio will be available for replay for seven days.
Airports Council International (ACI) World announced that Jost Lammers, CEO of Munich Airport, has been elected Chair of the World Governing Board for the 2026-2027 term, succeeding Candace McGraw. Lammers brings over 25 years of global aviation experience, having served as ACI EUROPE President and led Munich Airport.