Press Releases

Denver, CO – April 17, 2024 — Direct Travel, Inc., a market leader in corporate travel management, today announced the appointment of Todd Pelletier to Chief Sales Officer and Scott Schwisow to Senior Vice President, Technology and Strategy. Both Todd and Scott join Direct Travel with backgrounds at Talend and SAP Concur.

Denver, CO – April 2, 2024 — Direct Travel, Inc., a market leader in corporate travel management, today announced its acquisition by Steve Singh, prominent venture capitalist and founder of the world’s largest travel and expense management company, Concur, joined by leading growth investors including Durable Capital Partners, Madrona Ventures, Top Tier Capital Partners, and Blackstone Credit & Insurance. Singh will serve as Executive Chairman of Direct Travel, and Christal Bemont will assume the role of CEO.

Denver, CO – November 30, 2023 — Direct Travel, Inc., a key leader in corporate travel management, has made further advancement in its digital transformation journey with the announcement of a new integration between its Direct2U mobile application vendor, Mantic Point, and Microsoft Teams.

Denver, CO – February 23, 2023 — Expanding its role as a leading pioneer in the corporate travel management space, Direct Travel, Inc. has taken the latest step in its digital transformation journey by deploying a multi-lingual version of its virtual assistant, Simon.

Denver, CO – November 2, 2022 — The integration, currently in beta testing with development partner Mantic Point, will provide access to trip information directly in the MS Teams app

Denver, CO – August 15, 2022 — Direct Travel, Inc. is advancing its digital transformation journey with the upcoming deployment of its AI virtual travel assistant, Simon, and through the integration of key products and services into enterprise-collaboration platforms.

Denver, CO – July 27, 2022 — The consolidated sustainability solution will provide a more robust way for businesses to manage and reduce their travel-related carbon footprints

Norwood, MA – May 3, 2022 — The pioneering clinical trial travel company is on track to manage its 1000th trial this month

Toronto, ON / Montreal, QC – April 4, 2022 — The industry pro will oversee the TMC’s account management teams for all of Canada

Montreal, QC / Denver, CO – February 23, 2022 — Partnership to elevate travel risk management and travel services, expand market share

March 25, 2021 — Direct Travel is delighted to announce that four of its top advisors have been named to the prestigious Condé Nast Traveler’s Travel Specialists list. Jennifer Fried of Direct Travel, Cleveland, is now included along with her Canadian colleagues Ariane Henry of Vancouver and sister team Lisa and Nancy Zupancic of Toronto. There are just 435 travel advisors from all around the world on the Specialists list.

Denver, CO – March 17, 2021 — Boasting a sharp new user interface and a bevy of enhanced safety and security features, the latest version of Direct Travel, Inc.’s mobile app is now available for download on iOS and Android devices. The updated app from one of the industry’s leading travel management companies represents the most significant overhaul of the Direct2U mobile platform to date.