Linking the Travel Industry | UK Starts Investigation into AmexGBT's Acquisition of CWT

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 -

• In a shocking development, FTI GROUP, Europe's third largest tour operator, files for insolvency. 
• Start-up European rail operator Midnight Trains has abandoned plans to launch night services from Paris to destinations around Europe after failing to secure enough funding.
• The UK's competition watchdog starts an investigation into American Express Global Business Travel's planned acquisition of CWT.
• UK based ground transport platform Jyrney has announced a new partnership with chauffeur service provider Blacklane.
• Air France-KLM postpones GDS surcharges for a 4th time. 
• Indian OTA ixigo announce an IPO, hoping to raise around $90m.
• Amadeus announces a partnership with hotel group Accor. 
• PLAY airlines announce the expansion of their partnership with Dohop to launch the PLAY Connect retail platform.
• Spain's Consumer Protection Ministry fines four airlines (Ryanair, easyJet, Vueling Airlines and Volotea) over €150 million for allegedly "abusive" policies, including on carry-on baggage.

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