Linking the Travel Industry | British Airways loses control of British Airways Holidays

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 audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.comYour Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah.Stories covered on this session include -RIP Paul Byrne who passed away this week. A post about this by Timothy O'Neil-Dunne generated so many wonderful comments. My condolences to his family.Air Malta ceased operations after 50 years, and the new KM Malta Airlines took to the skies.In a slightly unexpected move, British Airways has lost direct control of British Airways Holidays, which will now be managed by IAG Loyalty. Steve Singh leads a group of investors to acquire Direct Travel for his mission of delivering #ThePerfectTrip. Travelport has laid off an undisclosed number of employees in its commercial organization.Steve Banks from Agiito becomes the new Focus Travel Partnership CEO. JetBlue increases costs for checked bags again. Hilton Hotels & Resorts has acquired a majority stake in the parent company of the luxury Nomad Hotel in London (Sydell Group), and plans to expand the brand throughout the world. Extra StoriesYou 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