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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 podcast episode include:

• American Airlines stops awarding miles and status points on basic economy fares.
• They have also launched a $5,000 offer which will get you immediate Gold status. This was launched so quietly earlier in December I totally missed it, but luckily I spotted Iñaki's post.
• Italy fines Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline a whopping €225m for their "abusive strategy against OTAs".
• There were 4 mergers & acquisition stories during the last 2 weeks of 2025.
• Ann's personal experiences on Brightline.

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Welcome to the What’s Up in Business Travel podcast for Week 1 of 2026. This weekly podcast is great for those who need to know what’s happening in the world of business travel - in under 15 minutes.

On this week's podcast, we cover the following stories:

• The World’s Best Business Class for 2025
• Spirit emerges & Delta holds top spot
• JFK-LAX is the top U.S. domestic route for 2025
• Italian antitrust regulator fines Ryanair
• American acquires stake in Republic
• Cvent acquires ON24
• Volaris & Viva Aerobus strike merger agreement
• IHCL & Millennium Hotels enter loyalty p.artnership
• Expedia to integrate with Alexa+
• Lyft & Uber to introduce Baidu robotaxis
• Royal Air Maroc to launch Los Angeles route
• Hyatt's Alila brand makes its Latin America debut
• Marriott hits 200 hotel mark in India
• Park Hyatt brand m.akes Mexico debut

You can subscribe to this podcast by searching 'BusinessTravel360' on your favorite podcast player or visiting BusinessTravel360.com

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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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 podcast episode include:

• Air Albania ceases flight operations.
• Croatia Airlines is getting a government bailout to the tune of €150m.
• Frontier Airlines replaces their CEO Barry Biffle after 11 years.
• And it looks like Frontier and Spirit Airlines might end up merging.
• Amtrak content becomes available in Travelport via SilverRail.
• Finnair makes a surprise route announcement with services to Melbourne (via BKK) to start late next year from Helsinki.
• Former Qantas executives and board members who hold life-time travel perks with the airline have been told they won't be able to utilize those in first class on their ultra long-haul project Sunrise flights.
• Which companies got mentioned the most in these weekly summaries during 2025? Which stories stood out for us during the #LTTI recordings?
• What are our predictions for 2026?

You can subscribe to this podcast by searching 'BusinessTravel360' on your favorite podcast player or visiting BusinessTravel360.com

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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