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Singapore Airlines claims airline first with in-flight entertainment app

By Kevin May | March 3, 2016

"World first" claim alert, as Singapore Airlines introduces an app for passengers to plan and control their in-flight entertainment on-board. The airline says the app (available for both Android an Read More

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Trekksoft fjords, SiteMinder gets IBC, Sabre signs EasyJet and Bangkok Airways, and more...

By PhocusWire | February 29, 2016

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for February 2016. Monday 29 February 2016: Trekksoft sails into Fjord Norway The tour Read More

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Travelport enjoys hotel booking role and payment IT growth

By Kevin May | February 18, 2016

Travelport hopes to strengthen its position as one of the leading hotel distributors after seeing its total number of booked room nights increased to 65 million in 2015. The company has no stated a Read More

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Lufthansa casts doubt on claims of fall after introduction of GDS surcharge

By Kevin May | February 4, 2016

UPDATE: A Lufthansa official says: “These figures only represent the volume of bookings made though the GTMC channels and do not take account of increases in the bookings through other avenues. Th Read More

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Travelport signs Jambojet, GlobalStar hails Cabforce, Tripadvisor adds Starwood, and more...

By PhocusWire | January 27, 2016

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for January 2016. Wednesday 27 January Travelport sweet on Jambojet Jambojet, a no-fr Read More

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Alitrip shifts focus to outbound with US agency partnerships

By Martin Cowen | January 13, 2016

Alibaba's travel brand Alitrip is building partnerships in countries where it anticipates demand from "young, affluent and mobile" Chinese travellers. The US is one of its priorities, and earlier t Read More

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Blackstone back in travel tech with $170 million IBS Software deal

By Martin Cowen | December 17, 2015

India-based travel tech firm IBS Software has confirmed that private equity giant Blackstone has invested $170 million for an undisclosed minority stake. IBS said in its statement that Blackstone h Read More

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Etihad (and partners) tap Cognizant for new platform

By Martin Cowen | December 16, 2015

Etihad has announced another technology tie-up, signing a three-year multi-million dollar deal with Cognizant as part of the airline's (and its partners') digital transformation. The consultancy si Read More

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Agencies, airlines, inefficiencies and costs - a study

By Kevin May | December 10, 2015

A massive study of the data flowing between agency systems and airlines has shed light on processes that cost carriers millions in fees every year. Agentivity took a look at data from 2.6 million p Read More

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Travel technology sector will be worth $12 billion a year by 2019

By Kevin May | December 3, 2015

The global travel technology market is forecast to grow by 14.2% over the the course of the next four years to $12.21 billion. The compound annual growth rate figure is currently forecast to hit 7. Read More

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Travelport takes majority share of Locomote, shuffles management pack

By Sean O'Neil | December 1, 2015

Travelport has taken a 55% share of expense and travel management service Locomote. In August 2014 it had bought a 49% stake in the Australian startup, but it now has majority ownership. Terms of t Read More

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Amadeus adds airport trains, Razoom hits 1,500, TigerAir Taiwan debuts on Travelport, and more...

By PhocusWire | November 26, 2015

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for November 2015. Thursday 26 November 2015: Amadeus adds airport trains The UK's Hea Read More

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Travelport claims it's the world's fourth-largest hotel distributor

By Sean O'Neil | November 13, 2015

Ask a Travelport executive about how the UK-based technology company stands out from its rivals, and you'll hear a lot about non-air content. Nearly a quarter of Travelport's revenue comes distribu Read More

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How airline retailing impacts agencies and TMCs

By Sean O'Neil | November 12, 2015

For the past 15-plus years or so, airlines and agencies have been butting heads. Yet technology is now letting agencies sell the high-margin products airlines want to sell the most. Might that tech Read More

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Travelport’s MTT talks mobile app strategy for TMCs and itself

By Sean O'Neil | November 11, 2015

Mobile Travel Technologies (MTT), a mobile platform provider to airlines, hotels, and travel management companies (TMCs), has been on a growth tear. Today MTT has about 170 employees, with a plan Read More

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