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News / Distribution

Expedia agrees to power Travelocity websites in US and Canada

By Kevin May | August 22, 2013

Big news in online travel agency land as two of the industry's giants sign a "strategic marketing agreement" which will see Expedia run the technology behind the scenes at Travelocity. Read More

Webinars / Online

Tnooz-Sabre webinar VIDEO - Beyond B2C: How new tech enables personalization in business travel

By PhocusWire | August 15, 2013

Talk around merchandising and personalisation is all the rage across a number of travel sectors within the industry. Read More

News / Online

The consumer conundrum: Why businesses must accept consumerization in B2B product development

By Nick Vivion | August 12, 2013

The shift away from enterprise and government as the driver of new technology advancements has greatly accelerated in the past 5 years, a shift that has causes discomfort among B2B product developers. Read More

News / Online

Do the right thing: How businesses are grappling (or not) with unmanaged travel

By Nick Vivion | August 7, 2013

The most pointed conversations at the annual GBTA convention focused on whether or not unmanaged travel is a panacea to the ails of an increasingly complex business travel management landscape. Read More

Webinars / Online

Tnooz-RKG FREE webinar - Discovering traveler intent through search and social

By PhocusWire | August 6, 2013

For some time, the industry has been talking about the demise of search and the rise of social. These changes have made for some dynamic strategies, but this is not about one channel versus another. Read More

News / Online

Sabre outage hits airline reservation systems globally

By Sean O'Neil | August 5, 2013

A two-hour systems crash affected as many as 400 airlines and 100 airports. Some boarding passes had to be handwritten. Read More

News / Technology

Why Sabre's TripCase pivot may be strategic and lucrative in the long term

By Sean O'Neil | August 2, 2013

TripCase used to be primarily a B2C play but Sabre wants to make it a B2B/B2C play. But can the app overtake Concur's TripIt? Read More

News / Online

DISTRIBUTION - Product news, launches and more - July 2013

By PhocusWire | July 29, 2013

Battery Ventures has bought out Frankfurt-based IHS. Read More

Webinars / Online

Tnooz-Sabre FREE webinar - Beyond B2C: How new tech enables personalization in business travel

By PhocusWire | July 29, 2013

Today there is little difference in the powerful planning and communication tools available to both leisure and business travelers. Read More

News / Online

Peace with honour - an idea to bring harmony to the world of airline distribution?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 4, 2013

Détente, meeting of minds? I am going to hypothesize how the industry as a whole can get behind the ideas surrounding IATA's NDC and find some common ground for moving forward. Read More

News / Online

Can there be Kumbaya between airlines and Global Distribution Systems with NDC?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 3, 2013

This is first article in a two parter on distribution and the airlines. In the first part I am going to try to cut through some of the partisan rhetoric and focus on why NDC is such an important issue... Read More

News / Online

DISTRIBUTION - Product news, launches and more - June 2013

By PhocusWire | June 25, 2013

CRS provider evolution is now offering a subscription-based payment schedule for hotels. Read More

News / Online

BCD Travel buys corporate travel division of Travelocity

By Kevin May | June 18, 2013

Busy day at Travelocity as it offloads a second business in the space of a few hours, with BCD Travel snapping up its TBiz corporate division for an undisclosed fee. Read More

News / Online

When IATA myth-busting falls short, let the airline big guns pick up the slack

By Linda Fox | June 12, 2013

In recent weeks IATA has done its all to champion the famed New Distribution Capability, including a blog to help dispel some of the so-called myths. Read More