Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 16 of 2024. 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 under 15 minutes.

Topics covered during this podcast -

• ARC: March Agency trips decline
• Delta unveils NDC strategy
• Buyers report NDC induced pushback
• India's travel and tourism industry grows
• Wyndham unveils loyalty program for corporations
• United launches preferred seat type waitlist feature
• IHG adds Apple AirPlay in 60 hotels
• WestJet launches “Extended Comfort”
• Flyers are buying what they are seeing
• Aeronology launches American NDC content
• Mastercard app adds virtual cards
• CTM adds AI to Lightning OBT
• Riskline & Travelr ID bolster traveler safety
• Air New Zealand announces new SAF purchase
• Buyers Alliance commits $200M to SAF
• EU countries on track to meet EV targets

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.

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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 -

• Qantas revamps the way customers can book reward flights with a major overhaul. However as the week progressed I spotted plenty of posts suggesting customers are underwhelmed and find it even more frustrating to use.
• In a related story, a study by Ideaworks suggests the cost of reward travel has risen sharply since 2019.
• United Airlines has scrapped the launch of two new transatlantic routes amid an audit by U.S. regulators.
• Travel Counsellors launch their first OBT for corporate customers.
• Whilst others in the region are experiencing strong growth, Oman Air filed reduced schedules and seem to be downsizing.
• The entertainment industry specialist TMC TAG is sold to private equity firm ECI Partners.
• Carolyn Pearson (Carr) brings us the shocking story about a passenger who had an utterly degrading experience when she was told to remove a breast prosthesis in a public area at Dublin Airport.
• Delta Air Lines talks about their NDC plans at the Elevate + Travel conference which was held this 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, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360. Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!

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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 is episode, Christopher discusses -

• The link between knowledge work and business travellers
• What can business travellers learn from knowledge work
• Frameworks & Concepts
• Cognitive Endurance
• Cognitive Load
• Cognitive Gears
• Mental Health tools
• Performance Enhancers
• The trip tapper trick

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

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