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Time to rejoice? NDC has finally had its I'M HERE party

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | October 20, 2014

IATA has obviously used previous World Passenger Symposiums as a platform to advance the concept of its NDC (New Distribution Capability). But this year's gig in San Diego was different. At the Read More

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Watch out, Bangalore - THack is coming back!

By Kevin May | October 16, 2014

THack is returning to Bangalore... Get ready to code away for the chance to win your share of US$10,000 (or more) in cash and other prizes. It is, once again, all about pulling together ideas and f Read More

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Amadeus to launch merchandising system, plugging into existing hosting technology and NDC

By Kevin May | October 14, 2014

Amadeus is to make its biggest push yet into the world of airline merchandising, as part of a vision to unlock what it claims is at least $130 billion in revenues for carriers. The company says tap Read More

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Compelling travel concepts fly into THack SFO

By Nick Vivion | October 6, 2014

The latest edition of our ongoing THack series landed at San Francisco's International Airport this weekend, taking over the impressive conference room in Terminal 2. Inspiration was everywhere, with Read More

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THack returns to San Francisco for a third year

By Kevin May | September 29, 2014

THack is back. At San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ... in Terminal 2 ... a 24-hour travel hackathon inside the airport. Join Tnooz on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 October and help change the fa Read More

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Travelport signs BCD, GTA partners with Compass, Amadeus hails GermanWings shift, and more...

By PhocusWire | September 26, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for September 2014. Friday 26 September 2014: Travelport signs long-term deal with BCD Trav Read More

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Travelport to IPO at $16 a share, at high end of expected range

By Sean O'Neil | September 24, 2014

The US initial public offering of Travelport, the Atlanta, Georgia-based global distribution system (GDS), will be priced at $16 a share. That's at the highest end of the range it marketed 13 days ago Read More

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Ryanair/Amadeus: promo fares not on GDS; no US/China deal yet

By Martin Cowen | September 24, 2014

Amadeus' senior VP of distribution Holger Taubmann shared the stage with Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary at the FVW Congress in Cologne and talked over this morning's announcement that Ryanair fares wil Read More

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Ryanair signs distribution deal with Amadeus

By Martin Cowen | September 24, 2014

Amadeus has signed a deal with Ryanair and will sell the carrier's inventory through its global distribution network, the pair announced today. Tnooz broke the news at the start of the year that Ry Read More

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Concur, SAP, data and the pivoting of corporate travel

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | September 19, 2014

The rumoured bidding war is over - Germany-based SAP emerged as the victor in the battle to acquire Concur. The deal for the US expense management and corporate travel IT company was $8.3 billion, Read More

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Sabre plots hospitality growth - tuck-ins, geographic and customer expansion

By Linda Fox | September 15, 2014

Just days before Sabre announced its acquisition of Genares, chief executive Tom Klein was speaking at the Deutsche Bank 2014 Technology Conference. He will no doubt have had hospitality on the bra Read More

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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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