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Send us a textWelcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 15 of 2023.  This is a weekly podcast from BusinessTravel360, where we update you on what’s up this week in the world of business travel.  This podcast is great for those who need to know what’s happening all in less than 15 minutes.Topics covered during this podcast -Sabre to distribute United NDC ContentTripAdvisor receives 1.3 million fake reviews3 Million travelers join SkyMilesDelta sees revenue up in Q1Akasa Air partners with Blue Ribbon BagsInteleTravel acquires Hickory Global PartnersRwandAir & Turkish Airlines launch codeshareBWH Hotel Group adds propertiesJapan's Zipair launches San Francisco serviceDHS to launch new bad screening systemJetBlue to launch Amsterdam serviceAlertMedia launches travel risk management toolJournera debuts TripSignalsQantas invests in SAF refineryRyanair to use SAF blend for Amsterdam flightsTune in every Monday morning to get your weekly update.  We hope you will make this a regular part of your week and listen in while you on the move or sitting back and sipping your coffee.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, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!Support the show

Send us a textLinking 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 real audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com and registering for the next event.Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah.Stories covered on this session include -Jeff Klee joins us to discuss how AmTrav was experiencing the American Airlines changes in distribution.Travelport's private equity owners, Siris Capital Group and Elliott Investment Management L.P. pump an extra $200m into the company. Is the new Lufthansa cabin class offering too complex? In what as seen as a move to capture the growing business travel market in India, Navan acquires Tripeur, an Indian based travel and expense management company.KLM Royal Dutch Airlines wins their court case against the Dutch government's plans to reduce flight capacity out of Schiphol. And a post by Ann Cederhall asking if travel agents and airlines can remain friends or is NDC the divide?👀 Meanwhile: The ITM | Institute of Travel Management launches a taskforce to tackle fears over airfare distribution.Extra News and Space NewsYou 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, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!Support the show

Send us a textWelcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 14 of 2023.  This is a weekly podcast from BusinessTravel360, where we update you on what’s up this week in the world of business travel.  This podcast is great for those who need to know what’s happening all in less than 15 minutes.Topics covered during this podcast -Spirit to hire 4,000 employeesIATA: February global traffic nears 2019ASTA asks for documentation of NDC problemsAirlines plan schedule cuts in New York CityAmerican Airlines rolls out NDC American Airlines leaves agencies with high faresVirgin expands codeshare with IndiGoTripStax adds emissions dataNavan to acquire TripeurTSA & Clear to launch single applicationUnited schedule to increase by 25%Aruba pilots Digital Immigration SystemLondon City Airport drops liquid ruleTravelport invests $200MGoogle redesigns hotel browsingArgentinian Airline issues tickets as NFTAmadeus offers Air Canada NDC contentNASA announces Artemis II CrewVirgin Orbit files for bankruptcyTune in every Monday morning to get your weekly update.  We hope you will make this a regular part of your week and listen in while you on the move or sitting back and sipping your coffee.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, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!Support the show

Send us a textThe “I Smell A Rat” Podcast shines a light on the undercurrent of the human experience from all angles and through the lens of race, gender and a myriad of different perspectives. Each topic is approached with the intention of not only unearthing the core of the matter but also analyzing its overall impact.In this episode, Carmen Smith talks to Austin R Cooper Jr about historical black colleges and universities.  They uncover some statistics and challenges that HBCUs face and do comparisons with PWIs.Austin R Cooper Jr is an experienced government affairs, diplomacy and public relations professional.  He has over 25 years of related experience and is currently the President of Cooper Strategic Affairs, LLC, which provides government relations and communications counsel to government and non-government organizations in Washington, DC.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 Carmen Smith and was edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360. Support the show

Send us a textThe NoJetStress Podcast is a traveler wellbeing podcast for frequent business travelers covering health and peak performance on the road as well as to help business travelers maintain optimal health and avoid burnout no matter how much they travel.   Christopher Babayode, a Corporate Travel Wellness Expert shares his insights on Traveler Wellness.This is episode,  Christopher discusses -Making humanity a multiplanetary speciesThe challenges a multiplanetary species present to business traveller wellbeingHow we might chunk Space travel to the here and now of business traveller challengesA look at some telltale dataObservations and tips to get started on the journey from here to MarsYou 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 Christopher Babayode and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  For more information about NoJetStress, visit us at NoJetStress.comSupport the show

