Linking the Travel Industry is a business travel podcast where we review the top travel industry stories that are posted on LinkedIn by LinkedIn members.  We curate the top posts and discuss with them with travel industry veterans in a live session with real audience members.  You can join the live recording session by visiting BusinessTravel360.com and registering for the next event. Your Hosts are Riaan van Schoor, Ann Cederhall and Aash Shravah. Stories covered on this session include - Red tape and extraordinary regulations by the Federal Aviation Administration ground United Airlines' new Airbus A321neos because the no-smoking signs cannot turn off. Two great articles by Dennis Schaal this week: - This one about the losses incurred by Expedia Group with their sale of Egencia to American Express Global Business Travel. - ...and one about Airbnb's latest earnings report. Malawi follows the current trend in Africa and lifts visa restrictions for 79 countries.TRAVELTECH.VC announces a second fund aimed at European travel tech startups, for which they hope to raise €50m.More virtual payment card news: Mastercard strengthens ties with Booking.com to accelerate the use of virtual payments especially in B2B payments. Chiara Quaia at Mastercard is very excited about this.Rumours about a merger deal between Flair Airlines and Lynx Air started to emerge.Ryanair partner of the week: It's TUI!++ Extra StoriesYou can subscribe to this podcast by searching 'BusinessTravel360' on Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, iHeart, Pandora, Spotify, Alexa or your favorite podcast player. This podcast was created, edited and distributed by BusinessTravel360.  Be sure to sign up for regular updates at BusinessTravel360.com - Enjoy! Support the show