What's Up in Business Travel - Aug 23, 2021

Business Travel 360

Welcome to the BT360 Podcast: What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 33 of 2021. 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 less than 15 minutes.
Topics covered during this podcast -

• Survey: Most business travelers Look to match pre-covid travel levels
• US airlines record 66.4 million passengers in Jun 2021
• US extends face mask requirements to 2022
• Summer meltdown costs Spirit Airlines $50 million
• Biden does not extend $300 unemployment benefits
• Bahamas requires cruise passengers to show proof of vaccine
• Turks and Caicos requires all travelers to be vaccinated
• Singapore launches “Vaccinated Travel Lane”
• Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines require all employees to be vaccinated
• COVID-19 booster shot will be available Sept. 20
• US extends border restrictions to Canada
• Canada requires all travelers to be vaccinated
• Government of Canada to require vaccination of federal workforce
• Rex seals deal with Flight Centre
• Unruly-passenger fines now top $1M
• Avelo unveils east coast routes
• Allegiant Air introduces rewards program
• American Airlines Extends ban on alcohol in economy
• CTM returns to profitability
• Delta inks Travelport to 'Value-Based' Deal
• Amex GBT earns patents for booking and chat tech
• Virtual to replace domestic business travel for many UK companies

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 or Spotify.
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