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China remains the stumbling block over global NDC adoption

By Kevin May | March 13, 2018

NDC might be the driving force behind changes in airline distribution - but there is a stumbling block in it gaining global adoption: China. Read More

News / Technology

QOTW: Something about Alexa on every imaginable device

By PhocusWire | March 9, 2018

Quote from Matthias Keller, chief scientist at Kayak. Read More

News / Online

Exclusive: TripAdvisor’s Dermot Halpin on the site’s landmark 100,000th experience listing

By Jill Menze | March 8, 2018

TripAdvisor is making history with a catamaran sailing expedition in Panama City Beach, FL, as it names the activity its 100,000th bookable experience on the platform. Read More

News / Technology

What a voice-enabled future looks like for the vacation rental market

By Jill Menze | March 7, 2018

As travel intermediaries such as online travel agencies tighten their grip on owning traveler data, vacation rental property managers are left in a precarious position. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Blockchain and a potential snafu with EU privacy law

By David Meyer - IAPP | February 28, 2018

There's one huge problem on the horizon for blockchain: Europe's privacy push in the shape of its General Data Protection Law. Read More

News / Distribution

Amadeus closes in on €5 billion annual revenue milestone

By Kevin May | February 28, 2018

Amadeus took in almost €5 billion in revenue during 2017 after an 8.5% increase on the previous 12 months for the travel technology provider. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Travel opportunities - and distribution challenges - in the blockchain

By Sara Pavan - Amadeus | February 22, 2018

In 48 BCE, the historic city of Alexandria was destroyed by Caesar’s army, including its world-famous library. Today, if a library was destroyed, its records would live on in other libraries and on the... Read More

Notated News / Technology

Why "smart cities" disguise other issues

By Bruce Sterling - The Atlantic | February 20, 2018

The term “smart city” is interesting yet not important, because nobody defines it. “Smart” is a snazzy political label used by a modern alliance of leftist urbanites and tech industrialists. Read More

Notated News / Technology

The case for a decentralized internet

By Chris Dixon | February 19, 2018

The internet is still early in its evolution: the core internet services will likely be almost entirely rearchitected in the coming decades. Read More

Notated News / Technology

China's road to becoming a technology superpower

By Christina Larson - Wired | February 14, 2018

In the early 2000s, a corner of Beijing now often referred to as China’s Silicon Valley – was mostly famous for its sprawling electronics markets. Read More

News / Distribution

Travel buyers show modest support for NDC (but many still have no idea)

By Kevin May | February 14, 2018

A year ago, just 11% of travel buyers in a survey said they believe IATA's New Distribution Capability is "a good thing" for the industry. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Iceland has Bitcoin power-suckers and overtourism to worry about

By Chris Baraniuk - BBC | February 12, 2018

Academics and tourism leaders have discussed overtourism in Iceland (and elsewhere) for many years, yet it is a blockchain-led process that could have another fundamental impact on the island nation. Read More