The Laptop Ban Cometh? — Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report

The Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report is our weekly newsletter focused on the future of corporate travel, the big fault lines of disruption for travel managers and buyers, the innovations emerging from the sector, and the changing business traveler habits that are upending how corporate travel is packaged, bought, and sold. The big news this week is the likely ban of laptops and tablets on flights from Europe to the U.S., which will present a huge disruption for business travelers if put into effect. Talks are still taking place between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and airlines flying transcontinental routes, but it seems like some form of the ban will be put in place soon. Australia, as well, has signaled it will ban laptops on inbound flights. This will likely mean security delays, traveler confusion, stolen laptops, and a serious risk of company information being accessed from devices in checked baggage. Get ready, just in case. Meanwhile, a few b