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July 31, 2025

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Employee Behavior Is the New Travel Risk Companies Can’t Ignore
(SOURCE: IT ONLINE)

A massive 79% of business travellers admit to taking risks on work trips that they’d never consider at home, according to World Travel Protection’s annual business traveller sentiment survey.

Whether it’s ignoring local safety advice, riding scooters without helmets, or getting into cars with strangers, these choices both endanger individuals and quietly expand corporate exposure and liability in ways most companies haven’t fully reckoned with.

 
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AVIATION

UK Air Traffic Control Failure: Airlines Demand Answers After More Than 150 Flights Cancelled (EURO NEWS)

Porter Airlines Signs Three Year Asset Management Deal With Flydocs (LARA NEWS)

Singapore Airlines and Garuda Indonesia Strengthen Cooperation (BUSINESS TRAVELLER)

HOSPITALITY

US Hotel Construction Fell for Sixth Consecutive Month (4HOTELIERS)

Dubai’s Emirates, IHG Hotels Sign New Deal Targeting Small Business Travel Market (ARABIAN BUSINESS)

From Keywords to Conversations: What Google’s Natural Language Processing Means for Your Hotel (WHITESKY HOSPITALITY)

OTHER SECTORS

Travel Executives on the Rise of ‘Interest Media’ (PHOCUSWIRE)

How India Became One of the Fastest‑Growing Business Travel Markets (SKIFT, MAY REQUIRE SUBSCRIPTION, GBTA FEATURED)

Travelport Connects Four European Distributors to NDC Content (BTN EUROPE)

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GBTA Sustainability Acceleration Challenge:
A Reality Check for Travel Managers

The GBTA Sustainability Acceleration Challenge empowers organizations globally to reduce their emissions from business travel.

Why should you participate?

  • Corporate travel managers: Benchmark your sustainability practices compared to peers and build the business case for improvements.
  • Sustainability professionals: Gain practical insights on how to deliver on your sustainability goals.

We invite companies of all sizes, in all geographies, to join us in taking meaningful steps toward improving the sustainability of their business travel program. Whether you're a GBTA member or not, this challenge is free and open to all who want to contribute to a sustainable future for business travel. Join by taking a CONFIDENTIAL maturity assessment.

 
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