ANALYSIS: H-P Shift to Cliqbook Is Not Your Usual Booking Deal

Hewlett-Packard's recent switch from Sabre's GetThere corporate travel booking tool to Concur's Cliqbook was a landmark corporate travel technology signing. According to sources speaking with The Beat, H-P's highly regarded travel procurement department managed to vanquish the forces of "reciprocity" and "balance of trade" to choose the booking tool it wanted. Sabre is a big H-P client.