{"id":57953,"date":"2025-04-28T16:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/57953\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:56:09","slug":"bt4europe-urges-eu-to-ditch-outdated-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/57953\/","title":{"rendered":"BT4Europe urges EU to ditch \u2018outdated\u2019 regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>European travel buyers\u2019 network BT4Europe has urged the European Commission to ensure that upcoming new laws make travel \u201cefficient and competitive\u201d for firms.<\/p>\n<p>The EU is currently reviewing several new initiatives that will impact business travel in the coming years. These include Multimodal Digital Mobility Services (MDMS), the Single Digital Booking and Ticketing Regulation (SDBTR) and the Code of Conduct for Computerised Reservation Systems (CRS).<\/p>\n<p>MDMS covers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstravelnewseurope.com\/Ground-Transport\/Travel-groups-urge-EU-not-to-water-down-MDMS\" ek-link=\"true\" title=\"how transport services are displayed and sold on digital platforms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how transport services are displayed and sold on digital platforms<\/a> and SDBTR is aimed at simplifying rail travel and booking process across the EU.<\/p>\n<p>BT4Europe said it backs \u201ccomprehensive\u201d implementation of an MDMS framework that includes booking capabilities, regulation of cross-border transport services and \u201ctransparent filtering\u201d mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>It also endorses the political guidelines from commission president Ursula von der Leyen, which emphasise that\u00a0&#8220;people should be able to use open booking systems to purchase trans-European journeys with several providers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the commission is evaluating whether the CRS Code of Conduct remains effective or should be amended or completely replaced. BT4Europe said that this code is \u201coutdated and no longer fit for purpose\u201d and needs to be revised to \u201creflect today\u2019s technological landscape and commercial practices\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lotten Fowler, who chairs BT4Europe\u2019s economic impact working group, said: &#8220;To drive sustainable, seamless and competitive business travel in Europe, BT4Europe believes we urgently need digital mobility frameworks that reflect the realities of today\u2019s travel ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;BT4Europe is clear: outdated regulation risks stifling innovation. It\u2019s time to align EU policy with the digital needs of modern business travellers.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European travel buyers\u2019 network BT4Europe has urged the European Commission to ensure that upcoming new laws make travel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,16648,5642,13135,53,30387],"class_list":{"0":"post-57953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-ground-transport","12":"tag-management","13":"tag-rss2","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-travel-management"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114416647085469430","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}