Amex GBT Accelerates Biz Travel Dealmaking and 10 Other Top Travel Stories This Week
Photo Credit: The Millennium Bridge is a suspension bridge in London. The pandemic has suspended business travel, but mergers are picking up with American Express Global Business Travel agreeing to acquire Expedia Group's Egencia. Flickr / Andrew Stawarz
Skift Take
In Skift's top travel stories this week, Expedia agreed to sell Egencia to American Express Global Business Travel, IHG is shedding subpar properties, travel needs to push for vaccine equity, and India's travel industry and people are suffering.
Throughout the week we are posting original stories night and day covering news and travel trends, including on the impact of coronavirus. Every weekend we will offer you a chance to read the most essential stories again in case you missed them earlier.
Amex GBT to Buy Corp Travel Agency Egencia From Expedia: The pandemic dust is settling, and now we’re really starting to see consolidation take hold in the corporate travel sector. There’s safety in numbers in the future.
Why Tourism Needs to Step Up and Push for Vaccine Equity No vaccine access for all? No tourism recovery. It's playing out already, with more lives being lost senselessly. The travel industry should act fast an
