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VIDEO: Sabre Airline Solutions talks distribution, customization and digital airlines

By Linda Fox | October 3, 2019

PhocusWire spoke to Sabre Airline Solutions on digital airlines, data and personalization at the World Aviation Festival 2019. Read More

Interview / Distribution

In The Big Chair - Rolf Purzer of ATPCO

By Mitra Sorrells | October 3, 2019

Rolf Purzer has been with ATPCO 22 years, serving as CEO since 2017. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: Hotelbeds on the opportunity for hotels in the airline distribution channel

By Linda Fox | October 2, 2019

Hotelbeds talks to PhocusWire at the World Aviation Festival 2019 about the $2 billion opportunity for hotels in the airline distribution channel Read More

Opinion / Technology

Consolidation to come in technology for tours and activities

By Douglas Quinby - Arival | October 2, 2019

Scores of overlooked companies are laying the essential plumbing to wire up travel’s third-largest and most fragmented sector. Read More

News / Technology

STR hotel data giant sold to CoStar Group for $450M

By Kevin May | October 1, 2019

STR was created in 1985 by Randy and Carolyn Smith as a benchmarking and analytics service for hotels. Read More

atpco next gen store international expansion

News / Distribution

ATPCO expands Next Generation Storefront to four international markets

By Mitra Sorrells | October 1, 2019

ATPCO is developing its Next Generation Storefront standard globally, with help from four new advisory boards. Read More

News / Online

Secret Escapes acquires LateRooms and LateLuxury websites

By Linda Fox | October 1, 2019

LateRooms was part of Malvern Group, which brought in a third-party administrator to handle its operations in early August after running into financial difficulties. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: Singapore Airlines on digital innovation, internal buy-in and prioritizing projects

By Linda Fox | October 1, 2019

Singapore Airlines' Jerome Thil talks to PhocusWire at the World Aviation Festival 2019 on recent digital initiatives and the airline's culture. Read More

News / Distribution

Corporate travel online booking tools need a "serious wake-up call"

By Jill Menze | September 30, 2019

As corporate travel buyer frustration with online booking tools mounts, business models need to be rethought. Read More

News / Distribution

HalalBooking lands $2M in funding, plans marketing push

By Linda Fox | September 27, 2019

The funding was led by Azar Gurbanov, co-founder of wellness specialist FSAstore, as well as other individual investors. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: Pegasus Airlines on mobile, distribution ambitions and tech as a differentiator

By Linda Fox | September 26, 2019

PhocusWire talked to Pegasus Airlines CEO Mehmet Nane about customer centricity, distribution and mobile at the World Aviation Festival 2019 in London. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

Wholesale changes in distribution: Marriott and Expedia in the spotlight, Amoma in the deadpool

By Gino Engels - OTA Insight | September 25, 2019

Since rate disparity has a significant impact on profitability for hotels, the demise of a channel with a negative parity history is noteworthy. Read More

News / Distribution

Corporate travel distribution is broken - now some blame the GDSs

By Jill Menze | September 25, 2019

What precisely does airline distribution for business travel look like? Based on a fiery exchange at The Beat Live in New York last week, the answer is up for grabs and some familiar tech providers are... Read More

News / Technology

What blockchain in corporate travel could mean for GDSs, TMCs

By Jill Menze | September 24, 2019

At The Beat Live in New York, Mezi's Johnny Thorsen and Blockskye's Brook Armstrong discussed blockchain's role in the corporate travel market. Read More

News / Distribution

Paul Abbott gets top American Express GBT job as CEO Anderson steps down

By Linda Fox | September 20, 2019

Abbott comes from a chief commercial officer role within payments at American Express and has been on the board at the business travel unit for four years. Read More

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