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News / Online

Was hotel marketing always this complicated? Part One of Three - Birth of the GDS

By Viewpoints | April 23, 2013

What was hotel marketing like before the internet? Most marketers would agree these were simpler times. Read More

News / Online

The hidden costs of travel payments

By Viewpoints | April 16, 2013

Muhammad Ali famously once said: "Often, it isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out, it’s the little pebble in your shoe." Read More

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Google chimes in on airline distribution changes, criticises closed shop and speed issues

By Linda Fox | April 15, 2013

IATA’s proposed NDC airline standard won’t meet the performance necessary to meet the demands of internet surfers according to a senior Google exec Read More

News / Distribution

Applying some Googlezon magic dust to airline retailing

By Linda Fox | April 15, 2013

Gather a bunch of airline bosses in a room and ask them what they want from technology – the answer doesn’t seem like rocket science Read More

Webinars / Online

Tnooz-eNett-MasterCard FREE Webinar: How travel payments are transforming the industry

By PhocusWire | April 13, 2013

Today’s travel payments landscape is complex. With rapidly changing points of sale, complicated distribution chains and legacy payment systems competing with new payment innovations, it’s about time... Read More

News

THack Sydney - Winners cover off mobile assistance and event travel planning

By Kevin May | April 11, 2013

Another city, another travel hackathon - with a team from Flight Centre creating a mobile service to help travellers on the road and another team helping festival goers organise their trip. Read More

News / Online

Travelport brings airline merchandising platform to distribution table

By Linda Fox | April 11, 2013

Travelport has developed technology enabling airlines to sell their full range of services via whatever channel they choose Read More

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IATA strikes back at Business Travel Coalition over the NDC

By Viewpoints | April 5, 2013

The airlines' main lobbying organization does a point-by-point rebuttal of a draft letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asking the Secretary to reject IATA’s application covering the New... Read More

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More white doves of peace as Orbitz and American Airlines settle dispute

By Kevin May | April 2, 2013

The so-called New American has certainly arrived and is busily ending its long-running court battles with various parts of the industry - the latest being online travel agency, Orbitz. Read More

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Just in time: Amadeus signs agreements with British Airways and Iberia after eleventh hour talks

By Kevin May | April 1, 2013

Cutting it very fine at Amadeus and IAG, umbrella company containing British Airways and Iberia, with the pair renewing their distribution deal at the last minute. Read More

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Travel distribution news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - March 2013

By PhocusWire | March 28, 2013

Product news, releases, projects, related analysis and more from the global distribution systems during March 2013 - all here, in one easy read. Read More

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THack Sydney - Travel problems to be solved and new APIs added

By Kevin May | March 24, 2013

There is just over a week to go until the official start online of the latest in our series of THack events for developers - this time taking place in Sydney, Australia! Read More

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Sabre brings in new chief financial officer, IPO dial goes up another notch

By Kevin May | March 20, 2013

Radars generally go up a little bit when a company that has openly talked about going on the public markets goes and hires a new chief financial officer. Read More

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Travelport reveals details on its refinancing with bondholders and its 2012 earnings

By Sean O'Neil | March 12, 2013

A select group of noteholders have gone restricted, and senior bondholders have been offered second lien financing, plus other details from today's earnings call. Read More