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Travel technology sector will be worth $12 billion a year by 2019

By Kevin May | December 3, 2015

The global travel technology market is forecast to grow by 14.2% over the the course of the next four years to $12.21 billion. The compound annual growth rate figure is currently forecast to hit 7. Read More

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Amadeus adds airport trains, Razoom hits 1,500, TigerAir Taiwan debuts on Travelport, and more...

By PhocusWire | November 26, 2015

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for November 2015. Thursday 26 November 2015: Amadeus adds airport trains The UK's Hea Read More

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Sabre acquires Trust International for $154 million

By Kevin May | November 24, 2015

Sabre is to buy the Trust Group for $154 million, a deal that will include mothership Trust International, InnLink and Nexus. Trust International is the well-known reservation system provider for h Read More

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Travelport claims it's the world's fourth-largest hotel distributor

By Sean O'Neil | November 13, 2015

Ask a Travelport executive about how the UK-based technology company stands out from its rivals, and you'll hear a lot about non-air content. Nearly a quarter of Travelport's revenue comes distribu Read More

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Lufthansa traffic up in first clean month since GDS surcharge (but rivals up more)

By Kevin May | 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 Read More

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WAYN heads for hotels, Sabre picked by Shijie99, Blue Air debuts GDS with Amadeus, and more...

By PhocusWire | October 30, 2015

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for October 2015. Friday 30 October 2015: WAYN launches hotel search engine The travel Read More

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Sabre sees air revenue surge, considers hospitality acquisitions

By Sean O'Neil | October 29, 2015

Sabre consolidated third quarter revenue increased to $785 million, up about 17% relative to $672.5 million for the same period last year. That represented an 18% in gross profit rise, compared to Read More

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Lufthansa admits overseas headwinds from GDS levy

By Kevin May | October 29, 2015

Lufthansa Group has conceded that the introduction of its controversial surcharge on GDS-issued tickets has had an impact on overseas bookings. In a call with financial analysts following the publi Read More

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Qatar working on NDC plan B

By Martin Cowen | October 20, 2015

Qatar Airways, one of the first airlines to embrace NDC, is working on a "plan B" according to its CEO Akbar Al-Baker. As the keynote speaker at IATA's WPS 2015, Al-Baker went off message when he w Read More

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Etihad (and partners) sign $700 million tech deal with IBM

By Martin Cowen | October 14, 2015

Another huge deal coming out of the Middle East, with Etihad Airways announcing a 10-year, $700 million, "game-changing" tech tie-up with IBM. A joint release confirmed that the deal would also ben Read More

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RouteHappy hits Sabre, aspires to be the standard for airline rich content

By Linda Fox | October 6, 2015

RouteHappy says it is exploring ways to bring its flight product information to agency system Sabre Red Workspace as well as eventually GetThere and mobile app TripCase. Robert Albert, chief execut Read More

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Keep one eye on Etihad Airways Partners (and Sabre's supporting role), after IFE deal

By Martin Cowen | October 2, 2015

Etihad Airways is once again flexing its muscles, extending its existing deal with in-flight entertainment provider Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) to five of its Etihad Airways Partners. The airl Read More

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US Airways faces new risk in its antitrust case against Sabre

By Sean O'Neil | September 30, 2015

The US Airways antitrust lawsuit against Sabre could have been the trial of the century, at least for distribution nerds. But the bench trial, scheduled for October, has been taken off the schedule Read More

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Duetto plays Trump card, GetThere gives United a leg up, VacationFutures rebrands as Rented, and more...

By PhocusWire | September 30, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for September: Wednesday 30 September 2015: Duetto lands deal with the Trump Hotel Collecti Read More

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Lufthansa blames GDS booking volume drop mostly on pilot strike

By Kevin May | September 25, 2015

Lufthansa has hit back at GDS bookings figures revealed by Tnooz yesterday as being "heavily influenced" by industrial action affecting the airline. Pilots belonging to the carrier held their 13th Read More

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