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Travelport aims to raise up to $480M with its IPO in US

By Sean O'Neil | September 11, 2014

The long-awaited US initial public offering of Travelport, the Atlanta, Georgia-based global distribution system (GDS) bought by private equity firm Blackstone Group, values the company at as much as Read More

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NDC hits US at last: United taps Amadeus's XML to sell ancillaries [UPDATED]

By Sean O'Neil | September 3, 2014

Today Amadeus said that United Airlines is the first carrier in North America to adopt a new way of connecting to the company's new XML-based ancillary sales service. It is the first global distrib Read More

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Thinking about targeting China? Big market, but not as easy as you might think

By Karthick Prabu | September 3, 2014

A who's who of global travel brands still face a number of challenges in the Chinese travel industry. At a panel discussion during the TravelDaily Summit in Shanghai, executives from Booking.com, S Read More

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Foreign GDS gear up for the much awaited opportunity in China

By Viewpoints | August 29, 2014

In the airline distribution segment in China, a lot of progress has been made with the support of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and IATA. Is the regulatory environment too listl Read More

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Refund.me Sabre Red, JuneYao in Abacus, Cleartrip signs Tigerair, and more

By PhocusWire | August 14, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for August 2014. Thursday 14 August 2014: refund.me launches its app in Sabre Red App Centr Read More

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Travelport looks beyond even Beyond Air, eNett possibly bigger than mothership some day

By Kevin May | August 5, 2014

Travelport has signalled one of the reasons it has upped its stake in eNett, the payment service joint venture of which it now owns 73%. Speaking following the release of its latest financial earni Read More

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Travelport buys into corporate travel platform Locomote

By Kevin May | August 3, 2014

Travelport's Beyond Air investment push continues - buying a 49% stake in Australia-based travel management platform Locomote. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Locomote is a three-and-a-hal Read More

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Travelport ups eNett stake, payment system valued at $450 million with eyes on other industries

By Kevin May | August 1, 2014

eNett is becoming a serious part of the Travelport portfolio, it seems - with it increasing its majority stake in a deal which will see the payment service worth around $450 million. Travelport has Read More

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Japan Airlines gets Amadeus Altea, DataArt automates Triometric, and more

By PhocusWire | July 30, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel SYSTEMS in tourism and hospitality for July 2014. Thursday 31 July 2014: Japan Airlines to implement Amadeus Altea solution The Read More

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Air India on Travelport Merchandising Platform, Solomon Airlines and AirAsia select Amadeus solutions, and more

By PhocusWire | July 29, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for July 2014. Tuesday 29 July 2014: Travelport signs Air India to Rich Content and Brandin Read More

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Booking.com and Sabre blow their hotel inventory trumpet

By Kevin May | July 3, 2014

Following HomeAway's milestone of reaching one million properties last week, now it's the turn of Booking.com and Sabre to join in. Priceline-owned Booking.com has been busily telling everyone this Read More

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Fastbooking launches B2B engine, Sabre heads to Azerbaijan, and more

By PhocusWire | June 27, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for June 2014. Friday 27 June 2014: Fastbooking launches a new booking engine Fastbooki Read More

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Moving airlines from Argos (minus the catalogue) to a grit-free web experience

By Linda Fox | June 24, 2014

Analogies describing the online travel experience are plentiful and yet Argos without the catalogue sticks in the mind as an image of what it can be like for users. The analogy comes from Comair ec Read More

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Travelport buys hospitality distribution system Hotelzon

By Kevin May | June 11, 2014

Travelport, in a bid to boost its presence in areas "Beyond Air", has bought UK-based hotel distribution platform Hotelzon. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. Hotelzon provides various hotel dis Read More

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Nuggets from the Travelport IPO filing

By Sean O'Neil | June 4, 2014

With Travelport's latest attempt to IPO now out in the open, analysts and potential investors will be poring over the details filed today. The S1 placed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Read More

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