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Bangkok Airways renews Travelport, Etihad content with Amadeus, and more...

By PhocusWire | March 31, 2016

This is a roundup for product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for March 2016. Thursday 31 March 2016: Travelport extends Bangkok Airways deal The mu Read More

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Airline industry chiefs on Uber, Google and distribution generally

By Linda Fox | March 18, 2016

Anyone in the room at a recent CAPA event would be forgiven for thinking they were in a time machine that had projected them back three years in airline distribution. The future of travel might hav Read More

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Lufthansa says other airlines will follow GDS surcharge move

By Kevin May | March 17, 2016

Lufthansa claims the impact of its controversial fee imposed on bookings via Global Distribution Systems has been neutral on revenue since its introduction in 2015. The Euro 16 surcharge began in S Read More

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Lufthansa talks up direct connect as big corporate agency comes on-board

By Kevin May | March 11, 2016

Lufthansa claims it has achieved more progress with "B2B direct connections" in the last six months than in the previous five years. The airline group said during the ITB event in Berlin this week Read More

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Travelport touts 100 airlines added in a year to its rich content tool

By Sean O'Neil | March 10, 2016

Travelport said Thursday that 150 airlines are now live with its array of merchandising products, -- which is 100 more than at the start of 2015. The company had previously announced reaching 100 a Read More

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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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