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Pandemic Impact on the Rental Car Industry Leads to Shortages

At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic demand for rental car companies dropped by 90 percent, and suppliers scrambled to cut costs. Now, as vaccine distribution begins and more travelers get back on the road, demand is surpassing the…

Unused Ticket Expirations: What You Need to Know

As we approach the anniversary of the Covid-19 travel impacts, this is also a time when some of your traveler’s unused tickets are nearing expiration as they were booked prior to the airlines offering fee waivers and extensions. This…

American Airlines and JetBlue Alliance: New Partnership Benefits

American Airlines and JetBlue announced plans for a Northeast-focused alliance last summer. They recently kicked off their partnership with nearly 80 codeshares, 33 new routes, schedule coordination and more. TI has outlined the major takeaways…
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Airlines Worldwide Temporarily Ground Boeing 777 Aircraft with Pratt & Whitney’s PW4000 Engine Following Incident

Boeing has recommended all airlines temporarily suspend Boeing 777 aircraft with the same engine type as the United Airlines flight from Denver to Honolulu that suffered an engine failure on February 20th.  The incident included the failure…

Requirement or Encouragement

How Travel and Procurement Managers Approach the Vaccination of Covid-19 before Returning to Travel Many companies are considering not only the legalities, but safety aspects, of requiring their employees to take the Covid-19 vaccine…

Travelers Face New Requirements Post-Brexit

Effective January 1, 2021, the United Kingdom officially severed ties with the European Union, and U.K. citizens faced new travel regulations as a result. The U.K. is now considered a “third country” with limitations put on the free travel…

Digital Health Passports: The Future of Vaccine Validation

Proof of Vaccination is nothing new for many international travelers to specific destinations, however, how travelers will be sharing and providing vaccine validation in the future will be changing, and likely in a digital format. What is a…

What a COVID Vaccine Could Mean for Business Travelers

Monday, December 14, marks an historic day with the delivery and first distribution of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine in the United States.  Following the FDAs approval, the first round of Covid vaccines will be distributed to 20 million…