Offline Travel Agency

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Business Travel Safety 101

By Groundlink | November 26, 2018

Keeping employees safe on the road. How, why and when... Read More

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Regulator launches antitrust probe into Sabre and Amadeus over air distribution contracts

By Kevin May | November 23, 2018

The European Commission has unveiled a formal investigation into agreements between airlines and two of the air industry's global distribution systems. Read More

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Seamless order servicing in an NDC world

By Vanessa Gonzalez, JP Olmos and Ashley Schneider - Sabre | November 19, 2018

An offer is only as good as the experience you deliver. Imagine purchasing a recommended product on Amazon, expecting to receive it in two days, only to find out the package was lost in the mail. Read More

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Sabre to acquire Farelogix in $360M deal, touts benefits to entire industry

By Linda Fox | November 14, 2018

Sabre acquires Farelogix to accelerate its next-gen distribution strategy, with claims that the NDC champion is due to bring in $40 million in revenue on an annual basis. Read More

News / Technology

Hotelmize unlocks $3.8M in funding, plans local offices

By Linda Fox | November 9, 2018

Hotelmize, a startup that optimizes profit for bed banks, wholesalers and travel agents, has raised $3.8 million in Series A funding. Read More

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Amadeus sees IT and distribution growth slow but revenue numbers still big

By Kevin May | November 7, 2018

Amadeus has hit over €3.5 billion in revenue for the first nine months of year for the second year in a row. Read More

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WEBINAR REPLAY! How to maximize hotel bookings by leveraging the right channel mix

By PhocusWire | November 7, 2018

How do you know if you have the right distribution mix for your hotel? Read More

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Travel tech bosses on chatbots and the need for human interaction

By Linda Fox | November 7, 2018

Carlson Wagonlit Travel is running several chatbot pilots to see how and where the technology can best help the travel management company and its customers. Read More

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Beyond Air helps Travelport through "challenging" quarter

By Linda Fox | November 1, 2018

Travelport reports third quarter 2018 results with strong gains for payment service eNett. Read More

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Possibility vs. reality: Bringing NDC to life

By Kathy Morgan - Sabre | October 29, 2018

NDC is poised to have far-reaching effects in the travel industry, but with all the preparation that is happening, the key statistic of the IATA Leaderboard is an indicator of the timing of these... Read More

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Q&A: Tech, people and policy - the evolution of travel insurance

By Kevin May | October 29, 2018

Beth Godlin has worked in the travel insurance sector for 25 years, so is well-placed to analyze where it has come from and where it is heading. Read More

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VIDEO: The Travel Corporation on the sun shining on activities

By Kevin May | October 25, 2018

As the online end of the tours and activities sector has received a massive bump in interest over recent years, groups such as The Travel Corporation have watched on with huge interest. Read More

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Travelport claims NDC flight booking first

By Kevin May | October 23, 2018

NDC debut alert! Travelport reckons its has become the first of the global distribution systems to manage live bookings of flights using the new connection standard. Read More