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Indian airline giant Indigo makes GDS move, Travelport benefits
By Kevin May
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September 15, 2016
Low-cost carrier Indigo has signed its first deal to sell fares through the global distribution systems - with Travelport getting the nod to help. The India-based airline has so far followed other
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Ryanair and Booking.com end deal ahead of new Rooms service launch
By Kevin May
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June 9, 2016
Booking.com will no longer power the accommodation platform of the Ryanair website from the end of September this year. The European low-cost carrier has worked with the Priceline Group-owned Booki
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Airlines take off for Adyen
By Martin Cowen
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December 21, 2015
Payments technology firm Adyen has ended 2015 with more than 30 airline customers, ten of which have signed during the past year. New signings in 2015 include easyJet, Vueling, and Alitalia in Eur
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With easyJet deal, FlightRadar24 may soar past rivals
By Nick Vivion
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December 16, 2015
Earlier this month, FlightRadar24, a site that monitors live air traffic, announced a milestone linkup with EasyJet. It will provide live flight-tracking within the airline’s app. EasyJet, Europe's
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Travelport’s MTT talks mobile app strategy for TMCs and itself
By Sean O'Neil
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November 11, 2015
Mobile Travel Technologies (MTT), a mobile platform provider to airlines, hotels, and travel management companies (TMCs), has been on a growth tear. Today MTT has about 170 employees, with a plan
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Lufthansa traffic up in first clean month since GDS surcharge (but rivals up more)
By Kevin May
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November 11, 2015
October was expected to be a crucial month in the ongoing saga of Lufthansa's introduction of a surcharge for all bookings made via Global Distribution Systems. The airline released figures this we
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Lights, cameras, interaction - easyJet uniforms get smart
By Martin Cowen
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November 10, 2015
easyJet has linked up with an interactive fashion design business for new uniforms which will have wearable technology built in. Trials for the new uniforms will take place early next year. Cabin c
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How a tweak to an agency system brought joy to a low cost carrier
By Kevin May
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September 18, 2015
This summer will remembered (in travel tech circles) as the moment when a legacy carrier tried to flex its muscles against the Global Distribution Systems (GDSs). Lufthansa's Euro 16 surcharge on b
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A defining moment for measuring ancillary revenue?
By Martin Cowen
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July 14, 2015
IdeaWorks has released a summary of its latest look at airline ancillary revenues, saying that it will change its definition to include fare families. The headline findings from 2014 come as little
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Addressing the mobile fraud versus convenience conundrum
By Viewpoints
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April 15, 2015
Travel has gone mobile. But with new customer channels come new challenges, one of which is eliminating the threat from fraudsters without compromising the convenience expected by mobile travellers.
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Ridesharing, airports and hotels to benefit from Apple Watch integrations
By Nick Vivion
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March 9, 2015
As expected there are three key areas of travel that will benefit from the upcoming Apple Watch launch. Hotels Starwood received star treatment on stage with its integration with Apple Watch.
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For personalisation and direct sales, airlines must set ecommerce free
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September 2, 2014
Direct sales are obviously a powerful way to build customer relationships and defend tight margins. And online is the key to growing direct sales. NB: This is an analysis by Boyan Manev, vice pr
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Drones are great for showing off a trip - just don't mess about in China
By Kevin May
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August 19, 2014
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Japan Airlines bids to improve ground experience via iBeacon trial
By Linda Fox
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July 22, 2014
Japan Airlines is the latest to join the Beacon fray with the start of a one-month trial at Haneda Airport's domestic terminal. The carrier is working with the Nomura Research Institute to test iBe
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Marriott and EasyJet each try tracing travelers' whereabouts, via iBeacon
By Sean O'Neil
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July 10, 2014
In unrelated experiments, hotel giant Marriott International, low-cost airline EasyJet, and selected airports worldwide have all begun tests to electronically track customers as they move about, via s
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