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New requirement for travel to Belgium
Carlson Wagonlit Travel has learned the Belgian government implemented a program April 1 that requires international business travelers working in Belgium for more than five consecutive days in a month to register before entering the country.
The program, called Limosa, requires a traveler’s employer, or a third party, to register the traveler on their behalf. A Limosa-1 certificate will be electronically generated upon registering. This certificate must be printed and carried by the traveler on their trip to Belgium, as they may be asked by their Belgian client to produce their certificate.
Limosa is meant to reduce illegal employment in Belgium by requiring that the traveler’s employer provide details on why the traveler is in Belgium and where the traveler will be while in the country, as well as other financial disclosures. Failure to comply with the program may result in penalties for a traveler’s employer and for the hosting Belgian company. Specifically, the traveler’s employer could face up to two years of imprisonment and a fine of $8,000 USD.
CWT has taken several steps to accommodate this new policy. Specifically:
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By April 20, CWT will have implemented a process by which travelers ticketed to a Belgian destination will be notified of Limosa when an agent-initiated, or phone, reservation is made and the requirement will also be included in remarks on the agent-generated itinerary. Travelers will be instructed to contact their organization’s corporate travel department to initiate the registration process.
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For CWT Horizon international bookings for Belgium travel, the Limosa requirement will be added to remarks on the travel itinerary. CWT is investigating the capabilities of various third-party online booking tools (e.g. GetThere, Cliqbook, etc.) regarding notification of this new requirement for travelers.
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CWT will contact individual travelers who have made reservations since April 1 but prior to the implementation of CWT’s notification process to advise them of this new policy. Travelers should contact their organization’s corporate travel department to initiate the registration process.
Travelers should direct any questions about Limosa to their organization’s corporate travel department.
Sources: Carlson Wagonlit Travel, www.limosa.be, Business Travel News
British Airways expands operations at London City Airport
British Airways recently launched a new subsidiary, called BA CityFlyer, which increased by more than 70 percent its operations at London City Airport. BA CityFlyer operates 250 flights each week between London and six destinations – Glasgow, Scotland; Zurich, Switzerland; Edinburgh, Scotland; Frankfurt, Germany; Madrid, Spain; and Milan, Italy.
Business travelers may be especially interested in a same-day return option, which provides flights between London and Glasgow or Zurich for a full business day, with a return flight that night.
“London City Airport will be a major focus for us over the next few years,” said Peter Simpson, BA CityFlyer managing director designate. “It is an increasingly popular base for customers, easy to use and conveniently located for the growing business districts of Docklands and [London].”
Sources: British Airways, just4airlines.com
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