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Welcome to The BTA Podcast. In these podcasts we will endeavour to share our thoughts, concerns, optimism and build those all-important human connections with our Partners, Members and Guests.

In this latest episode Andrew and Clive discuss Clive’s recent travels to both Spain and Australia where the BTA is collaborating with other associations following the publication of the BTA White Paper on Fragmentation. They look back at the budget and its impact on business travel, as well as reflecting on their recent visits to meet some of the BTA members and their staff. Andrew looks back at the recent Mobility Conference and both look forward to the next BTA Road Show which is taking place next week.

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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 -

• UK based Gray Dawes Travel continues their global expansion with the acquisition of Melbourne based Verve Travel Management (VTM).
• Sam Cande's sustainability consultancy company, Responsible Futures, is acquired by Greengage Solutions.
• Navitaire, an Amadeus company, introduces Stratos, a "suite of modern airline retailing solutions for low-cost carriers and hybrid airlines" according to Dave Evans, Navitaire CEO.
• Condor Flugdienst GmbH becomes the latest German airline to base their aircraft outside of Germany to avoid high domestic costs.
• The ITA Airways / Lufthansa deal is put on hold by the Italian treasury because of a last minute disagreement over the price.
• Gant Travel reminds us that the US DOT's policies requiring US airlines to issue full refunds in the event of a flight cancellation or “significant change” that is out of the customer’s control went into effect on October 28, 2024.
• Air France-KLM temporarily reduce their GDS surcharges.
• The UK Competition and Markets Authority's interim report on the proposed merger between American Express Global Business Travel and CWT concludes it will “substantially lessen competition” for large global organisations.
• Extra Stories

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Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 45 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 -

• US Travel Industry reacts to 2024 election results
• Boeing factory workers accept contract
• Expedia Group B2B revenue jumps 18% in Q3
• UK regulator finds Amex GBT-CWT deal would lessen competition
• Marriott targets 2025 rate hikes
• Amex GBT cuts $100 Million
• Gray Dawes acquires Verve Travel
• TripStax partners with Procon
• BCD & Squake partner
• IndiGo is Business Class ready
• Radisson strengthens Middle East presence
• American expands service to Italy
• Navan unlocks 200 routes with Breeze Airways
• Travelport offers TAP Air Portugal NDC content
• United Airlines adds Touchless ID

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, 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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