Linking the Travel Industry | FAA Grounds All Flights in the US

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 -The big news of the week no doubt was about an FAA computer glitch which briefly grounded flights in the US. Despite positive news in business travel from elsewhere, it seems hotel bookings in Europe dropped in the last few months of 2022. For many countries, especially in South East Asia, opening up to Chinese travellers is a huge gamble with equally big returns.Business travel is booming. Stocks of US carriers are shooting up with American Airlines this week saying it will outperform pre-2019 levels soon. Travel Counsellors are saying they see a whopping 52% growth on pre-pandemic levels.Overcrowding at airport lounges has Delta Air Lines taking steps to deal with this by not allowing their own staff in their lounges anymore.Staying with CNBC, here's some interesting reading about the $18b aircraft paint industry.Bonus StoriesAnd....Space NewsTune in every week to get your weekly update.  You can subscribe to this podcast by searching BusinessTravel360 on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, iHeart, Pandora or Spotify.This podcast was edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360Support the show