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Welcome to the What’s Up in Business Travel podcast for Week 15 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:

• JetBlue explores strategic sale
• Bleisure travel surge reshapes trip behavior
• Spain upholds €64M fine against Airbnb
• Lufthansa raises distribution fees
• United expands premium strategy
• Airlines raise bag fees as fuel costs surge
• United cuts capacity to prepare for prolonged fuel spike
• Indian airlines object to free seat selection policy
• Uber agrees to acquire Blacklane
• ITA Airways joins Lufthansa's loyalty program
• Marriott Bonvoy partners with Ethiopian Airlines
• MakeMyTrip partners with Mastercard
• Alaska unveils business class suites
• Delta selects Amazon Leo for satellite Wi-Fi
• United Airlines brings Lie-Flat ‘Couch’ seating
• Radisson Hotel Group plans 100 'Net Zero' hotels by 2030
• Wizz Air launches digital cabin initiative
• Amgine taps Prime Numbers

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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.

The episode covers the upcoming Accommodation, Meetings & Events Session, where hotel volumes, security and risk will be high on the agenda, alongside growing interest from across the sector. They also highlight the BTA’s continued lobbying on the proposed visitor levy, warning of the potential cost impact on corporates and the need for business travel voices to be heard.

Explore Ryanair’s new terms for TMCs, wider pressures across rail, air and accommodation, and the importance of keeping members informed through events, campaigning and industry debate.

Gain updates on future BTA conferences, including Aviation, Finance Sessions and the Autumn Conference in Costa Blanca.

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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:

• KAYAK CEO Steve Hafner exits his role after 22 years.
• Amadeus announce the closure of their self-service API portal.
• Due to the supply chain crisis in Pratt & Whitney engines, it has become more profitable to dismantle modern aircraft for parts than to operate them.
• Wizz Air was in the news with two big developments: They launched Wizz Link, using Dohop technology to empower customers to book more self-transfer journeys within a single booking flow.
• After a very successful trial, they will roll out Wizz Class to their entire fleet.
• The unions for American Airlines flight attendants and pilots say they’ve lost faith in management’s ability to steady the airline after another year of weak profits and poor on-time performance, and they want CEO Robert Isom out.
• AirAsia is on track to launch their Kuala Lumpur - London route via Bahrain later this year.
• Sabre, PayPal and Mindtrip, Inc. team up to work on an agentic AI travel shopping workflow solution.
• Extra Stories

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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