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Send us a textWelcome to Hart Inspired, the show dedicated to highlighting individuals in their pursuit of authentic leadership. We peel back the layers to uncover the roadblocks we all face, explore the actions we can take, and how to persevere toward the best version of ourselves.In this series, I sat down with amazing leaders who shared their insight on what has worked for them and what is needed today. Join us to discover how necessary effective communication and leadership skills help all generations succeed.Meet Don GatewoodDon Gatewood is co-founder and CEO of The Initiative Baltimore. Don is a Professional Leadership Consultant and the host of his own podcast Leadership and Professional Development with Don Gatewood.For 21 years, Don Brien Gatewood has led several nonprofit initiatives in Detroit and Washington DC His passion for leading teams in operations, strategic planning, communications, and more has brought value to several organizations including the Red Cross and Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit and Washington and the center of Workforce Inclusion.This podcast was created by Hartmetrics Consulting, editing and co-produced by David Castle Productions and co-distributed by BusinessTravel360.  For more information about Hartmetrics consulting, visit us at Hartmetrics.comSupport 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 -How getting the right fit candidate for business travel or Expat positions is more than just about the job Where does traveller wellness sit in a managed travel program & why Scott thinks HR is best placed to execute it.Why motivating travellers is a better strategy them demanding complianceWhat kind of cultures & support enable traveller wellnessHow do you measure traveller readiness to fly, what does that look like?How you may be sacrificing the productivity of your business travellers if you don't have a traveller wellness program fit for purpose.You can subscribe to this podcast by searching BusinessTravel360 on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, iHeart, Pandora or Spotify.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 -Hawaiian Airlines signs a deal with Amazon to operate some of their prime flights. https://lnkd.in/e7vy_ApuThe American Airlines distribution deals with all the major GDSs caused a lot of discussion this week. Apart from some, most of us saw this as extremely positive news and a very healthy approach by them on NDC content. I'll list two of the many posts on this:- By Darren from Navitas Solutions Ltd: https://lnkd.in/evXv-tT9- By Daniel Langhage from Oystin: https://lnkd.in/eAH8pEAiFeel good story of the week: There's good news out of Africa about the environmental attitude of most airlines there in this post by Juan from ForwardKeys - https://lnkd.in/ei6hn9AJWho'd have thought and extra 4 inches can result in 30 extra seats on a plane! Dirk Singer from SimpliFlying brings us this story: https://lnkd.in/eyb3WS7tWould you sit in a middle seat if you could potentially win a lottery? Virgin Australia hopes so - they've launched a lottery but it's only open to those who sit in the middle seats on their flights. Ann posted about this: https://lnkd.in/epHDveFvThe Lufthansa Group is optimistic about the uplift in travel, showing good recovery in their latest financials. https://lnkd.in/e4VeW-KXTune in every week to get your weekly update.  You can subscribe to this podcast by searching BusinessTravel360 on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, iHeart, Pandora or Spotify. Support the show

Send us a textWelcome to the BT360 Podcast: What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 43 of 2022.  This is a weekly podcast 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 -Korean Air jet overruns runwayPresident Biden targets hotel resort feesUS & Canada dispute delays Business TravelUS Hotel Rates RiseVirgin Australia launches middle seat lotterySt Martin drops Covid travel restrictionsQatar drops Covid restrictions for travelersAir Canada downgrades Aeroplan benefitsDelta Air Lines & Rex begin interliningKLM & WestJet codeshareHQ & Bolt partner in EuropeViva Air partners with DohopQatar adds routes to JetBlue codeshareAmerican signs new GDS agreementsMalaysia Airlines provides NDC contentAventri, MeetingPlay and Eventcore rebrand as StovaBritish Airways launches corporate tool for emissionsQatar & Gevo sign SAF agreementIberia launches carbon offset program___________________________________Tune 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 or Spotify.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 -Daniel from Oystin shares news about Travelport introducing changes in their agency commercial model when it comes to #ndc content. Is this the shift we've been waiting for? https://lnkd.in/eHMfk7RiEmirates' Sir Tim Clark calls for the CEO of Heathrow to resign. https://lnkd.in/eeUebvSyUnited Airlines once again appeared in my feed several times this week. They posted better than expected financial results. https://lnkd.in/egpC5JzSSteve Glenn from Executive Travel Inc. writes about how United is expanding aggressively internationally, whilst other airlines might be holding back. https://lnkd.in/en-ewuTkThey had a "snake on a plane" incident which had pax screaming and lifting their legs up in horror - just Google that one...Portugal aims to have the first all electrical airline. https://lnkd.in/eniSrvWyDespite cost of living concerns, UK travellers are buying plenty of holidays, with Travel Counsellors reporting superb results. Robert Kiernan tells us more here. https://lnkd.in/e-gWJUdPFeatured story: Andrew Crawley from American Express Global Business Travel urges airlines to be mindful of the needs of corporate clients in their pursuit of #ndc. He sends a very strong message. https://lnkd.in/eSH46a5zBonus StoriesTune in every week to get your weekly update.  You can subscribe to this podcast by searching BusinessTravel360 on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, iHeart, Pandora or Spotify. Support the show

