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Linking the Travel Industry is a business travel podcast where we review the top travel industry stories that are posted on LinkedIn by LinkedIn members. We curate the top posts and discuss with them with travel industry veterans in a live session with audience members. You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com

Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah

Stories covered on this session include -

• Jeff Klee's post about his views on what challenges remain for NDC in corporate travel attracted a lot of views, comments and interactions.
• The challenges of IATA's One Order are explored by B Vinod in a post which raised a lot of discussion.
• Planes were being shot at on approach at Haiti, with a Spirit Airlines flight attendant injured. A ban on flights there for US carriers were introduced as a results.
• Struggling carrier Rex Airlines is offered an AU$80m financing facility by the Australian Federal Government to ensure it continues operating.
• After talks of a merger with Frontier Airlines broke down, it seems that bankruptcy is a reality for Spirit Airlines.
• Iberia makes aviation history by operating the first Airbus A321XLR commercial flight from Madrid to Boston.
• Extra Stories

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Welcome to The BTA Podcast. In these podcasts we will endeavour to share our thoughts, concerns, optimism and build those all-important human connections with our Partners, Members and Guests.

In this latest episode Andrew and Clive discuss Clive’s recent travels to both Spain and Australia where the BTA is collaborating with other associations following the publication of the BTA White Paper on Fragmentation. They look back at the budget and its impact on business travel, as well as reflecting on their recent visits to meet some of the BTA members and their staff. Andrew looks back at the recent Mobility Conference and both look forward to the next BTA Road Show which is taking place next week.

You can subscribe to this podcast by searching 'BusinessTravel360' on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, iHeart, Pandora, Spotify, Alexa or your favorite podcast player.

This podcast was created by The BTA and distributed by BusinessTravel360. For more information about The BTA visit us at TheBTA.org.uk

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Linking the Travel Industry is a business travel podcast where we review the top travel industry stories that are posted on LinkedIn by LinkedIn members. We curate the top posts and discuss with them with travel industry veterans in a live session with audience members. You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com

Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah

Stories covered on this session include -

• UK based Gray Dawes Travel continues their global expansion with the acquisition of Melbourne based Verve Travel Management (VTM).
• Sam Cande's sustainability consultancy company, Responsible Futures, is acquired by Greengage Solutions.
• Navitaire, an Amadeus company, introduces Stratos, a "suite of modern airline retailing solutions for low-cost carriers and hybrid airlines" according to Dave Evans, Navitaire CEO.
• Condor Flugdienst GmbH becomes the latest German airline to base their aircraft outside of Germany to avoid high domestic costs.
• The ITA Airways / Lufthansa deal is put on hold by the Italian treasury because of a last minute disagreement over the price.
• Gant Travel reminds us that the US DOT's policies requiring US airlines to issue full refunds in the event of a flight cancellation or “significant change” that is out of the customer’s control went into effect on October 28, 2024.
• Air France-KLM temporarily reduce their GDS surcharges.
• The UK Competition and Markets Authority's interim report on the proposed merger between American Express Global Business Travel and CWT concludes it will “substantially lessen competition” for large global organisations.
• Extra Stories

You can subscribe to this podcast by searching 'BusinessTravel360' on Apple Podcast, Spotify, iHeart, Pandora, Alexa or your favorite podcast player.

This podcast was created, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360. Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!

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