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Sabre wants agents to sell (literally) everything but the kitchen sink to travellers
By Kevin May
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December 13, 2016
The world of ancillaries has gone up a gear with the introduction of, well, everything for travel agents to try and up-sell to consumers. Sabre has struck a deal with YouArrive so that its network
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Sabre Labs distils global travel tech into three megatrends
By Martin Cowen
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December 9, 2016
Sabre Labs has launched its first-ever Emerging Technologies in Travel report, identifying the three megatrends it believes will dominate the travel tech landscape in 2017. The megatrends are conne
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Mobile in travel: brave new world
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December 7, 2016
Mobile is having an impact on the travel industry around the globe, and while there are some constants across geographies, there are also material differences between what the customer demands and how
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Loco2 adds euro payments, plans international presence
By Martin Cowen
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December 7, 2016
Pan-European rail booking service Loco2 can now accept payment in euros after satisfying some demanding "commercial, regulatory and technical" requirements in France. Co-founder and CEO Jamie Andr
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Pressure on China to open up air distribution to foreign systems
By Kevin May
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December 2, 2016
The US secretary of commerce has called on China to reconsider its position on the ban on overseas Global Distribution Systems from operating in the country. Penny Pritzker, in what is likely to be
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Are GDSs fit for purpose? A checklist
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne
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November 24, 2016
In recent months we have seen several airlines ratchet up their rhetoric against the global distribution systems (GDSs), namely, Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, and Travelsky. In particular some airlin
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ATPCO incoming CEO pledges important role in future of airline distribution
By Kevin May
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November 15, 2016
In an industry full of insidery type organsations and protocols, ATPCO is one of the most important but rarely discussed elements in the food chain. The Airline Tariff Publishing Company has its ro
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Mobile in travel: driving innovation with APIs
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November 10, 2016
Tech giant IBM handily describes APIs as "the building blocks of transformation" and "the digital glue that links services, applications and systems”. NB: This is an article written by Tnooz in con
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Sabre is stung by Unister bankruptcy but is otherwise optimistic
By Sean O'Neil
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November 2, 2016
Investors punished Sabre for missing its quarterly earnings target as estimated by analysts. Its stock price fell 8.7% in value for the day at the US market close, to $24 a share. Sabre blames the
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Sabre takes next step in providing wider revenue picture for airlines
By Linda Fox
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October 31, 2016
Sabre has released the first phase of its revenue optimisation technology for airlines. The company believes the new technology, which has been in development for three years, can tap into the shif
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Mobile in travel: startups that are moving the needle
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October 27, 2016
Mobile is inspiring a new generation of travel entrepreneurs, while also giving established tech-focused organizations the chance to aggregate their experience and knowledge to launch new mobile busin
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IATA predicts airline distribution revolution by 2021
By Kevin May
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October 27, 2016
IATA is forecasting a fundamental overhaul of airline distribution within five years, shifting to what it calls an "active distribution" model. In a major report for the global aviation industry or
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Ancillary spend by passengers on airlines has many regional differences
By Kevin May
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October 26, 2016
Passengers realise that the air ticket is not what it used to be and having to buy ancillary services is now part of the process of a trip. Yet how do passengers vary in different regions around th
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A Twitter timeline on Sabre's outage
By Martin Cowen
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October 18, 2016
Parts of Sabre were down for a few hours last night, with the response on social media providing some additional insights beyond the official party line. Sabre's official statement is: "The techni
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VIDEO: Understand the next wave of mobile and travel
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October 6, 2016
Most people are familiar with first-wave developments in mobile and travel – from search, to booking, to reviews. But how does the eye-watering next wave of information and services become accessib
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