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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

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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