Linking the Travel Industry | American Express acquires Expense Technology - Center

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 -

• Guy Fisher's post about his almost 2 hour hold with an unnamed airline to complete a simple change to his booking creates plenty of discussion.
• The French government's much talked about increases in taxes on flights took effect this week.
• Expedia Group makes a round of job cuts.
• Snowfall (now Junction) enters into liquidation with debts of £10.5m.
• The American Express Global Business Travel / CWT deal receives approval from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.
• Jay Shabat provides a graph comparing Q4 2024 operating margins amongst major airlines, highlighting by how much International Airlines Group (IAG) outperformed both Air France-KLM and Lufthansa.
• American Express announces the acquisition of payment and expense tech provider Center (getcenter.com).
• Shortly after Pieter Elbers reveals that he wishes IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd) could fly to Amsterdam, they announce two new long haul routes: Manchester and Amsterdam. They will start serving these destinations in July with a Boeing Dreamliner wet leased from Norse Atlantic Airways.
• Extra Stories
• Space News!

You can subscribe to this podcast by searching 'BusinessTravel360' on your favorite podcast player or visiting BusinessTravel360.com

This podcast was created, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy!