The Travel Advisor Innovation Report will offer coverage of what the bigger players are up to, while also offering a fresh perspective and giving voice to the needs of home-based or independent travel advisor businesses.

China is expected to remain a hotbed of both domestic and international business travel. Chinese corporations are attempting to keep costs down even as the need for business travel increases.

CEO Sean Menke has turned around Sabre's performance since coming on board in 2017. No wonder investors have bid up the travel technology company's share price since then.

New CEO Benjamin Smith is trying to do something his predecessors failed at: bring Air France and KLM closer together. The two airlines need to work in sync more if the group is going to compete better with rivals in Europe.

A new direct flight from JFK to Nairobi will open up East Africa to business and tourism in positive ways. Travelers no longer need to waste time connecting in London or the Middle East, and both Kenya and surrounding countries will benefit from increased activity.

Australasia's major convention centers are undergoing significant redevelopments. They're getting bigger and better to cope with the growth of mega-meetings, delegates demanding experiences, and the need to save the planet.

David Neeleman argues that the competition won't be able to touch his new airline, which likely won't be named Moxy, because it will be so different. Plenty of other airlines will have something to say about that.

It's pretty clear whom the UK wants to do business with after it leaves the European Union. Travel headaches were eased for Americans, Japanese, Canadians, Aussies, and New Zealanders on Monday. Wait for those calls of outrage from the rest of the world stuck in horrendously long lines at Heathrow.

Istanbul is located in the right part of the world for a massive global connecting hub, so this could be money well spent. But it'll be some time before we know for sure.