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Amadeus closes year on a high, scoping further acquisitions if price right

By Linda Fox | February 27, 2015

Gains across both distribution and the IT solutions businesses as well as mergers and acquisition activity contributed to growth for Amadeus in 2014. Highlights for the final quarter of the year in Read More

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Startup pitch: Viajala gains traction in Latin American metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | February 24, 2015

Viajala is a travel metasearch website that focuses on the Spanish-speaking Latin American market. It is especially strong in having suppliers from low-cost carriers, airlines, and accommodations Read More

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BookingPal takes $5 million from Thayer and Amadeus for vacation rental distribution push

By Kevin May | February 18, 2015

More capital into the coffers of BookingPal following a Series B investment to the tune of $5 million led by Thayer Ventures. Joining Thayer in the round are PAR Capital Ventures and Amadeus Ventur Read More

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Airlines: think Amazon, think digital data, think revenue

By Viewpoints | February 18, 2015

Airlines are now capable of collecting and analyzing more and more traveler data including mobile app and social media behavior, session history from in-flight connectivity, travel history, and previo Read More

News / Technology

Instant versus personalized - the next travel search dilemma

By Viewpoints | February 10, 2015

When it comes to online travel, we see a constant evolution in technology. This is fuelled mostly by end-consumers’ rising expectations and the need to address key industry developments. At this st Read More

News / Online

Startup pitch: Kenavo blends multimodal with metasearch

By Sean O'Neil | February 9, 2015

Kenavo is a new metasearch website from France that is taking on the Skyscanners and Kayaks of the world by answering the question of "how do I get from A to B" a little differently. Unlike major m Read More

News / Distribution

Travelport agrees SAS deal, CouProm and Sabre, Siteminder and Sercotel, and more...

By PhocusWire | January 27, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for January 2015. Tuesday 27 January 2015: Travelport agrees new SAS distribution deal Read More

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Quietly, quietly, a Chinese online travel giant prepares to take on the world

By Martin Cowen | January 21, 2015

Last week's announcement that "Ctrip.com has partnered with Amadeus to power its global expansion" has largely gone unnoticed, despite some very clear indications that this could be a significant mome Read More

News / Distribution

Ryanair launches US site, Hotelzon in Ireland, BusBud catches Greyhound, and more...

By PhocusWire | December 29, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for December 2014. Monday 29 December 2014: Ryanair launches US site Budget carrier Rya Read More

Webinars

Festive catch-up time - every Tnooz webinar from 2014

By Kevin May | December 22, 2014

Tnooz has produced countless webinars over the course of 2014, covering everything from metasearch and payments to retailing and guest profiling. So what better way to spend those quieter days in t Read More

News / Distribution

Pivotal moments in 2014 - when Sabre changed its tune over NDC

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | December 18, 2014

There was a subtle change at Sabre HQ during 2014 - from leading the battle against IATA's NDC to embracing it. Sabre went to war against American Airlines in 2010. Furthermore, in then railed in p Read More

Webinars / Online

WEBINAR VIDEO - Travel search and shopping: Is the industry hitting the mark?

By Kevin May | December 14, 2014

A recent survey conducted by Amadeus and Tnooz highlighted that overall the industry and online travel companies in general are doing a fine job with travel search and shopping efforts, but there is s Read More

News

Hacking towards the future of travel - a judge's perspective

By Viewpoints | December 9, 2014

Fostering and sustaining technology innovation is critical for the travel industry. And the participants of Amadeus’s HACK@1050 in November were focused on doing just that. NB: This is an analys Read More

News / Technology

THack Bangalore results - creativity abounds during a weekend of frantic coding

By Martin Cowen | December 8, 2014

The second Tnooz THack Bangalore took place last weekend at the offices of HolidayIQ. In a slightly different twist to the previous thirteen Tnooz THacks, this event included a Travelport Challeng Read More

News / Distribution

Travel buyers still unsure over role and need for NDC

By Kevin May | December 4, 2014

Two and a half years since the (then) controversial New Distribution Capability project was unveiled by IATA, yet there appears plenty still to do to energise the industry. A survey of nearly 200 t Read More

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