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Despite high awareness of company travel policies among business travelers, a BCD Travel survey reveals a significant gap in compliance, with deviations often due to inflexible or unresponsive policies, highlighting the need for more adaptable and traveler-centric regulations.

Forget about self-driving cars. What about self-flying airplanes?

Friday 19 July was set to be one of the busiest days of the summer for Europe’s airports. But the world’s biggest IT outage had other plans for hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers.

Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity firm with thousands of customers globally, admitted on Friday that a defective software update had caused the major IT outage that brought airports, banks, hospitals, media outlets, and businesses to a halt worldwide.

The Federal Aviation Administration is launching an audit of Southwest Airlines after a string of safety incidents, the carrier confirmed to Skift. 

A major outage on IT systems worldwide has led to widespread problems for travellers during the busy summer season.

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A global IT outage on Friday canceled thousands of flights and forced several airlines to request ground stops, throwing travel into chaos.

Airlines around the world are grounding flights as a global IT outage impacts operations. Companies in the United States, UK, India, and Australia are among those badly affected. 

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Good morning from Skift. It’s Wednesday, July 17, and here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today. 

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Uber users in France and the Netherlands can now earn points for flights with Air France-KLM.

Ahead of the start of the Paris Olympics, Uber unveiled a series of new features, products and partnerships Tuesday, including a Flying Blue promotion that gives passengers the chance to earn miles throughout France and the Netherlands.

IATA and KLM welcomed the Dutch Supreme Court’s ruling, affirming that Schiphol Airport’s capacity cuts violated the Balanced Approach for noise management, upheld by EU law and international treaties.

Kimpton Hotels & Resorts opens Kimpton BEM Budapest, transforming a 19th-century mansion into a luxury 127-room hotel, located near Budapest’s historic attractions and offering unique design elements and upscale dining options.

Going into the Euro 2024 semi-final on Wednesday, some oft-burned England fans were convinced their team wouldn’t take the win - but they did, beating the Netherlands 2-1.

South Korea has announced the K-pop girl group NewJeans as its tourism ambassador.

Celebrating its second anniversary, Sandals Royal Curacao has enjoyed many achievements since opening its doors to eager visitors looking to explore the all-inclusive offerings of the brand’s first resort on the charming, culture-rich shores of the Dutch Caribbean.

The United States has reaffirmed its warning against travel to Lebanon due to the escalating conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, as concerns intensify about the conflict escalating into a full-scale war.

In the first half of the year, 14.64 million foreigners visited China, marking a 152% year-on-year increase, according to the National Immigration Administration.