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American Express GBT will go public via SPAC at $5.3B valuation

By Mitra Sorrells | December 3, 2021

The transaction, expected to close in the first half of 2022, is expected to provide up to $1.2 billion of gross proceeds, of which $335 million is fully committed from new investors including... Read More

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Sabre highlights agency recovery strategies, tech investment priorities

By Linda Fox | December 3, 2021

The top five strategies being followed by agencies, as they look to recover, include personalized bundles for travelers, targeting higher yield customers and investing in new technology. Read More

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Marriott joins IHG on Amadeus reservations platform

By Linda Fox | November 18, 2021

Amadeus announced IHG as the launch partner for the technology in 2015 and hoped to bring on similar enterprise level companies to create a community platform in the ensuing years. Read More

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American Airlines fails to stop Sabre from using new display

By Robert Silk - Travel Weekly | November 4, 2021

The airline sued Sabre in June, contending that its New Airline Storefront, which the GDS developed with Delta, biases search results toward Delta in violation of Sabre's contract with American. Read More

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Sabre third-quarter revenues more than double, losses drop significantly

By Kevin May | November 2, 2021

The company says it will narrow its product portfolio and intensify focus on the core customer revenue-generating retailing, distribution and fulfillment units. Read More

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Sabre offloads AirCentre airline operations to CAE for $392M

By Jill Menze | October 29, 2021

The $392.5 million agreement includes the Sabre AirCentre product portfolio, related technology and intellectual property as well as a transfer of AirCentre’s 500-person workforce to CAE. Read More

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Airline execs push back on tech naivete claims

By Linda Fox | October 26, 2021

Airline industry figures believe carriers are moving to modern technology such as cloud as they look to match the experience of online retailers. Read More

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What's next for NDC: Content investment and innovation

By Adam Knights - ATPI | September 15, 2021

NDC might be viewed as a quiet storm that TMCs must prepare for as part of their role in offering content from multiple airline sources. Read More

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Lufthansa and Travelport champion NDC with new distribution agreement

By Linda Fox | September 14, 2021

The launch of the long-term agreement will be in the first half of 2022 as both the airline and Travelport continue to develop functionality around the NDC technology standard. Read More

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The hurdles in the way of NDC critical mass

By Linda Fox | September 13, 2021

Amadeus says there will be a number of years of transition before NDC gets to critical mass. Read More

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Sabre revenues less than half of 2019 levels despite some travel resuming

By Kevin May | August 3, 2021

Revenues in the second quarter of 2019 were $1 billion, compared to $400 million this quarter, an indication of how far the distribtion and tech supplier still has to go before it reachs pre-pandemic... Read More

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Will standardized rentals work for business travelers?

By Mitra Sorrells | August 2, 2021

A subset of alternative accommodations - ones that provide a standardized experience for travelers - could become more popular with business travelers coming out of the pandemic. Read More

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Regulator ends antitrust probe into Sabre and Amadeus over air distribution deals

By Kevin May | July 20, 2021

The European Commission unveiled a formal review into agreements between airlines and two of the air industry's global distribution systems in November 2018. Read More