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The NoJetStress Podcast is a traveler wellbeing podcast for frequent business travelers covering health and peak performance on the road as well as to help business travelers maintain optimal health and avoid burnout no matter how much they travel. Christopher Babayode, a Corporate Travel Wellness Expert shares his insights on Traveler Wellness.

This episode includes the following rundown:

• Special guest Danielle Riddle, CEO of Inspired Travel Group, joins to discuss human-centric corporate travel.
• Explore why anticipating traveler needs and personal service is making a comeback in business travel.
• Danielle shares her journey from Australia to Canada and building a people-first travel company.
• Learn how Inspired Travel’s dedicated agents and tailored policies boost traveler wellbeing and productivity.
• We dive into the balance between AI and the human touch in travel management.
• Real-life crisis stories: how Inspired Travel gets travelers home, even in tough conditions.
• Discover why wellness-focused travel policies are a competitive advantage for companies

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This podcast was created by Christopher Babayode and distributed by BusinessTravel360. For more information about NoJetStress, visit us at NoJetStress.com

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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 session include -

• Sabre Corporation sells it's hospitality business unit to asset firm TPG for $1.1b.
• ... and Gray Dawes Travel announce they have selected Sabre as their single global GDS provider.
• There's been a 40% increase in issues relating to pax electronic devices impacting flights, the latest being the diversion of a Lufthansa A380 due to an iPad stuck in a seat.
• Revolut is taking on American Express with plans for a rewards card of their own.
• Five Brand USA board members get removed from their posts.
• Uniglobe Travel International LP expand their footprint in a deal with ITP - International Travel Partnership | Hickory.
• The African Space Agency is officially inaugurated.
• American Airlines are suing JetBlue for $1M
• ...whilst rumours about a United Airlines / JetBlue partnership emerge.
• Lufthansa will stop on-board physical duty free sales on their long-haul flights.
• Virgin Atlantic, Turkish Airlines and Pegasus Airlines all announce they will not return to Tel Aviv.

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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 session include -

• A Delta Air Lines Airbus encountered an engine fire whilst on the ground at Orlando Airport; the flight was evacuated safely with no injuries.
• The US Federal Aviation Administration has mandated a $3.4 million fleet-wide fix for defective Boeing 737 lavatory door latches following multiple passenger entrapments.
• Trainline increases it's Spanish presence by purchasing online train and bus booking platform Trenes.com
• Partnership Travel Consulting, LLC can now audit airfares for both managed and unmanaged bookings made by their clients, as a result of a partnership with Traxo.
• Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC announces Air China as a launch customer for their wide-body aircraft, the C929.
• IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd) teams up with popular Indian food delivery and dine-out booking provider Swiggy, allowing Bluchip members to earn points which can be redeemed to book IndiGo flights.
• Delta Air Lines' partnership with Uber went live this week.
• Pakistan closes it's airspace to Indian flight operators as a result of rising tensions between the two nations. It adds substantial flight times to as many as 100 flights a day.
• Extra Stories

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Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 17 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 -

• Plane tickets are getting cheaper
• Air passenger demand grows in March
• Inbound US Business Travel steady
• Hilton sees that SMEs are resilient
• JetBlue negotiates partnership with United Airlines
• American sues JetBlue
• Marriott acquires citizenM
• Sabre sells hospitality business
• Delta partners with Uber
• Etihad & China Eastern to JV
• Delta & Latam add Argentina to JV
• United opens expanded Polaris at O'Hare
• Etihad launches Etihad for Business
• Southwest to rebrand fare bundles
• Singapore Airlines partners with OpenAI
• Sabre adds Iberia NDC Content
• Amadeus to distribute Frontier NDC content

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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 session include -

• A deal agreed last year between Ryanair and Expedia Group to have their content distributed via the group's range of portals went live this week.
• Sabre Corporation and CellPoint Digital, a payment provider, sign an agreement to "Strengthen (the) Airline Payments Ecosystem".
• Daniel Boyle gives us a summary of the impact to the aerospace industry of the latest developments in US trade policies.
• Revolut receives approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate their prepayment services across all of India.
• American Airlines will offer free in-flight WiFi to their frequent flyers, starting in 2026.
• Ryanair suggest it might consider the Chinese COMAC C919 jet as a replacement for Boeing 737's.
• United Airlines reports record Q1 2025 revenue of $13.2b whilst also reducing domestic flight capacity by 4%.
• LATAM Airlines announce their latest GDS distribution fee model, also adding surcharges for some NDC fares.

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Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 16 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 -

• Gunmen kill at least 26 tourists in India
• March US Hotel Rates increase again
• Tourism associations report decline
• FTC sues Uber
• Omni launches SME Business Travel Program
• Gov't Hotel demand drops
• Latam Airlines adjusts GDS surcharges
• United invests in JetZero
• Trainline acquires Trenes
• JetBlue & JAL add reciprocal point redemption
• BermudAir launches flights from Charleston
• Alaska & Hawaiian to Co-Locate
• American Airlines unveils redesigned mobile app
• Alaska Airlines increases San Diego service by 30%
• Mesh adds Sabre NDC Content
• Mobile biz travel card allows visa-free entry to 19 APEC states
• ATPCO envisions Product Catalog

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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 session include -

• A United Airlines flight diverted to Washington Dulles Airport on 3 April after galley oven smoke filled the cabin, marking the fifth such incident among major U.S. carriers in 2025.
• A wing collision at Washington's Reagan Airport on 10 April involving an American Airlines flight. This marks the third similar event at this airport since 2022.
• A sight seeing helicopter crashes in the Hudson River in New York, with six fatalities. Caution: distressing video in this link.
• Ted Christie steps down from his role as Spirit Airlines CEO.
• Carmen S. writes about American Airlines's move to bring airport service staff numbers down this summer, instead of up.
• US airlines Republic Airways and the holding company of Mesa Airlines, Inc. are combining in an all-stock deal.
• Greek air traffic controllers went on strike on 9 April, causing substantial flight cancellations in the area.
• India and China are in talks to resume direct flights between them.
• Virgin Australia reveals they have identified more than 60,000 customers who may have been overcharged over a five year period, and that they will be refunding those affected.

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Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 15 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 -

• Travel sales remain flat while number of trips increase
• Travel industry confidence plummets
• Hoteliers could increase revenue by 12%
• No Real ID? Flyers should get to airports early
• Hertz vendor breach exposes customer data
• Austrian & SAS - Europe’s most punctual
• NY helicopter tour company shuts down after crash
• Lyft acquires European taxi app Freenow
• Traxo & Traverse team up
• Singapore Airlines & ANA deepen joint venture
• American to offer free Wi-Fi in 2026
• SAS to offer Business Class within Europe
• Southwest to debut expanded legroom seats on May 1

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