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Amadeus reports single-digit growth across key metrics for 2013

By Karthick Prabu | November 13, 2013

Amadeus reported its financial and operating results for the first nine months of 2013, with adjusted profit for the period up 6.3% to Euro 511.2 million. Revenue across both IT and GDS divisions i Read More

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Yapta tops up Series D with $2 million additional investment

By Nick Vivion | November 13, 2013

Yapta, known for its FareIQ technology that helps accurately track airfare pricing, has added more cash to their Series D round. The round brought in an additional $2 million in financing, and was Read More

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Five things you need to know about African online travel industry

By Karthick Prabu | October 29, 2013

Amadeus and World Wide Worx conducted research about the African online travel industry, identifying five trends which they believe are shaping the market. The study was conducted among 1,045 busin Read More

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How technology is revolutionizing the customer experience in travel

By PhocusWire | October 27, 2013

[Go here for the recording and slides from the event] Today's traveler has evolved beyond simply picking a destination and booking a flight to fueling the entire experience using technology. Fro Read More

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Korea travel industry needs technology upgrade to become a game-changing market

By Karthick Prabu | October 22, 2013

Korea travel sector has to continue investing in infrastructure in order to handle the growing number of travellers, reveals a study by Amadeus in partnership with Frost & Sullivan. The study t Read More

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Amadeus says IATA plan to modernize distribution is no panacea

By Viewpoints | October 21, 2013

The New Distribution Capability (NDC) is an additional treatment, but not a panacea, to modernize distribution of airline content. NB: This is a guest viewpoint by Decius Valmorbida of Amadeus, the Read More

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Big travel data meets curious minds at THack Boston

By Nick Vivion | October 19, 2013

Tnooz has decamped to Boston for our latest THack, which is addressing an exciting and continually challenging area of the travel business: big travel data. With access to several large databases f Read More

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Getting hotel search on the web past the dreaded Meh

By Viewpoints | October 16, 2013

Let's face it - hotel search today is not very different today from the gunky prototypes that sprouted at the dawn of the internet. NB: This is a viewpoint by Max Rayner, a partner at Hudson Crossi Read More

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Travel agents increase use of GDS but hotel rate parity impacts booking preferences

By Karthick Prabu | October 15, 2013

There are two channels that travel agents use more than in the past - none other than the GDS and hotel/chain websites, reveals a study. Market research company Phoenix Marketing International and Read More

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Why the New Distribution Capability debate needs to move on

By Kevin May | October 4, 2013

The usual array of travel buyers, other intermediaries, suppliers, technology and distribution companies, lobbyists and industry groups were in the Czech capital of Prague last week. The annual GBT Read More

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Travel DISTRIBUTION roundup - Travelport, Amadeus, SiteMinder, Vayant

By Kevin May | October 2, 2013

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for DISTRIBUTION in travel, tourism and hospitality on Wednesday 2 October 2013... Travelport Universal API launches in Asia Travelport announce Read More

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Tnooz takes hackathons to a new level in travel [hint: we are using Big Data]

By Kevin May | September 30, 2013

If Big Data is the (valid, we think) buzzy phrase kicking about in travel, then perhaps it's time to let developers see what they can do with some of the industry's real data in a hackathon. Two an Read More

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THack SF shows just how fresh thinking can impact travel products

By Nick Vivion | September 24, 2013

After a successful run at SFO last year, Tnooz returned to San Francisco for another round of open API travel hacking. This year's THack SF was held at the splendid new digs of Hotel Tonight on Read More

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Profiling the next generation of travelers

By Nick Vivion | September 20, 2013

Research on the habits and trends among Millennials - those roughly aged 18-30 - continues relentlessly, as companies strive to understand how best to serve their needs. Why is this important? Well Read More