Leading the charge: credit card companies are offering travel managers better tools to help their clients. (Focus on: Business Travel).(AirPlus, American Express, Visa, Diners Club)

Travel Agent, November, 2002 by Michels, Jennifer

Travel managers are quickly learning that choosing the right corporate credit card for their company goes well beyond finding the one with the best rate. The Internet has opened the world of online bookings, expense management and improved reporting mechanisms to the credit card companies, who in turn are using them to compete for their best customers.

In early October, Frankfurt-based AirPlus, a leading international provider of card systems to corporate travelers, signed a deal with British Airways (BA) to give corporate customers in the U.K. the ability to manage their costs more efficiently. The system will initially be available only in the U.K., but it will eventually be rolled out in the U.S. The BA AirPlus Company Account evolved from the BA Business...

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