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News / Online

Despegar turns Q4 profit 9% over 2019 levels

By Jill Menze | March 10, 2022

The Latin American company reports adjusted EBITDA of $9 million in Q4 2021, a 9% increase above Q4 2019, despite gross bookings rising only 75% of the same quarter’s level. Read More

News / Distribution

OTA Insight buys Transparent in bid to cover full accommodation sector

By Kevin May | March 10, 2022

The combination of the two brands is being positioned as a way of giving hotels and rental properties the opportunity to access data and business intel on their markets and competition. Read More

Interview / Technology

In The Big Chair - Michele Fitzpatrick of Eviivo

By Mitra Sorrells | March 10, 2022

Since 2012, Michele Fitzpatrick has been CEO of U.K.-based Eviivo, which provides a cloud-based booking and property management platform. Read More

News / Distribution

Sabre, Amadeus and Travelport pull fares from Russian carrier Aeroflot following Ukraine invasion

By Kevin May | March 4, 2022

Sabre was the first of the main GDSs to issue a statement that it has axed its distribution with the Russian goverment majority-owned airline, with Amadeus following shortly after. Read More

News / Startups

Tier expands to North America with acquisition of Spin

By Mitra Sorrells | March 3, 2022

This is Tier's fourth acquisition in less than a year and gives it entry into the United States and Canada. Read More

News / Distribution

Jim Davidson lands CEO role at Accelya

By Kevin May | March 2, 2022

Davidson joined the Spain-based company in June 2020 when it acquired Farelogix, the airline commerce and retailing system. Read More

News / Online

Klook rebrands, eyes new verticals and merchant offerings

By Jill Menze | March 2, 2022

The Hong Kong-based tours and activities OTA more than quadrupled its number of products and services during the pandemic from 100,000 in 2019 to 490,000 in 2021. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

How open distribution helps hotels regain selling power

By Ben Stephenson - Impala | March 1, 2022

An open distribution model reimagines how hotel selling works from the ground up. Read More

News / Distribution

Altido, DoveVivo merge for European hospitality platform

By Jill Menze | February 28, 2022

Co-living company DoveVivo has acquired property management company Altido to create what it says is the largest residential management platform in Europe. Read More

News / Online

eDreams Odigeo bookings continue to pace above 2019 levels

By Jill Menze | February 25, 2022

The European online travel company says its Prime subscription service contributed to a bookings uptick in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2022. Read More

News / Distribution

Book on Google for hotels to shut after low take-up

By Mitra Sorrells | February 25, 2022

Google says it has seen relatively low usage of the Book on Google option for hotels, in terms of both consumer engagement and partner interest. Read More

News / Distribution

Amadeus sees revenue climb by a quarter in 2021, tentative recovery in progress

By Kevin May | February 25, 2022

The technology and distribution giant still had revenues trailing by 52% on pre-pandemic 2019 - but 2021 saw it bring in €2.7 billion to the overall business. Read More

News / Distribution

Tech investments driving Flight Centre’s corporate recovery

By Jill Menze | February 24, 2022

The Australia-based travel agency says recent investments in WhereTo and Shep are powering recovery for the Corporate Traveller and FCM brands Read More

News / Online

Hopper acquires Smooss to cultivate airline partnerships

By Mitra Sorrells | February 24, 2022

The entire Smooss team, including co-founder and CEO Benjamin Lalanne, will join Hopper as part of the team leading its B2B initiative, Hopper Cloud. Read More