What's Up in Business Travel - Sep 6, 2021

Business Travel 360

Welcome to the BT360 Podcast: What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 35 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 -

• BT360 announces Ribbon For Travel partnership
• IATA: Global traffic continues improvement in July
• E.U. confirms removal of United States from safe list
• Direct Travel acquires McCord Travel Management
• Philippine Airlines files For bankruptcy
• United Airlines extends unused ticket validity thru 2022
• Alaska Airlines’ employee vaccination policy
• AirAsia staff is 100% vaccinated
• Virgin offers 1Million Frequent Flyer points
• French civil aviation authorities suspend Air Antilles due to safety issues
• New York City’s Hotel Pennsylvania to be Demolished
• FCM expands to Japan via joint venture
• JTI consolidates $160m travel with FCM
• JetBlue forges U.K. TMC ties
• Iberia & Alaska codeshare deal
• Hilton plans major expansion in the Americas
• British Airways reopens first class Concorde Rooms
• Hyatt Enables free Gopuff delivery at 13 Properties
• Alaska Airlines opens San Francisco lounge
• British Airways set to launch self-service portal for corporate clients
• Mozio launches booking tool for zero-emissions vehicles
• ATPCO shifts infrastructure to the cloud with Amazon deal
• Cvent & Amadeus Partner for Instant small meeting bookings

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.
You can always find more information at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!

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