American Express Business Travel is to launch an online community, BusinessTravelConneXion.com (BTX), for the corporate travel industry. The community will be launched on October 31, 2008.

TripIt’s My Travel application has been officially launched on LinkedIn. According to TripIt, the new application on LinkedIn is directly connected to users’ TripIt account.

Lifestyle and travel networking community WAYN.com has launched a new flight alert and weather update service for members, keeping them up to date via their mobile phone on departure day.

Vacation.com reports that its Mobile Training Unit has visited over 120 member agencies, touching over 500 individual agents across North America since its launch in 2007.

“Cost Control and Beyond,” a new report published by CFO Europe Research Services in collaboration with Amadeus, has found that less than 40 percent of CFOs are satisfied with the levels of savings delivered by corporate travel programs in their company.

Microsoft Corp. and Travelport said they are teaming up to develop an integrated set of services targeted for the travel industry to address challenges faced by travelers, suppliers, and travel agents. Microsoft and Travelport will explore the development of services designed to improve the traveler experience.