Travelport

News / Distribution

Travelport expands merchandising tool to more than 250 airlines

By Mitra Sorrells | January 22, 2018

More than 250 airlines are now using Travelport’s Rich Content and Branding merchandising tool to market branded fares and ancillaries. Read More

News / Distribution

The top seven travel API developments to look out for in 2018

By Marisa Garcia | January 12, 2018

Back in 2016, IBM predicted that the API economy would be worth $2.2 trillion by 2018, based on the cumulative benefits of data integration and exchange through all industry sectors and the transactio Read More

Notated News / Distribution

CWT, Amadeus, Sabre and other news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | December 18, 2017

In our latest wrap-up of news in brief: CWT distribution hire... Malaysia Airlines and Amadeus... Sabre and Alaska Airlines renew deal... Star Alliance connects to Plug & Play... Travelport PCI... Read More

News / Distribution

British Airways tightens screw on NDC channel use

By Kevin May | December 18, 2017

British Airways could potentially be seen as the most aggressive carrier in the drive to push NDC-enabled ticketing. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

PhocusWire Forecast 2018: Gordon Wilson of Travelport has five trends to follow

By Gordon Wilson - Travelport | December 15, 2017

As is customary at this time of the year, we turn out minds, strategy and expectations to what we might expect to happen over the course of the next 12 months. Read More

News / Distribution

Travelport proclaims first GDS to reach next NDC level

By Jill Menze | December 14, 2017

Yesterday Travelport became the first GDS to obtain Level 3 status under IATA’s New Distribution Capability initiative. Read More

News / Distribution

Travelport is first GDS to receive Level 3 NDC certification from IATA

By Michele McDonald | December 13, 2017

Travelport became the first GDS to be certified as a Level 3 aggregater under IATA’s New Distribution Capability initiative. NDC is intended to create a new distribution standard for the airline in Read More

News / Distribution

Ryanair and Amadeus end ticketing deal

By Kevin May | December 8, 2017

Ryanair will no longer distribute fares to travel agencies via Amadeus after the pair were unable to reach agreement on a new contract. Read More

News / Distribution

Ryanair to end distribution partnership with Amadeus

By Linda Fox | December 8, 2017

Ryanair has said it is ending its distribution partnership with Amadeus from December 15. The low-cost airline says in a statement that the pair failed to reach a new agreement. Ryanair began di Read More

News / Distribution

Travelport settles consumers' class action antitrust lawsuit against GDS companies

By Michele McDonald | November 27, 2017

Travelport reached a settlement agreement in an antitrust lawsuit charging the three western GDS companies with conspiring to avoid competing with each other. Sabre and Amadeus remain defendants in Read More

Interview / Distribution

In The Big Chair - Jim Davidson of Farelogix

By Kevin May | November 21, 2017

With a career spanning roles at OAG and Amadeus, the outspoken Jim Davidson is perhaps the ideal person to be spearheading a company now embedded in its role of trying to force changes in airline... Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 4

By Kevin May | November 14, 2017

After a day of pitches from startups, PhocusWire's PundIT Show returns to take the temperature of three delegates at The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

News / Online

Why is travel tech so risky, according to investors?

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | November 14, 2017

During a roundtable discussion at The Phocuswright Conference, ConnexPay CEO Bob Kaufman made a bold statement: travel companies run the same investment risks as adult entertainment. Read More