Definitions for "T&E Merchant"
Airline, car rental or lodging merchant.
An airline, car rental company or lodging establishment with a primary function of providing travel-related services.
An airline, car rental company, or hotel whose primary function is to provide travel-related services. A travel agency (excluding one that is primarily engaged in the sale of transportation or travel-related arrangement services by mail/phone order) is a T&E merchant to the extent that it acts as the agent of an airline, car rental company, or hotel.