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Airlines Evolve to Cater to Groups

Smart Meetings

Airlines are updating their business travel programs to be friendlier for groups struggling with last-minute changes, rising costs and reporting requirements. They can be used for travel on United’s partner airlines as well, making connecting flights easier. Old-school seat-blocking didn’t work for airlines or travelers.

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New American Airlines Fare Targets Business Travel

Business Traveler USA

American Airlines has introduced a new fare called Main Select, which is targeted at the business traveler. The new Main Select is more closely aligned with the similar JetBlue product Blue Extra, replacing the Shuttle product, which offered fewer benefits and had been available only on select routes in the Northeast. “We

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TWT: Hotel Aquarium Explodes, Travel Risk Assessment

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43% of respondents expect that security threats will have the biggest impact on business traveler productivity in 2023. American Airlines Raises the Bar for Gold Status. American Airlines has raised the bar for attaining Gold Status. International SOS.

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Airline Reporting Corporation: ARC Accreditation Options and Steps to Get It

AltexSoft Travel

Whether your business is focused on selling airline tickets, package trips, or cruises, if you want to be acknowledged as a professional in the travel industry, you need to be certified. So, ARC or Airline Reporting Corporation is a company that regulates and handles transactions between airlines and US-based travel agencies.

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Flight Cancellations by the Thousands—Does Your Travel Insurance Cover the Cost?

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In the latest setback, Southwest Airlines has been canceling and delaying domestic flights in droves for nearly a week. 9, the airline has canceled almost 2,000 flights and hundreds more were delayed, blaming a mixture of unsafe and unpredictable weather changes as well as air traffic control issues. “Las Since Oct.

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Closed User Groups in Travel: Benefits, Examples, and Best Practices to Enable a CUG Strategy

AltexSoft Travel

Closed user groups (CUGs) in the travel industry refer to a group of individuals or companies that can access exclusive rates and deals on travel products and services. For example, the Resort Inventory Group, which we’ll cover further, aggregates many membership clubs for hotels to distribute their products. Travel clubs.

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American Airlines and JetBlue Northeast Alliance Rolls On

Business Traveler USA

American Airlines and JetBlue have announced the next phase of their Northeast Alliance, with a winter schedule that offers a combined total of over 700 daily flights from Boston and New York. The strategic partnership, which was unveiled in July 2020, so far has given customers of the two airlines access to 57 new markets.