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Infrastructure, ancillaries and hybrids - three takeaways from CAPA India

By Viewpoints | February 27, 2017

The CAPA India Aviation Summit 2017 took place recently at the Leela Hotel Mumbai and was a great opportunity to network with key industry stakeholders - senior executives and CEOs from airlines, corp Read More

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Latest graduates of Travelport Labs Accelerator take to the stage for Demo Day

By Sponsored Content | February 23, 2017

The Colorado startup community crowded into an upscale facility in downtown Denver this month, excited to witness four innovative startups make their final product pitches during the culminating Demo Read More

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Travelport says headwinds behind it as it reports best results in five years

By Linda Fox | February 21, 2017

Travelport has turned in its best results in five years as it reports its financial results for Q4 and full-year 2016. Highlights for the year from the distribution giant include a 64% net revenue Read More

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Carlson Wagonlit launches 3.0, a tech-led reinvention of corporate travel

By Kevin May | February 1, 2017

Carlson Wagonlit is going all out in a bid to reposition itself as a digital travel management company - labelling the initiative as "CWT 3.0". The move to overhaul its brand proposition, structure Read More

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Jury sides with US Airways against Sabre in GDS antitrust trial of the century

By Sean O'Neil | December 20, 2016

The jury has returned its verdict in US Airways's $134 million antitrust lawsuit against travel technology giant Sabre. The airline, obelow owned by American Airlines Group, persuaded a jury in a U Read More

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Pressure on China to open up air distribution to foreign systems

By Kevin May | December 2, 2016

The US secretary of commerce has called on China to reconsider its position on the ban on overseas Global Distribution Systems from operating in the country. Penny Pritzker, in what is likely to be Read More

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Are GDSs fit for purpose? A checklist

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | November 24, 2016

In recent months we have seen several airlines ratchet up their rhetoric against the global distribution systems (GDSs), namely, Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, and Travelsky. In particular some airlin Read More

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ATPCO incoming CEO pledges important role in future of airline distribution

By Kevin May | November 15, 2016

In an industry full of insidery type organsations and protocols, ATPCO is one of the most important but rarely discussed elements in the food chain. The Airline Tariff Publishing Company has its ro Read More

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Travelport predicts an automated and hi-tech future for travel agencies

By Kevin May | November 3, 2016

Travelport says travel agencies have a future - but one that is likely to see them operate in a vastly different way to how they do now. The comments from the company's president and CEO, Gordon Wi Read More

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Running the gamut of innovation, corporate travel style

By Linda Fox | November 3, 2016

With a sector so full of policies and process, it's hard to imagine innovation and corporate travel in the same sentence. But, travel executives from the corporate world were recently forced to rea Read More

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VIDEO: The evolution of mobile travel: Where to invest next?

By PhocusWire | October 27, 2016

Mobile travel is no longer a race to the functionality finish, adding the latest feature into a basic app just to have the "shiny new thing." Today, mobile strategy in travel is about engaging and Read More

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IATA predicts airline distribution revolution by 2021

By Kevin May | October 27, 2016

IATA is forecasting a fundamental overhaul of airline distribution within five years, shifting to what it calls an "active distribution" model. In a major report for the global aviation industry or Read More

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Introducing a strategic framework for the evolution of mobile travel

By Sponsored Content | October 11, 2016

How we socialise, communicate, do business and travel has been dramatically changed by mobile and we live in a "mobile culture’ that did not exist five years ago. NB: This is a viewpoint by Brendan Read More

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How will advances in payments tech drive value for the travel industry? [VIDEO]

By Sponsored Content | September 28, 2016

Uber has redefined the B2C payment experience for consumers and, over time, that expectation of simplicity and ease of use will also impact B2B payments, according to Anthony Hynes, managing director Read More

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Ancillary revenue study features GDS agreements

By Martin Cowen | September 20, 2016

The CarTrawler Ancillary Revenue Yearbook by IdeaWorks Company has been released in full and includes, for the first time, a look at each of the airline's relationships with Amadeus, Travelport and Sa Read More

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