Send us a textWelcome to the BT360 Podcast: What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 42 of 2022.  This is a weekly podcast 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 shareholders approve JetBlue mergerUS hotels 2022 leisure revenue beats 2019Airline seats could get smallerPremium airfares are up 36% from 2019American Airlines to refund $7.5 million in bag feesSpain suspends COVID-19 entry rules for travelersAmerican Airlines drops First ClassTravelport adds Agentivity and Navitas to agent desktopMarriott acquires Mexican hotel brand for $100MWestJet interlines with Pacific Coastal AirlinesFounding member Maritime Travel returns to GlobalStarRadius Travel expands partnership with ITL WorldTravelPerk joins BTASouthwest launches Referral ProgramLATAM to exit bankruptcyGlobal airline capacity to recover to 87%British Airways returns to original requirements in 2023United Airlines has a big Q3Booking.com signs partnership with ChoooseReed & Mackay steps up carbon commitment___________________________________Tune 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 or Spotify.Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!Support the show

Send us a textWelcome to Hart Inspired, the show dedicated to highlighting individuals in their pursuit of authentic leadership. We peel back the layers to uncover the roadblocks we all face, explore the actions we can take, and how to persevere toward the best version of ourselves.In this series, my guests will share their journey and provide insights, and perhaps inspire you to review your sales techniques so that you can continue to be successful.Meet Michael NortonMichael Norton is the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Accounts Division at Sandler Training. This was a position he held for 10 years prior to leaving Sandler to start his own consulting business called Tramazing, which stood for Training Made Amazing. Michael’s journey includes 12 years working with the Zig Ziglar organization including becoming the President of the company. During his career Michael has worked with individuals and organizations across multiple industries from the small and medium size businesses all the way up to the Fortune 50 Corporations and everywhere in between. Michael’s passion for developing people and leading teams will be evident as he shares stories and experiences from his personal, professional, and spiritual journey through this life.This podcast was created by Hartmetrics Consulting, editing and co-produced by David Castle Productions and co-distributed by BusinessTravel360.For more information about Hartmetrics consulting, visit us at Hartmetrics.comSupport 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 -Why business travellers and road warriors need a sustainable system for traveller wellnessHeart Rate Variability the best business traveller wellness proxy - making traveller wellness scientificHow to think of traveller wellness for business and individual benefitBreaking down the traveller wellness journey for business travellersYou can subscribe to this podcast by searching BusinessTravel360 on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, iHeart, Pandora or Spotify.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 -Lead story: Jay Sorensen talks about the Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue, and there are some fascinating insights in there. Read his post about it here, which includes a free-of-charge link to the 145-page yearbook: https://lnkd.in/eQfRgr29Delta Air Lines invests heavily in electrical eVTOL manufacturer Joby Aviation. Find out what a vertiport is in Shashank's post about this: https://lnkd.in/eaUKkawg#greenwashing - it's a thing and it's happening in our industry. I posted about a report that came out about this here: https://lnkd.in/efhGgdtr Several others also posted about it this week, including this post by Juergen Barthel where he mentions that as much as 95% of #impactinvesting is greenwashing: https://lnkd.in/ewbH-CjBDr. James Pearson shares news about Hungarian based LCC Wizz Air starting to fly from London Luton To Amman in Jordan. https://lnkd.in/eUuWK4eMTripActions raises $300m+ and is now being valued at $9.2B. https://lnkd.in/eVGy6KZSSabre Corporation and United Airlines renew their partnership. I saw this on a post by Max Zhdanov 🇺🇦 https://lnkd.in/eqdtTsWcApparently, as many as 56% of Americans show up at airports still undecided about their destinations. This according to Skyscanner, with the story brought to us by Daniel Stecher: https://lnkd.in/eem-QqhGTune in every week to get your weekly update.  You can subscribe to this podcast by searching BusinessTravel360 on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, iHeart, Pandora or Spotify. Support the show

Send us a textWelcome to the BT360 Podcast: What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 41 of 2022.  This is a weekly podcast 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 -Delta Air Lines reports record revenueTripActions valued at $9.2BCar Rental prices restrain satisfactionHackers took down US airport websitesUS doubles the number of H-2B visasAirfares had their biggest increase of 2022GlobalStar boosts China footprintEnterprise expands to South AfricaDelta adds Air+Rail in the UKDelta partners with Jobyoneworld moves to DallasWestJet & Korean Air expand codeshareDelta Air Lines increases status thresholdsNYC to DC seaplane service launchesSabre renews agreement with United AirlinesATPCO commits to 'Dynamic' offersTravelport Plus adds New NDC ContentAir Canada selects Chooose for carbon offsetsVirgin Atlantic launches SAF program____________________________________Tune 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 or Spotify.Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!Support the show