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Ryanair wants ticket distribution via agencies, talking to all three GDSs

By Kevin May | January 15, 2014

When we said hell had frozen over at Ryanair, as it finally opened a Twitter account, we were being tongue in cheek - but it now appears the cold spell has continued in a serious way. Just three da Read More

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Brick-by-brick - China starts dismantling wall of air distribution

By Karthick Prabu | January 15, 2014

Possible game-changer alert: the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved the licenses of two foreign GDSs to sell overseas airline tickets in the country. In late 2012, Tnooz rep Read More

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BookIt lands debut funding round in shape of $10M from Monroe Capital

By Kevin May | January 14, 2014

Online travel agency BookIt has raised $10 million in investment from Monroe Capital, some two and a half years after disclosing it was exploring "strategic alternatives" for the business. The comp Read More

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Hopper opens to all, also fires up data research service

By Sean O'Neil | January 13, 2014

Last week saw the soft launch of Hopper, the long-awaited consumer trip planning engine that claims to be powered by the "world's largest structured database of travel information". Since last summ Read More

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GDS channel in from start as Tigerair and China Airlines join on low cost carrier

By Karthick Prabu | December 16, 2013

After marking a strong presence in the South Asian low cost carrier market, Tiger Airways is all set to replicate the same in North East Asia. Tigerair with China Airlines will be launching a new b Read More

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Regulatory decision close, but other moves in background with IATA NDC

By Kevin May | December 16, 2013

IATA says it expects to get some indication from US regulators in the coming weeks over approval for its Resolution 787 and "a major step in the right direction" for the NDC project. Director-gener Read More

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Amadeus decides virtual cards are back in vogue

By Kevin May | December 10, 2013

Heard something similar to this before? Amadeus has created a joint initiative with AirPlus to give travel agencies virtual credit cards for payments to suppliers. The Amadeus AirPlus Travel Agency Read More

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Why is a GDS launching an investment fund for travel startups?

By Karthick Prabu | December 6, 2013

The recent company to join the venture capital industry is none other than the GDS giant Amadeus. Today, Amadeus has officially announced its foray into (early stage) investing in travel startups t Read More

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Travel startup lessons learned from idea to glory in 12 months

By Viewpoints | December 2, 2013

This November, VerbalizeIt’s human translation platform was recognized as the travel startup of the year at the PhoCusWright Travel Innovation Summit. As entrepreneurs, we are programmed to focus o Read More

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What keeps business travel experts awake at night?

By Kevin May | December 2, 2013

Not ill-fitting eye masks, anyway. This was the question handed to a group from various strands of the business travel world at the CAPA Summit in Amsterdam this week. It's a standard thing to ask Read More

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Tiger Airways hits GDS as Delta-ANZ debut rich content on Travelport

By Kevin May | November 25, 2013

Tiger Airways is joining the likes of EasyJet in Europe and abandoning its previous direct channel-only model and will be available on the GDS via Travelport. As well as allowing its fare and ancil Read More

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Priceline gets into inspiration game (thanks to Travelport)

By Kevin May | November 19, 2013

Priceline is the latest travel brand to try and re-engineer the way people get ideas for travel after integrating an inspiration engine provided by Travelport. The tool being rolled out on a new ve Read More

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Travelport creates iTunes-style Marketplace for agent applications

By Kevin May | November 14, 2013

Travelport is the latest travel technology company to create a platform similar to the Apple iTunes appstore so agency customers can download products and services. Travelport Marketplace is due to Read More

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Travel DISTRIBUTION roundup - Travelport, Sabre, BookIt, Eurolines, GTA, TravelClick

By PhocusWire | November 13, 2013

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION on Wednesday 13 November 2013... Transaero Airlines and Sabre sign new content deal Transaero Airlines and Sabre have sign Read More

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Travelport eyeing Beyond Air as key element for the future

By Kevin May | November 8, 2013

Almost a fifth of Travelport revenue is now coming from non-air (or "Beyond Air", as it now calls it) activities - indicating what the company hopes will be an ongoing shift away from "traditional" se Read More

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