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Travelport signs with CityBookers and Go4Travel, CheckMyBus with Skyscanner, and more...

By PhocusWire | April 27, 2017

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel distribution in April 2017. Thursday 27 April 2017: CityBookers signs with Travelport The Kuwait-based online travel agency wi Read More

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Daimler aims to take the complexity out of corporate travel

By Michele McDonald | April 27, 2017

Travelers often think it’s important to see all the available options for a trip, but a new project at Daimler, the huge German car and truck manufacturer, gives the lie to that assumption. Called Read More

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Amadeus stakes claim to first virtual reality search and booking service

By Kevin May | April 25, 2017

Virtual reality will help travel companies become the "next generation retailers" - that's the rallying cry from one travel tech provider this week. A developer at Amadeus-owned Navitaire in the US Read More

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Travelsky financials show stronger growth in 2016 than western peers

By Martin Cowen | April 21, 2017

Travelsky's 2016 annual report highlights the scale of the business and the range of services it is currently offering to China's airlines, airports and agents, with a hint that it might be looking at Read More

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Ukrainian Airlines slams on fees for every booking channel, but website is cheapest

By Kevin May | April 21, 2017

Ukrainian International Airlines is to impose a $9 surcharge on every booking made through the world's Global Distribution Systems. The fee on each segment made on tickets bought via Amadeus, Trave Read More

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The seamless travel ideal is now virtually a reality

By Marisa Garcia | March 29, 2017

Seamless travel, the idea of a smooth journey from your home to your destination and back uninterrupted by multiple process and identity hurdles, is evolving from a lofty concept to a near-future real Read More

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Travelaer raises €4.3 million to improve online customer experience

By Kevin May | March 29, 2017

Product development and geographic expansion are on the schedule for Travelaer after it raised a €4.3 million funding round. The money has come from lead investor Entrepreneur Venture and with Plei Read More

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Tech and distribution at heart of one of biggest ever projects in travel

By Kevin May | March 24, 2017

Lots of attention goes on the expansion of aviation routes and the growing levels of connectivity with the traveller community. But rail rarely gets a look-in. If it does, this is often with a f Read More

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Amadeus flexes startup support muscles, backs Flyr and Betterez

By Kevin May | March 13, 2017

Amadeus is putting more money into travel startups through its Amadeus Ventures division - this time backing Betterez and Flyr. The undisclosed investments join its backing of a number of travel st Read More

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Why online travel companies don’t have a second to spare

By Viewpoints | March 8, 2017

Two seconds in the space-time continuum does not seem long. But as with most things in life, everything is relative. Most of us would happily spend minutes talking to a friend or hours watching a m Read More

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Sabre's CFO bangs the drum for the joined-up PSS/GDS

By Martin Cowen | March 3, 2017

Sabre's CFO Rick Simonson has outlined the importance of using insights from its passenger reservation and airline IT products to help airlines sell via the direct and indirect channel. Speaking at Read More

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Finnair pilots NDC tech with Skyscanner

By Linda Fox | February 28, 2017

Finnair is piloting technology with Skyscanner enabling consumers to complete their booking without leaving the metasearch platform. The technology has been developed by Amadeus and is based on IATA' Read More

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Jumia Travel's aim to become the one stop shop for Africa takes flight

By Martin Cowen | February 26, 2017

Jumia Travel, one of Africa's leading online hotel booking sites, is now selling domestic, intra-regional and international flights via partnerships with suppliers including Amadeus. Paul Midy, CEO Read More

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Navitaire deal helps take Amadeus to record annual revenue in 2016

By Kevin May | February 24, 2017

Amadeus has credited its acquisition of Navitaire as contributing to a 14% upswing in revenue during 2016. The distribution and IT giant posted a €4.473 billion figure for full year, with EBITDA co Read More

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IHG sees mobile traffic overtake desktop

By Martin Cowen | February 20, 2017

InterContinental Hotels Group's 2016 financials show that bookings via its direct channels are up 5% year-on-year. Talking to analysts, CEO Richard Solomons said that "consumers understand the bene Read More

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