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Wearables primed for the mainstream with emerging travel apps

By Nick Vivion | October 7, 2014

This weekend's THack at SFO airport was a teaser of things to come in the wearables market. Two of the concepts (see the roundup here) focused on smartwatch technologies in travel, a segment of techno Read More

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Compelling travel concepts fly into THack SFO

By Nick Vivion | October 6, 2014

The latest edition of our ongoing THack series landed at San Francisco's International Airport this weekend, taking over the impressive conference room in Terminal 2. Inspiration was everywhere, with Read More

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THack returns to San Francisco for a third year

By Kevin May | September 29, 2014

THack is back. At San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ... in Terminal 2 ... a 24-hour travel hackathon inside the airport. Join Tnooz on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 October and help change the fa Read More

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Travelport signs BCD, GTA partners with Compass, Amadeus hails GermanWings shift, and more...

By PhocusWire | September 26, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for September 2014. Friday 26 September 2014: Travelport signs long-term deal with BCD Trav Read More

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Ryanair/Amadeus: promo fares not on GDS; no US/China deal yet

By Martin Cowen | September 24, 2014

Amadeus' senior VP of distribution Holger Taubmann shared the stage with Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary at the FVW Congress in Cologne and talked over this morning's announcement that Ryanair fares wil Read More

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Ryanair signs distribution deal with Amadeus

By Martin Cowen | September 24, 2014

Amadeus has signed a deal with Ryanair and will sell the carrier's inventory through its global distribution network, the pair announced today. Tnooz broke the news at the start of the year that Ry Read More

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Concur, SAP, data and the pivoting of corporate travel

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | September 19, 2014

The rumoured bidding war is over - Germany-based SAP emerged as the victor in the battle to acquire Concur. The deal for the US expense management and corporate travel IT company was $8.3 billion, Read More

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Sabre plots hospitality growth - tuck-ins, geographic and customer expansion

By Linda Fox | September 15, 2014

Just days before Sabre announced its acquisition of Genares, chief executive Tom Klein was speaking at the Deutsche Bank 2014 Technology Conference. He will no doubt have had hospitality on the bra Read More

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As off and online travel agents feel the squeeze, a check-list to claw back some ground

By Kevin May | September 4, 2014

The reality of the so-called "friction-less" Chinese travel industry is that it is evolving so rapidly. In turn, some areas are struggling to keep up with developments such as the outrageously (in Read More

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NDC hits US at last: United taps Amadeus's XML to sell ancillaries [UPDATED]

By Sean O'Neil | September 3, 2014

Today Amadeus said that United Airlines is the first carrier in North America to adopt a new way of connecting to the company's new XML-based ancillary sales service. It is the first global distrib Read More

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THacking in China: iBeacon tracking, gesture control, route optimization, SMS itinerary manager and more

By Karthick Prabu | September 1, 2014

THack China, Tnooz's first ever hackathon in the country, attracted over 100 developers to build 23 working products based on mobile, social and wearable devices. The event, produced in association Read More

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Foreign GDS gear up for the much awaited opportunity in China

By Viewpoints | August 29, 2014

In the airline distribution segment in China, a lot of progress has been made with the support of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and IATA. Is the regulatory environment too listl Read More

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Amadeus integrates UnionPay, Multicom virtual payment for Sunvil, and more...

By PhocusWire | August 29, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for August 2014. Friday 28 August: Amadeus integrates UnionPay into payment platform Amadeus Read More

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Survey: Disruption in the travel industry is the new normal

By Viewpoints | August 20, 2014

When the industry talks about travel evolution, the discussion frequently turns to disruption. As a simple definition, disruption is any development that upgrades or replaces an outdated product or Read More

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Refund.me Sabre Red, JuneYao in Abacus, Cleartrip signs Tigerair, and more

By PhocusWire | August 14, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for August 2014. Thursday 14 August 2014: refund.me launches its app in Sabre Red App Centr Read More

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