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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 -

• Alaska Airlines experienced a significant IT outage this week.
• Some airlines are starting to impose look-to-book ratios in their agency NDC channels.
• London based Intello AI raises more than €575k for their AI-driven hotel concierge platform.
• American Express Global Business Travel launches a platform which allows managers and event organisers to create events, invite guests and set parameters around travel for non-employees while tracking expenses.
• Cory Garner's analysis of a recent Sabre Corporation survey highlighting that content fragmentation is worse than ever before sparks a lot of conversation and is this week's winner for the most divisive post.
• The most popular post this week is about 4 guys having a meal at a random restaurant.
• There is no winner in the "the one who got away" category except in my opinion, maybe this could go to the "no major announcements" at GBTA Convention in Denver? Or did I miss something?

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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 -

• Dutch startup GeniusTravel.M.E. raise €2M to grow its AI-powered travel planning app.
• Wizz Air pulls out of Abu Dhabi.
• Airlines for Europe (A4E) condemns a proposal by European Parliament MEPs to remove consumer choice and impose a mandatory trolley cabin bag on all passengers.
• Most engaged post of the week, Alexandra Vukolova explores the strange seatmap of China Southern Airlines’s Airbus A321 Neo aircraft.
• Most divisive post of the week: Delta Air Lines' announcement that their AI driven pricing model is working well and they will be deploying it across 20% of their domestic network by the end of this year.
• The most unnoticed, but should-have-been-noticed post of the week: Qatar Airways launched a subscription plan for their frequent flyer program.
• Extra Stories & Space News

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The 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 episode includes the following rundown:

• Personalization in Air Travel: How airlines use data to create tailored passenger experiences (0:18)
• AI's Role in Aviation: Current applications and future possibilities for artificial intelligence in air travel (6:22)
• Airport Lounge Wellness: How these spaces are evolving to support traveler health and comfort (10:44)
• Cabin Crew Impact on Wellbeing: The vital role flight attendants play in passenger experience (17:57)
• Customer Feedback Mechanisms: How airlines collect and implement passenger suggestions (28:28)
• The Sky Lounge Podcast: Alex discusses her own podcast focused on aviation (32:39)
• Travel Destination Favorites: Personal recommendations from a seasoned traveler (35:10)

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This podcast was created by Christopher Babayode and distributed by BusinessTravel360. For more information about NoJetStress, visit us at NoJetStress.com

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Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 28 of 2025. 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 under 15 minutes.

Topics covered during this podcast -

• Delta encouraged by early results of AI pricing
• June ARC Corporate Trips decline slows
• Liquid carry-on limits may be eliminated
• Avelo Airlines to cease West Coast operations
• Hawaiian announces layoffs
• Delta expands Elite SkyMiles for Business Services
• TAP Air Portugal launches 'TAP ForBiz'
• Wyndham & Grubhub partner on delivery
• Uber & Baidu partner to deploy robotaxis globally
• IndiGo codeshares with Jetstar
• Breeze Airways starts services from Burbank
• A new Hyatt Regency Times Square opens
• The Waldorf Astoria New York is back
• BCD expands partnership for Agentic AI
• Kayak for Business integrates with HQ
• Traxo adds 6 new partners to Marketplace

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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 -

• Clive Wratten exposes the true income Heathrow makes from parking charges, at a whopping £171m. He also explains to us why it failed to deliver any of the benefits propagated by the airport.
• In a move heavily criticised by airlines and IATA, 8 countries propose an ‘aviation solidarity coalition on premium flyers’, a tax on premium cabin travellers.
• Ethiopian Airlines plans to launch an Addis Ababa to Australia route.
• CWT adds a natural language query tool to their travel data analytics platform, which they claim “mirrors a real conversation” by allowing follow-up questions to give clients a deeper insight into their travel data.
• Pieter Elbers calls out Europe's obsession with green issues, saying it was hurting its airlines and holding back economies.
• The EU announces plans to spend €2.8 billion on 94 transport projects, with rail projects accounting for 77 per cent of the total spending.
• Virgin Atlantic announces major overhauls on it's products including fully refurbishing their Boeing 787 aircraft, with the end of 'coffin class', in a move that will see the number of economy seats slashed.
• Congratulations to Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline, on marking their 40th anniversary since their first-ever flight.
• Extra Stories

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Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 27 of 2025. 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 under 15 minutes.

Topics covered during this podcast -

• $12B allocated to improve ATC system
• Global Business Travel spend to reach $2.9T by 2029
• Bryan Bedford confirmed as FAA administrator
• TSA ends 'Shoes-Off' policy
• Increase in hotel cyberattacks expected
• Air India leaves Gatwick
• American creates AAdvantage Business tier
• Air France-KLM takes majority stake in SAS
• Qantas & Air France-KLM expand codeshare
• Allegiant reaches deal
• Clear expands and rebrands
• Charter carrier JSX launches loyalty program
• Hilton opens first LivSmart property
• Wyndham Hotels to open 100th hotel in India
• Oneworld playing catch-up in tech integration

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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 -

• Free breakfast and other frequent traveler perks are being stripped back by big hotel brands according to Pedro Colaco.
• Tony Fernandes at AirAsia wants to do "what no other low-cost carrier has done" with their plans to open a connecting hub in the Middle East, which will enable them to offer services from Asia to Europe on their own (narrow body) planes.
• BCD Travel has agreed a partnership with AI corporate travel assistant SkyLink to offer users a “fully autonomous and touchless travel experience”.
• Cabin baggage could soon become a legal right within the EU, and Mark Kubatov discusses this in more detail in a much commented upon post.
• Qantas admits that a “significant” number of a possible 6 million customers have had their data stolen, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers in a cyber attack.
• Airline direct connect API provider Kyte signs a distribution agreement with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays.
• Extra Stories

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Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 26 of 2025. 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 under 15 minutes.

Topics covered during this podcast -

• Corporations to cut perks not travel
• Global leisure travel market to hit $15 Trillion
• Wizz Air & Frontier top airline emissions rankings
• Qantas confirms data breach
• Supreme Court rejects American's appeal
• Hawaiian Airlines And JetBlue To End Partnership
• Oman Air joins Oneworld Alliance
• Hyatt to sell all its Playa real estate
• Condor adds three new European routes
• SAS orders 55 Embraer aircraft
• Turkish Airlines adds London Stansted service
• Jet2.com to distribute content through Kyte
• BCD Travel partners with SkyLink

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