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Available on our website and also on Spotify, Apple, and iHeartRadio, check this channel for new playlists throughout the calendar year. BTN editors will dig deep with the newsmakers and thought leaders advancing our industry. Want to suggest a topic to cover in a podcast? We'd like to hear about it. Email: podcasts@thebtngroup.com

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Host: BTN Executive Editor Michael B. Baker (5 Episodes)
The Biz@BTN launches a new podcast featuring BTN's 2024 Best Practitioners & Travel Manager of the Year. The podcast’s five episodes will dig into the innovation stories of this year's award winners, but also get their outlook moving forward. LISTEN NOW.

Episode 1: Salesforce’s Dorian Stonie, Best Practitioner
Episode 2: Akamai Technologies' Priscilla Campbell, Best Practitioner
Episode 3: Elevance Health's Travis Steed, Best Practitioner
Episode 4: Oracle's Brian Hendrickson, Best Practitioner
Episode 5: Gilead Sciences' Steve Sitto, Travel Manager of the Year


Hosts: BTN Sr. Transportation Editor Donna M. Airoldi and BTN Executive Editor Michael B. Baker
TheBiz@BTN hosts spoke with leaders from the travel management community about what’s currently going on in the New Distribution Capability (NDC) ecosystem.

The series is organized into three podcast episodes. Part 1: Airlines & Aggregators features Neil Geurin from American Airlines, Jay Richmond from Amadeus, and Tye Radcliffe from Accelya. LISTEN NOW.

Part 2: TMCs and OBTs goes over the booking, ticketing, and servicing process. Guests include Amex GBT’s John Bukowski, AmTrav’s Jeff Klee, BCD’s Thane Jackson, Encore’s Jake Jonassohn, and Spotnana’s Seth Anagnostis. LISTEN NOW

Lastly, we look at Part 3: The Buyer Journey with Oracle’s Rita Visser, ZS Associates’ Suzanne Boyan, and EAB’s Steven Mandelbaum. Discover who’s already rolling with NDC and who isn’t—but more importantly, why and how. LISTEN NOW



Host: BTN Executive Editor Michael B. Baker (6 Episodes) TheBiz@BTN hosts selected opinion contributors to expand on ideas they presented in our annual What to Watch series. Topics: Business Travel Transformation, New Distribution Capability, TMC Consolidation, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence and more.
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Episode 1: John Morhous - Do We Still Know What Corporate Travel Is? Air Date: Feb. 15
Episode 2: Paul Tilstone - 'Social Capital' As Key to Business Travel's Value Air Date: Feb. 22
Episode 3: Olivia Ruggles-Brise - Look Beyond Carbon to Biodiversity Air Date: Feb. 29
Episode 4: George Kalka - A Different NDC: Nourish, Delight and Choice Air Date: Mar. 6
Episode 5: Will Pinnell - Distribution Revolution Isn't Just for Airlines Air Date: Mar. 13
Episode 6: BTN Editors' Roundtable - M&A, Loyalty, Credit Card Legislation, OBTs, AI and Travel Accessibility Air Date: Mar. 21

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