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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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Airlines using predictive technology and AI to tackle disruption and improve the experience

By Linda Fox | January 27, 2017

Airlines and airports are investing in predictive technologies and articificial intelligence according to a new report from airline technology specialist SITA. The 'Future is Predictable' study say Read More

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Skyscanner touts Scoot deal as signal of metasearch evolution

By Kevin May | January 24, 2017

Singapore Airlines-backed Scoot will be the first low-cost carrier to have direct-booking functionality on travel search engine Skyscanner. The agreement is being seen as a significant moment in th Read More

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Jury sides with US Airways against Sabre in GDS antitrust trial of the century

By Sean O'Neil | December 20, 2016

The jury has returned its verdict in US Airways's $134 million antitrust lawsuit against travel technology giant Sabre. The airline, obelow owned by American Airlines Group, persuaded a jury in a U Read More

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Amadeus introduces the Chinese traveller 2.0

By Sponsored Content | December 6, 2016

If you asked me to describe a typical Chinese traveller ten years ago, I could have done it in less than five minutes. Back then, most travellers in China could be placed neatly in just two or three c Read More

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LSE-Tnooz event discusses when a direct booking (maybe) isn't a direct booking

By Linda Fox | December 5, 2016

Where does the intermediary's relationship with the customer end and the airline's begin and what exactly is a direct booking? When you gather travel distribution execs together, inevitable discuss Read More

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Pressure on China to open up air distribution to foreign systems

By Kevin May | December 2, 2016

The US secretary of commerce has called on China to reconsider its position on the ban on overseas Global Distribution Systems from operating in the country. Penny Pritzker, in what is likely to be Read More

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Are GDSs fit for purpose? A checklist

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | November 24, 2016

In recent months we have seen several airlines ratchet up their rhetoric against the global distribution systems (GDSs), namely, Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, and Travelsky. In particular some airlin Read More

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NDC for hotels? Amadeus calls for industry to adopt its IT standards

By Sean O'Neil | November 15, 2016

The hotel industry is fragmented, and so are the standards it uses to categorize its data. The industry would be better able to communicate with each other if its systems used common standards for dat Read More

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Amadeus touts Navitaire acquisition as group revenue for 2016 hits €3.4 billion

By Kevin May | November 4, 2016

Amadeus saw revenues for the first nine months of 2016 increase by 14% compared to the same period last year, in part due to its deal to buy Navitaire. The company bought Navitaire for $830 million Read More

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IATA predicts airline distribution revolution by 2021

By Kevin May | October 27, 2016

IATA is forecasting a fundamental overhaul of airline distribution within five years, shifting to what it calls an "active distribution" model. In a major report for the global aviation industry or Read More

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Amadeus suggests four online travel scenarios for 2020

By Martin Cowen | October 19, 2016

The latest analysis from Amadeus uses a "scenario planning" methodology to paint a picture of what the future might hold for online travel agents. But unlike many similar projects, the future Amade Read More

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