What's Up in Business Travel - Oct 4, 2021

Business Travel 360

Welcome to the BT360 Podcast: What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 39 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 -

• Domestic flyers may need to show proof of vaccination
• White House pushes U.S. airlines to mandate vaccines by Dec. 8
• European Airlines agree to provide refunds due to cancellations during the pandemic
• CWT readies prepackaged Chapter 11 filing
• New Zealand declares vaccination will become requirement for non-citizens
• Air New Zealand mandates vaccines for international flights
• United says the number of employees facing firings has declined
• Ireland drops mandatory hotel quarantine
• Two of the largest US Hotel Management Companies are merging
• UATP and Uber sign partnership
• Bolt expands ride-sharing service
• South African Airways & Emirates restart partnership
• MGM Resorts buys the Cosmopolitan for $1.6 Billion
• United to codeshare with Airlink
• American & IndiGo announce codeshare
• Star Alliance Member SAS is introducing two new airlines
• TravelPerk buys sustainability consultancy Susterra
• CTM unveils Duty-Of-Care and approval workflows
• Egencia launches AI-powered hotel rate cap feature
• Sabre launches SynXis Property Hub

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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