Distribution

Expedia Air France-KLM agreement
News / Distribution
Expedia Group can sell Air France-KLM flights without surcharge
By Mitra Sorrells | April 4, 2018
Air France-KLM has agreed to waive surcharges for leisure and corporate customers that book through Expedia Group brands Expedia, Ebookers and Egencia. Read More
Skyscanner train booking in app
News / Distribution
Skyscanner adds no-fee train booking feature to app
By Mitra Sorrells | April 4, 2018
Travelers in the United Kingdom can now use Skyscanner’s iOS app to compare and book train tickets.   Read More
tripadvisor sponsored placements
News / Online
Hotels can now buy sponsored listings on TripAdvisor
By Jill Menze | April 4, 2018
Hotels jostling for visibility on TripAdvisor can now buy their way to the top through the platform’s Sponsored Placements offering. Read More
Mark Travel Corp Apple Leisure Group merge
News / Distribution
Apple Leisure Group merges with Mark Travel Corporation
By Jamie Biesiada - Travel Weekly | April 4, 2018
Apple Leisure Group and the Mark Travel Corporation will form a single company. The financial terms of the merger agreement were not disclosed. Read More
In The Big Chair - Tobias Ragge of HRS
Interview / Distribution
In The Big Chair - Tobias Ragge of HRS
By Kevin May | April 3, 2018
The founder's son, Tobias Ragge has run HRS for 10 years, with a particular emphasis on pushing it into new markets around the world and, more recently, concentrating on its core corporate travel... Read More
Musement Bókun partnership
News / Distribution
Musement and Bókun partner to sell tours and activities
By Mitra Sorrells | April 3, 2018
Italy-based tours and activities booking platform Musement is expanding its supply through a partnership with Iceland-based Bókun.   Read More
Rome2rio PCW Europe
Interview / Online
Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with Rome2rio's Rod Cuthbert
By PhocusWire | April 3, 2018
Ahead of the event, Rod Cuthbert discusses the evolution of multi-modal booking, how Google is changing travel and why he's publicly called out TripAdvisor. Read More
wrapup april 2 2018
Notated News / Technology
Amadeus, Hotelbeds, Interjet and more news briefs today...
By PhocusWire | April 2, 2018
Amadeus adds tours from Bookingkit… Hotelbeds group succeeds through its API… Interjet signs deal with Sabre… Philippine Airlines works toward five-star rating… Peakwork introduces new solutions… Read More
Research Spotlight: What's bolstering the US online travel market
News / Online
Research Spotlight: What's bolstering the US online travel market
By Jill Menze | April 2, 2018
Growth was steady in the US travel market in 2017, with all segments seeing an increase of from 1 to 5% over 2016. Online sales in particular outperformed the market as a whole, which advanced 3%... Read More
AI analysis, part 1: Travel tech giants
News / Technology
AI analysis, part 1: Travel tech giants
By Mitra Sorrells | April 2, 2018
The ubiquity of artificial intelligence is evident in the fact that the abbreviation “AI” is now a common and recognizable term.    Read More
Air France-KLM NDC Amadeus Travelport
News / Distribution
Air France-KLM inks NDC deals with Amadeus and Travelport
By Mitra Sorrells | March 30, 2018
Amadeus and Air France-KLM have reached an agreement to allow Amadeus customers to access a private channel to receive airline content without paying a surcharge. Two days earlier Travelport announced... Read More
Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with CarTrawler's Bobby Healy
Interview / Distribution
Phocuswright Europe 2018 Preview: Q&A with CarTrawler's Bobby Healy
By PhocusWire | March 30, 2018
Ahead of the event, Bobby Healy discusses the major opportunities in mobile, what's wrong with Google and why it's crucial to stay ahead of the competition. Read More
Abacus nostalgia as execs take new senior GDS jobs
News / Distribution
Abacus nostalgia as execs take new senior GDS jobs
By Kevin May | March 28, 2018
One of the figures at the centre of Sabre's takeover of Abacus in 2015 has landed one of the top distribution jobs at the company. Read More
Hotelbeds offloads destinations services to TUI for €110M
News / Distribution
Hotelbeds offloads destinations services to TUI for €110M
By Kevin May | March 28, 2018
Hotelbeds has ended its interest in providing incoming services to travel agencies by selling its Destination Management division to TUI for €110 million. Read More
amadeus-ndc-travel-agency-flight-centre
News / Distribution
Amadeus to design NDC platform with agency friends
By Kevin May | March 27, 2018
Amadeus has enlisted the help of Flight Centre to assist with the design and implementation of a new NDC-enabled platform for travel agencies. Read More
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