 Top of the List: London Heathrow Serves the World's Busiest Long-Haul Routes When it comes to passenger traffic, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International is the busiest airport in the world. Several other US airports follow in this space. Yet, regarding the demand for particular routes, other airports across the globe have a greater holding. Read more |
GBTA Take advantage of GBTA’s Advanced Principles of Business Travel Management™ course to increasing your knowledge of the industry while also expanding on your professional skills. This course builds off of the Fundamentals curriculum and serves as a preparatory course for the Global Travel Professional Exam. Learn more and register today |
The Washington Post The U.S. Department of Transportation's Inspector General's office announced Tuesday that it will launch an audit to examine the causes of recent flight delays and cancellations while assessing whether federal regulators have controls in place to ensure that information reported by airlines is accurate. Read more |
The Business of Travel GBTA’s Sustainability Initiative – a program managed by the GBTA Foundation – focuses on driving climate action to create a future where global business travel can be done with a net positive impact on the planet and its people. As we move into 2023, GBTA Vice President, Mark Cuschieri, sits down with Jenny Sabineu, Chair of GBTA’s Sustainability Committee and Delphine Millot, GBTA Senior Vice President for Sustainability, to discuss priorities and concrete actions planned for the year ahead. Listen |
Business Travel Now The death of business travel demand during the pandemic may be vastly overestimated. Bill Gates speculated at one point that as much as half of business travel demand was permanently stifled in the early months of the pandemic. In recent months, discussions in the hotel industry have centered on the idea that it could be 20% below pre-pandemic levels. Read more |
Simple Flying The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finalized a rule requiring commercial airports to implement safety management systems (SMS). Over 250 of the country's busiest airports will need to devise and implement SMS within the next five years. Read more |
Hospitality Today Labor-related issues and energy/utility costs are among the top challenges on the mind of global hotel and travel industry professionals, while leisure demand and increased guest spending are seen as the biggest strengths, according to a new survey from STR. Read more |
