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AI analysis, part 1: Travel tech giants
News / Technology
AI analysis, part 1: Travel tech giants
By Mitra Sorrells | April 2, 2018
The ubiquity of artificial intelligence is evident in the fact that the abbreviation “AI” is now a common and recognizable term.    Read More
Air France-KLM NDC Amadeus Travelport
News / Distribution
Air France-KLM inks NDC deals with Amadeus and Travelport
By Mitra Sorrells | March 30, 2018
Amadeus and Air France-KLM have reached an agreement to allow Amadeus customers to access a private channel to receive airline content without paying a surcharge. Two days earlier Travelport announced... Read More
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News / Distribution
Amadeus to design NDC platform with agency friends
By Kevin May | March 27, 2018
Amadeus has enlisted the help of Flight Centre to assist with the design and implementation of a new NDC-enabled platform for travel agencies. Read More
Amadeus takes majority control of Hiberus, changes name to Travel IMS
News / Technology
Amadeus takes majority control of Hiberus, changes name to Travel IMS
By Kevin May | March 26, 2018
Hiberus Travel IO Solutions, an inventory management provider to tour operators, is now 95% owned by Amadeus. Read More
Amadeus Lufthansa biometric boarding
News / Technology
Amadeus and Lufthansa launch biometric boarding at LAX, plan US expansion
By Mitra Sorrells | March 20, 2018
Amadeus has developed facial recognition technology in partnership with Lufthansa that is now being used by the airline for boarding at Los Angeles International Airport.   Read More
Webinar replay: How digital identity verification will finally make the seamless travel dream come true
News / Technology
Webinar replay: How digital identity verification will finally make the seamless travel dream come true
By PhocusWire | March 20, 2018
Banks, payment providers, and money transfer companies have placed facial and document recognition software at the heart of their digital transformations. The technology replaces legacy processes, suc Read More
Data shows digital traveler indecision with websites and destinations
News / Online
Data shows digital traveler indecision with websites and destinations
By Kevin May | March 15, 2018
Interesting findings shared by Travel Audience illustrate indecision by travelers when browsing for trips. Read More
Amadeus invests in real-time technology to improve airport passenger flow
News / Distribution
Amadeus invests in real-time technology to improve airport passenger flow
By Jill Menze | March 13, 2018
To help expedite traveler movement through airports, Amadeus Ventures has invested in analytics software company CrowdVision. Read More
Amadeus Video Solutions
News / Technology
Amadeus' new interactive videos encourage traveler search and shopping
By Mitra Sorrells | March 6, 2018
Amadeus has created a new solution to help travel brands, destination marketing organizations, and online travel agencies use interactive video to facilitate consumers’ travel search and shopping.... Read More
Amadeus closes in on €5 billion annual revenue milestone
News / Distribution
Amadeus closes in on €5 billion annual revenue milestone
By Kevin May | February 28, 2018
Amadeus took in almost €5 billion in revenue during 2017 after an 8.5% increase on the previous 12 months for the travel technology provider. Read More
Webinar tomorrow: digital identity verification in travel and hospitality
News / Technology
Webinar tomorrow: digital identity verification in travel and hospitality
By PhocusWire | February 25, 2018
In travel, the theory and practice of digital transformation has now shifted to incorporate the growing importance of mobile, which offers travelers convenience, in a context they are familiar with. M Read More
wrapup february 21 2018
Notated News / Technology
Travelport, Egencia, Yapta and more news briefs today...
By PhocusWire | February 22, 2018
In today's wrap-up of news in brief: Travelport adds NDC-enabled content… Egencia expands rebooking services… RedAwning debuts voice assistant… Yapta partners with Amadeus… Read More
Travel opportunities - and distribution challenges - in the blockchain
Opinion / Technology
Travel opportunities - and distribution challenges - in the blockchain
By Sara Pavan - Amadeus | February 22, 2018
In 48 BCE, the historic city of Alexandria was destroyed by Caesar’s army, including its world-famous library. Today, if a library was destroyed, its records would live on in other libraries and on the... Read More
Amadeus creates NDC-X program to drive adoption and foster innovation
News / Distribution
Amadeus creates NDC-X program to drive adoption and foster innovation
By Marisa Garcia | February 21, 2018
Amadeus has created a dedicated NDC innovation program to help advance adoption of the IATA XML-based data transmission standard and spur innovation. Experts from across Amadeus’ business will focu Read More
Travelport unveils phased roadmap to bring in NDC content
News / Distribution
Travelport unveils phased roadmap to bring in NDC content
By Linda Fox | February 20, 2018
Travelport has unveiled details of its product plans for airlines going forward based on IATA's New Distribution Capability technology standard. The distribution giant, which was first to achieve c Read More
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