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Opinion / Distribution

Dear, airlines - are you new distribution compatible?

By Ian Heywood - Travelport | April 1, 2019

The 16.1 standard for NDC will only get you so far. You can just about book an airline seat with it. But not much else. So it is not much use to anybody. Read More

News / Distribution

Japan Airlines and Travelport unite to create domestic distribution platform

By Kevin May | March 22, 2019

Travelport will form a joint venture with Japan Airlines to take over the running of the former global distribution system known as Axess. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Will travel brands bend to join the mobile "fold"?

By Glenville Morris - Travelport Digital | March 11, 2019

Project Valley has finally become more than just a project. It became a proper announcement, with a proper release date but more importantly, it became a proper device: the Samsung Galaxy Fold. Read More

News / Online

As travel workplaces get more competitive, ladies, it’s time to take your seat at the table

By Erika Moore - Travelport | February 27, 2019

Too often, women in the workplace deal with gender‐biased judgements and work/life imbalance – especially in male-dominated industries. It's time to change that. Read More

News / Distribution

China, part 4: The digital distribution model

By Mitra Sorrells | February 25, 2019

For the final piece in our China theme month, we explore the diverse digital distribution landscape. Read More

News / Distribution

Travelport posts final full-year results ahead of sale to private equity

By Kevin May | February 22, 2019

Travelport passed the $2.5 billion annual revenue mark for the first time in its history during 2018. But it will soon head back to the land of private equity ownership. Read More

News / Technology

Business travelers happy with tech and human hybrid approaches to services

By Linda Fox | February 13, 2019

Travelport research reveals the technologies business travelers are adopting, with support growing for alt-human interfaces. Read More

News / Distribution

Qantas unveils NDC-led booking channel for agents, hints at fees down the road

By Linda Fox | February 7, 2019

Qantas will introduce an agency booking channel from August this year providing its "widest range of fares." Read More

News / Distribution

NDC is not just a standard – it’s a signal to the industry

By Stu Waldron - Travelport | January 24, 2019

In order to understand what NDC means for businesses and where the industry is heading, it is important to recognize current challenges facing our industry and improvements that are enabled through... Read More

Technology

What customers want from travel brands on mobile in 2019

By Aisling White | January 16, 2019

Travelers are searching more, booking more and buying more on mobile—yet most travel brands aren’t investing enough in their mobile strategy. Aisling White, Head of Marketing at Travelport Digital,... Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: Airline distribution matures and moves on

By Kevin May | January 3, 2019

It was a fairly eventful 2018, even by the standards set in airline distribution over recent years. Read More

News / Technology

A review of 2018, a preview for what's next: Artificial intelligence in travel

By Mitra Sorrells | December 27, 2018

To explore what lies ahead for AI in relation to travel, we solicited input from IBM’s global managing director for travel and transportation, Dee Waddell, and from Mark Holt, chief technology officer... Read More

News / Distribution

Analysts watch cautiously as Travelport heads back to private equity

By Kevin May | December 18, 2018

Travelport's decision to come off the public financial markets via a sale to private equity has drawn a lukewarm reaction to its long-term future. Read More

News / Online

PhocusWire's newsmakers of the year 2018

By Kevin May | December 17, 2018

The profile of a brand in travel - and the perception of it from consumers and industry peers - is mostly generated over the course of certain events or a period of time. Read More

News / Distribution

Travelport sold back to private equity for $4.4B

By Kevin May | December 10, 2018

Travelport will end just over four years on the public markets and be taken into private equity hands once more, following a $4.4 billion takeover by Elliott Management Corporation. Read More

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