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Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 50 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.

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

• Airline Industry tops $1T in 2025
• US proposes social media inspections on visitors
• Amex tops in J.D. Power Airport Lounge study
• DOT waives Southwest's fine
• Airlines unlikely to hit 2030 SAF goals
• CTM to be dropped from ASX 200 Index
• Government mandates cuts for Indigo
• United & Delta take stakes in Republic
• Pegasus Airlines acquires two Czech airlines
• Turkish & South African agree to codeshare
• South African Airways enters codeshare with TAAG
• JetBlue opens first-ever lounge
• Uber announces plans for an airport kiosk
• Southwest pursuing network of airport lounges
• Korean Air to add Starlink Wi-Fi
• Trainline adds disruption features

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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:

• Airbus warning causes global disruptions
• Aer Lingus is considering closing it's Manchester base.
• The BTA welcomes the UK government's decision to freeze rail fares in England next year.
• Two more airlines cease to operate this week:
  ❌ Latvia'a SmartLynx Airlines Ltd
  ❌ Anchorage based New Pacific Airlines
• American Express Global Business Travel is exploring the possibility of a sale.
• The Venezuelan government revokes the operating licenses of six major international airlines.
• Ryanair shuts down their Prime membership after it costs them more than they earned from it.
• The most engaged post of the week is by Dennis Schaal about Capital One wanting to acquire the software that Hopper uses to power Capital One Travel, and to then expand their travel offering.
• Extra Stories

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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 episode, Clive and Andrew dive into several key developments shaping UK travel and mobility. They break down how the new Visitor Levy will be used to fund infrastructure improvements and discuss the UK government's sweeping rail project freeze and its implications. The hosts also recap insights from the recent Mobility Conference and share early details about the upcoming Spring Conference, including when and where it will be held. And, of course, Clive weighs in on one of his favourite recurring topics—the ever-controversial drop-off charges at Heathrow.

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This podcast was created by The BTA and edited & distributed by BusinessTravel360. For more information about The BTA visit TheBTA.org.uk

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Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 49 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.

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

• IndiGo’s crew mismanagement caused airport chaos
• CTM reveals major accounting errors
• Delta forecasts a $200 million hit
• FAA launches $12B modernization plan
• TSA introduces a new $45 Fee
• Lufthansa Group hikes GDS booking fee
• Bolivia drops Visa requirements
• Vietnam Airlines & Etihad launch codeshare
• SAS & Aeromexico launch codeshare
• Southwest & Condor partner on transatlantic
• Delta revises SkyMiles
• United makes changes to MileagePlus
• Delta & Uber debut Express Drop-Off
• American Airlines introduces AAdvantage Pass
• 'Otto The Agent' launches
• Spotnana integrates with Booking.com
• Expensify integrates with Uber

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Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 48 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.

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

• Thanksgiving breaks TSA's all-time traveler record
• Airlines are sued for selling windowless seats
• Iberia hacked, exposing customer data
• Airline tests humanoid robot as a Flight Attendant
• Airbus warning causes global disruptions
• Iberia & TAP Air Portugal cancel flights to Venezuela
• ARC: October sales down once again
• Revolut enters payments partnership with Booking.com
• Air Canada & Emirates extend partnership through 2032
• Air India reinstates codeshare with Air Canada
• Hilton revamps its Hilton Honors loyalty program
• Maldives premium airline BeOnd plans U.S. service
• Southwest expands Touchless ID
• Sabre launches gen AI chat solution for airlines
• Hotel, flight bookings coming to Google's AI Mode

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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:

• UK airline Blue Islands collapses, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.
• Hilton revamps their Honors loyalty scheme - Rob Burgess talks us through the changes.
• Rob also brings us news about Marriott Hotels launching two new payment cards in the UK, linked to their Bonvoy reward scheme:
• Google's new AI travel search function drives down the share prices in major OTAs.
• Russian hackers clone more than 4,300 travel sites in attempts to steal payment and other customer data.
• In Australia, Helloworld Travel Limited makes an aggressive bid for Webjet.com.au.
• The German government will reduce air taxes in 2026.
• Airlines are clamping down on the use of power banks on flights.
• Space News!

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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 episode: Clive and Andrew update listeners on BTA events, industry challenges, government engagement, and travel trends, highlighting mobility and rail conferences while urging member involvement as the business travel sector prepares for 2026.

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This podcast was created by The BTA and edited & distributed by BusinessTravel360. For more information about The BTA visit us at TheBTA.org.uk

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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:

• Rumours abound that LOT Polish Airlines is nearing their completion of the acquisition of Smartwings, the largest airline in the Czech Republic.
• Marriott Hotels' "bespoke stay" partnership with Sonder Inc. comes to an abrupt halt, and 48 hours later, Sonder files for bankruptcy. I saw many chaotic stories of travellers having to cut their stay short and being left without accommodation.
• Ethiopian Airlines becomes the latest airline to sign up for Sabre Corporation's Mosaic platform.
• BCD Travel and Conferma partner to launch a virtual card acceptance rating, with which travellers and travel managers can see how well a hotel is able to process virtual cards.
• Virgin Atlantic shakes up their loyalty program with an initiative called "High Five". Rob Burgess explains what it is about here, and why he thinks they've been a bit too generous.
• A financing deal done by Virgin Atlantic reveals their Heathrow slots are worth $745M.
• Revolut has partnered with SAS - Scandinavian Airlines to let EuroBonus members convert their RevPoints into EuroBonus points.
• The most engaged post of the week by miles goes to Avi Meir from Perk on his views about having a work/life balance.
• Extra Stories

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