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Travelport signs Jambojet, GlobalStar hails Cabforce, Tripadvisor adds Starwood, and more...

By PhocusWire | January 27, 2016

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for January 2016. Wednesday 27 January Travelport sweet on Jambojet Jambojet, a no-fr Read More

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Blackstone back in travel tech with $170 million IBS Software deal

By Martin Cowen | December 17, 2015

India-based travel tech firm IBS Software has confirmed that private equity giant Blackstone has invested $170 million for an undisclosed minority stake. IBS said in its statement that Blackstone h Read More

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Why the hotel guest experience is up for grabs

By Kevin May | December 16, 2015

It appears that hotel chains and independents are finally grasping that the changes in the accommodation sector in recent years are having a direct impact on how they do business. Furthermore, such Read More

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Agencies, airlines, inefficiencies and costs - a study

By Kevin May | December 10, 2015

A massive study of the data flowing between agency systems and airlines has shed light on processes that cost carriers millions in fees every year. Agentivity took a look at data from 2.6 million p Read More

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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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