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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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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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