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Amadeus further boosts hospitality arm with acquisition of Hotel SystemsPro

By Linda Fox | August 3, 2015

Amadeus is building out its hotel industry services through the acquisition of Hotel SystemsPro, with terms of the deal undisclosed. The purchase has been made by Amadeus-owned Newmarket, which was Read More

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Amadeus air flies, but hotels and rail stay under the radar

By Martin Cowen | July 31, 2015

Amadeus has reported a strong six months, operationally and financially, with airlines still dominating the business. Topline results for the six months to end-June show overall revenues up 14.2% t Read More

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Aeroflot moves to cut costs, scraps credit card payments via GDSs

By Kevin May | July 24, 2015

Nowhere near on the scale of recent shenanigans involving Lufthansa, but another major carrier is trying to make life difficult for some intermediaries. Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has changed i Read More

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Amadeus buys property management system Itesso

By Kevin May | July 21, 2015

Dutch property management system provider Itesso is the latest company to be acquired by Amadeus to boost its hospitality IT portfolio. The deal announced today for the 20-year-old-company has no t Read More

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Lawyers seize on an alleged PowerPoint gaffe by a GDS representative

By Sean O'Neil | July 17, 2015

In New York this week, a set of 21 airline passengers filed suit against Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport, the world's three largest global distribution systems (GDSs) for airline tickets. The class Read More

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Lufthansa accused of not understanding business travel (or ignoring needs of corporates)

By Kevin May | July 17, 2015

Lufthansa Group has been invited to talks with a group of 100+ business travel agencies and corporate buyers to iron out issues surrounding the controversial GDS tax. The "high-level industry deleg Read More

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Amadeus and UNWTO partner for door-to-door project

By Linda Fox | July 15, 2015

Amadeus and UNWTO say they are developing the prototype for a door-to-door planning and ticketing system following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two. The aim of the multi Read More

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Lufthansa claims it is on solid legal ground over GDS tax move

By Kevin May | July 14, 2015

No surprises that Lufthansa's announcement in early-June that it would be imposing a Euro 16 levy on bookings made via GDSs has turned into one of the big issues of the year. The move has been labe Read More

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To ease ticket exchanges, Amadeus swallows ADMs, hires preparers

By Sean O'Neil | July 14, 2015

For a travel agent, exchanging unused airplane tickets is like rescuing a mermaid. It's something satisfying to do once in a while, but not something you would want to do twenty times a week. Today Read More

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A defining moment for measuring ancillary revenue?

By Martin Cowen | July 14, 2015

IdeaWorks has released a summary of its latest look at airline ancillary revenues, saying that it will change its definition to include fare families. The headline findings from 2014 come as little Read More

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Travelport nails China coup with Alitrip link-up

By Martin Cowen | July 6, 2015

Alibaba Group's standalone travel business Alitrip has signed "a content and data partnership agreement" with Travelport. The deal has a number of strands. In terms of content, there is an option f Read More

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Amadeus claims Lufthansa has lost the trust of the industry

By Kevin May | July 3, 2015

Amadeus has slammed Lufthansa for its "aggressive and unilateral" decision to impose a tax on tickets sold via global distribution systems. The attack comes in a letter obtained by Tnooz to Amadeus Read More

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Amadeus acquires airline hosting firm Navitaire for $830M

By Sean O'Neil | July 1, 2015

Amadeus said today it is acquiring Navitaire, a low-cost hosting platform for airlines that is especially popular with low-cost carriers, from its owner, Accenture, for $830 million. Navitaire help Read More

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Distribution giants start making good on travel intelligence gaps

By Linda Fox | July 1, 2015

Amadeus has unveiled a travel intelligence service to provide the agent community with insight into business growth and potential market opportunities. Central to the Agency Insight service is the Read More

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SiteMinder pockets ICG, Swiss clocks in with Travelport, Hotelzon drives with Cabforce, and more...

By PhocusWire | June 30, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for June 2015. Tuesday 30 June 2015: SiteMinder pockets ICG Software for distribution T Read More

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