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Google rolls out new hotel search service

By Kevin May | November 10, 2017

Google is tightening its grip on the hotel search marketplace with the roll-out of a new platform this week. Read More

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VIDEO: GDSs survive but full content agreements will not

By Kevin May | November 9, 2017

British Airways has got it right, but Lufthansa has not - that's the view emerging over the latest changes in airline distribution. Read More

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Welcome to a world of extremely dynamic packaging

By Dirk Rogl - Phocuswright | November 9, 2017

Something is going on in the European leisure travel market – in part, due to the distribution strategies of airlines and hotels. Read More

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VIDEO: Asia leads the pack of digital travelers

By Kevin May | November 8, 2017

India, China and Indonesia have come out on top in a list of countries with the most digitally savvy travelers. Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: How startups can make a mark (but rarely do)

By Kevin May | November 8, 2017

It's a tough world out there for travel startups - with failure rates far higher than the number of success stories. Read More

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Looking to AI and personalization, GetYourGuide raises $75M

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 6, 2017

Attractions specialist GetYourGuide has gone big with its Series D funding, making it the largest-ever capital investment in its segment of the industry. Read More

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Air France-KLM to impose GDS tariff in 2018

By Kevin May | November 3, 2017

Two of Europe's major carriers, Air France and KLM, will be the latest airlines to introduce a surcharge on all tickets bought through a Global Distribution System. Read More

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Fliggy on ice, Seabourn sails and more

By PhocusWire | August 14, 2017

This is a roundup of product news and announcements related to travel distribution in August 2017. Monday 14 August ICE hot for Fliggy Alibaba's travel marketplace Fliggy, formerly known as Read More

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Lufthansa flatbats DCC questions

By Martin Cowen | November 16, 2016

Lufthansa continues to talk the talk around the impact of its year-old distribution cost charge (DCC), although concrete details about the impact on its bookings and bottom line remain elusive. Las Read More

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Travelport takes stake in tour distribution company travel-IT

By Nick Vivion | January 8, 2015

Travelport has taken a majority stake in German tour distribution company travel-IT. Germany's travel and leisure market weighs in as one of the largest in Europe, at Euro 26 million. That's a seri Read More

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Ryanair/Amadeus: promo fares not on GDS; no US/China deal yet

By Martin Cowen | September 24, 2014

Amadeus' senior VP of distribution Holger Taubmann shared the stage with Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary at the FVW Congress in Cologne and talked over this morning's announcement that Ryanair fares wil Read More

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Ryanair signs distribution deal with Amadeus

By Martin Cowen | September 24, 2014

Amadeus has signed a deal with Ryanair and will sell the carrier's inventory through its global distribution network, the pair announced today. Tnooz broke the news at the start of the year that Ry Read More

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IATA strikes back at Business Travel Coalition over the NDC

By Viewpoints | April 5, 2013

The airlines' main lobbying organization does a point-by-point rebuttal of a draft letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asking the Secretary to reject IATA’s application covering the New... Read More

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The New York Times slams the airlines' proposed NDC, and IATA responds

By Sean O'Neil | March 4, 2013

The Gray Lady officially announced its deep skepticism about the New Distribution Capability (NDC), the airlines' proposal for revised standards for how airlines provide airfare content to end users.... Read More

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The real NDC: Decoding the planned (r)evolution in airline distribution by IATA and airlines

By Sean O'Neil | January 17, 2013

A proposal for revised standards for how airlines provide airfare content to end users probably won't replace GDSs. But that doesn't mean the effort is useless. Read More

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