FBTA

Founded in 1984, the Finnish Business Travel Association is an organization for business travel buyers and suppliers, with the mission to enhance the understanding, knowledge and skills required in corporate travel and meetings management as well as procurement.

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NBTS26-raportti

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Nordic Business Travel Summit – taloutta, maailman myllerrystä, tekoälyä, riskien hallintaa, ympäristöasioita ja paljon muuta ajankohtaista polttopisteessä

Lähes 500 liikematkustuksen asiantuntijaa saapui maaliskuiseen Göteborgiin pohtimaan yhdessä alansa päivänpolttavia teemoja Nordic Business Travel Summit eli NBTS 2026 – foorumille. Göteborgin kaupunki ja Scandic Central-hotelli toimivat näyttämönä, kun pohjoismainen liikematkustuksen ja matkahallinnon väki kokoontui vuotuiseen suurkatselmukseensa.

Eero Havian NBTS26-raportti on luettavissa here.

London Underground strikes

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BBC: London Underground strike dates announced by union

Tube drivers who are members of the RMT union will begin a series of 24-hour strikes later this month in opposition to the introduction of a ”condensed” four-day week.

The first is due to be on 24-25 March with several more in the weeks after.

Helsinki Airport again voted the best in Europe by passengers

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For the seventh time, Finavia's Helsinki Airport has been voted by passengers as the best airport in Europe for customer experience in the 15-25 million passenger size category.

The Airport Service Quality Award, presented by the Airports Council International (ACI), is based on passenger ratings at around 400 airports in 95 countries. At Helsinki Airport, around 4,000 air passengers are interviewed for the survey every year.

Finavia's full press release is available at here.

Business travel personal safety

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FBTA:n matkahallintotoimikunnan matkustusturvallisuustyöryhmän webinaari Business travel personal safety järjestetään keskiviikkona 11.3. klo 9 – 11. Ohjelma valmistuu ja ilmoittautuminen alkaa lähiaikoina, varaa aika jo nyt kalenterista!

Tässäpä luettavaa odotusajaksi: BTN Europe haastatteli BP:n Travel Risk Manager Andrew Lowea
Managing business travel risk in uncertain times

BTN: Travel Risk Outlook 2026

GBTA warns against new ESTA social media rules

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The Global Business Travel Association has called upon the US government to scrap a plan to require inbound US travellers to submit five years of social media identifiers through the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA), according to a letter the association released on Friday (6 February).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bureau CBP in December published proposed changes to ESTA that would require such inbound travellers to submit five years of social media history up front, along with up to five years of prior telephone numbers and addresses, IP addresses and broadly expanded information about immediate family members.

Read the full BTN Europe article here.

Without an ETA travel permit for UK flights from February 25th

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The electronic ETA travel permit is a requirement for boarding flights or, for example, Eurostar trains when travelling to the UK, from 25 February 2026. BTN Europe: ”Another change, coming into force from 25 February, will prevent eligible visitors without an ETA from boarding their transport to the UK”.

Passengers transiting through UK airports who go through UK border control will need an ETA, unless they are transiting via Heathrow or Manchester airports and do not go through UK border control. If the transit also requires changing airports, an ETA will be needed.

The price of the ETA travel permit is GBP 16 and it is planned to be raised to GBP 20 during the current year.

The BTN Europe article can be read. here.