What's Up in Business Travel | American Airlines Ditches Preferred Agency Plans

Welcome to What’s Up in Business Travel for Week 24 of 2024.  This is a weekly podcast from BusinessTravel360,  where we update you on what’s up this week in the world of business travel.  This podcast is great for those who need to know what’s happening all in under 15 minutes.

Topics covered during this podcast -

• American ditches Preferred Agency plans
• Elliott Investment takes $1.9B stake in Southwest Airlines
• Southwest Boeing 737 Max sustains damage from 'Dutch roll'
• Travel satisfaction drops in priority
• 76% of hotels are understaffed according to AHLA
• Cvent acquires Reposite
• DOT approves JetBlue & British Airways codeshare
• Turkish Airlines codeshares with Air China
• Alaska expands British Airways partnership
• JetBlue to fly from NY's Long Island
• IndiGo introduces hotel booking
• Virgin adds Toronto & expands WestJet codeshare
• Apple’s Siri gets AI for trip planning
•  Mystifly launches Air Selling platform
• Spotnana connects with Kyte API

Tune in every Monday morning to get your weekly update.  We hope you will make this a regular part of your week and listen in while you on the move or sitting back and sipping your coffee.

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