A Busy Week for Ban News — Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report


Skift Take

As external forces disrupt the world of corporate travel, we think it's wise for travel managers to check in with employees and see how satisfied they are with travel policy.

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. Team Skift was out most of this week in Montreal participating in some bleisure activities — OK, mostly leisure — for the company's annual retreat. But that didn't keep news from breaking (frequently). Monday brought a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments on the executive order by President Donald Trump banning travel from six Muslim-majority countries. The court will take up the issue in October, but in the meantime, part of the ban will go into effect. Travelers with "bona fide" connections to the U.S. — close family, business, or academic — should not be blocked from getting visas under the current decision. So what