Send us a textLinking 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 real audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com and registering for the next event.Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah.Stories covered on this session include -United Airlines and Archer announce the first commercial electric air taxi route in Chicago. Skift publishes their latest travel startup investment report, with news that $110m were invested in five startups this week aloneRemember the previous Italian airline Alitalia? The EU ruled this week that their state aid to the tune of €400m was illegal and they have to pay it back.Aviation history was made this when the largest plane powered by hydrogen fuel took off.A UK aviation tax cut makes little sense, but Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline is making the most of it.Our newsfeeds were clogged with the American Airlines #ndc deadline saga happening on Monday 3 April.Some travel sellers, like the the French OBT Travel Planet were confident enough to step up say they are readyBCD Travel summed up the NDC situation really wellWhilst from others, especially SAP Concur, the silence was deafening, despite questions being asked about their AA NDC offering in several posts.The #gds and airline PR machines were in full spinAnd even more bizarre "announcements" about Sabre and AA content deals, though we know it's been in place.Travelport put out plenty of posts about them also being more than ready for this change by AA, it was interesting to note we saw very little about this from Amadeus.Meanwhile, Johnny Thorsen had enough of all this (he's not the only one) and coined the phrase #TravelConfusionExtra Stories and yes.,,,SPACE NEWS!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, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at Support the show

Send us a textWelcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 13 of 2023.  This is a weekly podcast from BusinessTravel360, where we update you on what’s up this week in the world of business travel.  This podcast is great for those who need to know what’s happening all in less than 15 minutes.Topics covered during this podcast -American Airlines will launch NDC on April 3Junk Fees Prevention Act introducedOTAs spent $14B on marketing in 2022IATA leads effort to boost women in aviationBuyers concerned about AA fare accessJetBlue Airways cuts flights 4 month delay for passport renewalVirgin Atlantic & Korean Air launch codeshareTripism partners with DinovaCITI’s new travel portal goes liveAir India expands from London GatwickYatra says business travel is driving growthPorter Airlines launches new routesJW Marriott Hotel launches in MadridVirgin Orbit lays off most employeesEasyJet bets on hydrogenHawaiian & Gevo in deal for 50M Gallons of SAFFinnair adds electric ground vehiclesTune in every Monday morning to get your weekly update.  We hope you will make this a regular part of your week and listen in while you on the move or sitting back and sipping your coffee.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, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!Support the show

Send us a textThe Ben's Big Deal Podcast is for anyone interested in getting a great deal with an airline, hotel or credit card.Ben Komenkul is a points & miles expert and share's the latest information so that you can take advantage of all the big deals out there and become a points master.In this episode,  Ben discusses -Air Deal - Delta Air Lines opens up new lounge at Kansas City (MCI) AirportCredit Card Deal - Get access to 1300 Priority Pass LoungesHotel Deal - Bilt card offers status challenge to World of HyattYou 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 Ben Komenkul and was edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  For more information about Ben's Big Deal visit BensBigDeal.com.Support the show

Send us a textLinking 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 real audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com and registering for the next event.Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah.Stories covered on this session include -The story of the week surely is from SAS - Scandinavian Airlines who were planning to implement the ill-advised "wholesale" model, then postponed it by six months and now abandoning it altogether.We will be joined on Monday by Cameron Bengert from Clyde Travel Management to talk about their #ndc developments.In a fascinating post by Will Horton, it seems that US airlines this week helped put before the White House a draft order that would require foreign airlines to also avoid Russian air space. Kuwait Airways airlines partners up with Malaysia Airlines.The Indian aviation investment just keeps growing, with news that investments in airports will reach $12b. Staying with India: It seems they are not looking at increasing air traffic rights for the United Arab Emirates, despite calls by Gulf carriers, and wants its domestic airlines to offer non-stop long haul flights. Fintech platform Brex adds travel booking services courtesy of Spotnana and therefore takes on SAP Concur amongst others. In another very interesting story by Will Horton we hear how Korea is stepping in to plug the gap in US - China air traffic in light of frosty relations between the two countries.Despite recently partnering up with British Airways, South African based airline Airlink is also teaming up with Etihad.Space News - SpaceX & T-Mobile partner.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, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!Support the show

Send us a textWelcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 12 of 2023.  This is a weekly podcast from BusinessTravel360, where we update you on what’s up this week in the world of business travel.  This podcast is great for those who need to know what’s happening all in less than 15 minutes.Topics covered during this podcast -Google to launch price guarantee for flightsFAA encourages airlines to cut flightsFAA issues alert to airlinesSAS abandons wholesale modelBCD Survey:  Standards elude risk policiesLufthansa slashes commissionANA & IHG to deepen relationshipEtihad adds 3 Interline partnersBrex adds SpotnanaVirgin Atlantic & Korean Air launch codeshareStartup Air Premia to launch Newark serviceStarlux schedules first US serviceRed Roof to open 50 hotelsUnited & Archer select ChicagoMarriott opens 1000th APAC hotelSouthwest chooses Sabre's PrismTravelport introduces retailing interfaceFinnair & Neste sign SAF agreementAlaska Airlines & Shell sign SAF dealeasyJet bets on hydrogenTune in every Monday morning to get your weekly update.  We hope you will make this a regular part of your week and listen in while you on the move or sitting back and sipping your coffee.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, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!Support the show