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Hopper opens to all, also fires up data research service

By Sean O'Neil | January 13, 2014

Last week saw the soft launch of Hopper, the long-awaited consumer trip planning engine that claims to be powered by the "world's largest structured database of travel information". Since last summ Read More

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Regulatory decision close, but other moves in background with IATA NDC

By Kevin May | December 16, 2013

IATA says it expects to get some indication from US regulators in the coming weeks over approval for its Resolution 787 and "a major step in the right direction" for the NDC project. Director-gener Read More

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Amadeus decides virtual cards are back in vogue

By Kevin May | December 10, 2013

Heard something similar to this before? Amadeus has created a joint initiative with AirPlus to give travel agencies virtual credit cards for payments to suppliers. The Amadeus AirPlus Travel Agency Read More

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Why is a GDS launching an investment fund for travel startups?

By Karthick Prabu | December 6, 2013

The recent company to join the venture capital industry is none other than the GDS giant Amadeus. Today, Amadeus has officially announced its foray into (early stage) investing in travel startups t Read More

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RIP IgoUgo - the review site Travelocity wanted to compete with TripAdvisor

By Kevin May | November 19, 2013

Remember IgoUgo? Back in the days of pre-social travel and before TripAdvisor became the beast it is now, IgoUgo was the OTHER user review service on the web. IgoUgo was in some ways unnervingly si Read More

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Travelport creates iTunes-style Marketplace for agent applications

By Kevin May | November 14, 2013

Travelport is the latest travel technology company to create a platform similar to the Apple iTunes appstore so agency customers can download products and services. Travelport Marketplace is due to Read More

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Travel DISTRIBUTION roundup - Travelport, Sabre, BookIt, Eurolines, GTA, TravelClick

By PhocusWire | November 13, 2013

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION on Wednesday 13 November 2013... Transaero Airlines and Sabre sign new content deal Transaero Airlines and Sabre have sign Read More

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Travel DISTRIBUTION roundup - Orbitz, HRS, CarTrawler, Travelport, ClearTrip

By PhocusWire | October 30, 2013

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for DISTRIBUTION in travel, tourism and hospitality on Wednesday 30 October 2013... Orbitz to power hotel bookings for EVA Air Orbitz Partner Netw Read More

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Lastminute celebrates 15th birthday with official (some unofficial from us) milestones

By Linda Fox | October 15, 2013

Lastminute.com turns 15 today and the intermediary has put together 15 facts to tell its story since launch back in October 1998. But, rather than repeating what Lastminute has provided us with, in Read More

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Travel agents increase use of GDS but hotel rate parity impacts booking preferences

By Karthick Prabu | October 15, 2013

There are two channels that travel agents use more than in the past - none other than the GDS and hotel/chain websites, reveals a study. Market research company Phoenix Marketing International and Read More

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Sabre's Gilliland talks personalization, friction and technology [VIDEO]

By Nick Vivion | October 9, 2013

After recently transitioning out of the CEO role, Sabre's Sam Gilliland sat down with USA Today, discussing some of the more salient challenges for the company in the near-term: personalization amid e Read More

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Why the New Distribution Capability debate needs to move on

By Kevin May | October 4, 2013

The usual array of travel buyers, other intermediaries, suppliers, technology and distribution companies, lobbyists and industry groups were in the Czech capital of Prague last week. The annual GBT Read More

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Competing in the world's largest hackathon and what it means to travel

By Sarah Kennedy Ellis | September 20, 2013

As hundreds of hackers flood into the San Francisco Design Center on Saturday, September 7, for TechCrunch Disrupt, the mood is oddly calm, jovial, even. No one is in too much of a hurry to start h Read More

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A brief history of travel technology - from its evolution to looking at the future

By Stephen Joyce | September 12, 2013

It is said that necessity is the mother of all invention - and we need look no further than the travel industry to see this proverb in practice. Read More