BTN's What to Watch 2024
BTN's What to Watch 2024
Business Travel News
BTN Executive Editor Michael B. Baker hosts opinion contributors to expand on ideas they presented in our annual What to Watch series. Topics: Business Travel Transformation, New Distribution Capability, Travel Management Company Consolidation, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence and more. LISTEN NOW.
2024 What to Watch - Editor Roundtable
BTN editors staff tackle key issue facing the corporate travel: Mergers and acquisitions, loyalty, credit card legislation, artificial intelligence, online booking tool functionality, travel accessibiltiy.
Mar 22, 2024
50 min
2024 What to Watch 05 - Will Pinnell - Distribution Revolution Not Just for Airlines
HRS SVP and Managing Director for the Americas talks with BTN Executive Editor Michael B. Baker about attribute based selling for hotels and why the retailing and personalization revolution won't be limited to the airline industry.
Mar 14, 2024
23 min
2024 What to Watch 04- George Kalka - A Different NDC Nourish Delight Choice
Thought NDC meant New Distribution Capability? Think again. Fox World Travel exec George Kalka dives into the concept of traveler wellness and productivity with Nourish, Delight and Choice.
Mar 6, 2024
17 min
Podcast Episode 03-Olivia Ruggles-Brise - Thinking Beyond Carbon
If you measure sustainability of your business travel program solely by your carbon footprint, you're not getting the whole picture. Hear from BCD Travel VP of sustainability Olivia Ruggles-Brise on the importance of biodiversity in combating climate change, the efforts to measure it and where the business travel industry can make the biggest impact.
Feb 28, 2024
18 min
2024 What to Watch 02 - Paul Tilstone - 'Social Capital' Key to Business Travel's Value
Social capital as key to business travel value. Festive Road's Paul Tilstone defines the term and talks with host BTN Executive Editor Michael B. Baker about how and why it could be measured.
Feb 21, 2024
22 min
2024 What to Watch 01 - John Morhous - Do We Still Know What Corporate Travel Is
Special guest Flight Centre chief experience officer John Morhous kicks off our What to Watch series with and existential crisis. Do we still know what corporate travel is? Compliance? Policy? Podcast host and BTN executive editor Michael B. Baker jumps into the abyss with Morhous for 27 minutes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 14, 2024
27 min