Linking the Travel Industry | Booking looks to purchase the Etraveli Group

Send us Fan MailLinking 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.Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah.Stories covered on this session include -BCD Travel announced a management tool for unprofiled travellers.SAP Concur was in the news twice:- An "overhauled" version is coming in Q4 via Sabre.- Travelport will integrate with them "in 2024"Is there a new airline coming out of Texas?Global business travel spending will surpass pre-Covid levels by next year, according to a report by GBTA | Global Business Travel AssociationASTA - American Society of Travel Advisors filed a request with the US Department of Transport against American Airlines to "restore all its content to the EDIFACT distribution channel".Los Angeles International Airport - LAX bans the sale of plastic water bottles.Will Horton does an excellent summary of Australia's foreign carrier policy and the negative impact it's been having for consumers. Investment news:- Mondee aquires Skypass Travel for $15M.- Booking.com's purchase of Etraveli Group continues to face challenges and they are doing some interesting moves to try and satisfy the EU regulators.Space News & Extra Stories.You can subscribe to this podcast by searching 'BusinessTravel360' on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, iHeart, Pandora, Spotify, Alexa or your favorite podcast player.This podcast was created, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!Support the show