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Travel MARKETING roundup - January 2014

By PhocusWire | January 30, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel MARKETING in tourism and hospitality for January 2014. 30 January 2014: CheapAir connects each customer with a personal travel advi Read More

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Sabre unveils plan to IPO

By Kevin May | January 21, 2014

Sabre has filed its registration for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US. The company says the number of shares to be sold in the business Read More

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GDSs acknowledge Ryanair renaissance over travel agency relationships

By Kevin May | January 17, 2014

Moves by Ryanair to re-enter the world of third party distribution through travel agencies are gathering pace ahead of an official launch of its corporate travel service. Revealed by Tnooz earlier Read More

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Five big picture travel technology trends to (re)shape the industry

By Viewpoints | January 16, 2014

At this time of year, many experts from the industry will be pondering what 2014 holds in store for travel technology and other elements of tech. They often make predictions about what we’ll see un Read More

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Ryanair wants ticket distribution via agencies, talking to all three GDSs

By Kevin May | January 15, 2014

When we said hell had frozen over at Ryanair, as it finally opened a Twitter account, we were being tongue in cheek - but it now appears the cold spell has continued in a serious way. Just three da Read More

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Brick-by-brick - China starts dismantling wall of air distribution

By Karthick Prabu | January 15, 2014

Possible game-changer alert: the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved the licenses of two foreign GDSs to sell overseas airline tickets in the country. In late 2012, Tnooz rep Read More

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Hopper opens to all, also fires up data research service

By Sean O'Neil | January 13, 2014

Last week saw the soft launch of Hopper, the long-awaited consumer trip planning engine that claims to be powered by the "world's largest structured database of travel information". Since last summ Read More

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Travel Seeker app takes advantage of LeapMotion's emerging hand gesture interface

By Nick Vivion | January 9, 2014

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Amadeus splashes out $500M on hotel specialist Newmarket International [UPDATED]

By Kevin May | December 18, 2013

Big deal in the sector - Amadeus has signalled its intent to move aggressively into the hospitality sector and paid $500 million to buy Newmarket International. Better known for its group and event Read More

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Regulatory decision close, but other moves in background with IATA NDC

By Kevin May | December 16, 2013

IATA says it expects to get some indication from US regulators in the coming weeks over approval for its Resolution 787 and "a major step in the right direction" for the NDC project. Director-gener Read More

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Amadeus decides virtual cards are back in vogue

By Kevin May | December 10, 2013

Heard something similar to this before? Amadeus has created a joint initiative with AirPlus to give travel agencies virtual credit cards for payments to suppliers. The Amadeus AirPlus Travel Agency Read More

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Why is a GDS launching an investment fund for travel startups?

By Karthick Prabu | December 6, 2013

The recent company to join the venture capital industry is none other than the GDS giant Amadeus. Today, Amadeus has officially announced its foray into (early stage) investing in travel startups t Read More

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China travel agents want more product choices and improved technology

By Karthick Prabu | November 26, 2013

The China travel market's spiralling growth and changing purchase and behaviour patterns in Chinese travellers, mean service providers are constantly fine-tuning their product and service strategy. I Read More

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Amadeus gets behind mobile project to promote Europe

By Linda Fox | November 19, 2013

Amadeus is to develop a mobile application to help promote Europe as a tourism destination. The VisitEurope mobile app is part of the 'Destination Europe 2020' joint initiative between the European Read More

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Travelport creates iTunes-style Marketplace for agent applications

By Kevin May | November 14, 2013

Travelport is the latest travel technology company to create a platform similar to the Apple iTunes appstore so agency customers can download products and services. Travelport Marketplace is due to Read More

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