Linking the Travel Industry | with Cameron Bengert from Clyde Travel Management

Published: March 28, 2023, 5 a.m.

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 real audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com and registering for the next event.

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Stories covered on this session include -

  • The story of the week surely is from SAS - Scandinavian Airlines who were planning to implement the ill-advised "wholesale" model, then postponed it by six months and now abandoning it altogether.
  • We will be joined on Monday by Cameron Bengert from Clyde Travel Management to talk about their #ndc developments.
  • In a fascinating post by Will Horton, it seems that US airlines this week helped put before the White House a draft order that would require foreign airlines to also avoid Russian air space. 
  • Kuwait Airways airlines partners up with Malaysia Airlines.
  • The Indian aviation investment just keeps growing, with news that investments in airports will reach $12b. 
  • Staying with India: It seems they are not looking at increasing air traffic rights for the United Arab Emirates, despite calls by Gulf carriers, and wants its domestic airlines to offer non-stop long haul flights. 
  • Fintech platform Brex adds travel booking services courtesy of Spotnana and therefore takes on SAP Concur amongst others. 
  • In another very interesting story by Will Horton we hear how Korea is stepping in to plug the gap in US - China air traffic in light of frosty relations between the two countries.
  • Despite recently partnering up with British Airways, South African based airline Airlink is also teaming up with Etihad.
  • Space News - SpaceX & T-Mobile partner.

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