Global Travel Technology Market Opportunity, Trends and Forecast 2015-2019 – Key Vendors are Amadeus, Navitaire, Sabre & Travelport

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Chirag Nandaniya
Oct 12, 2015

The global travel technology market to grow at a CAGR of 7.9% over the period 2014-2019. Technology is seeping in the travel industry; globally, online travel sales has increased to more than $600 billion in 2014, which constitutes nearly one-third of the total travel sales. One of the fourth most such applications is flight tracking. Earlier, travel technology was related with computer reservation systems (CRS) of the airlines industry, but now [...]

Travelport acquires Austrian distributor TraviAustria

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Chirag Nandaniya
Oct 09, 2015

Travelport has announced the acquisition and vertical integration of its distributor in Austria, TraviAustria. TraviAustria was founded in 1987 by Austrian Airlines, an original shareholder in the predecessor company of Travelport.In addition to providing local sales, support and marketing activity for the Travelport travel commerce platform to travel agencies in Austria, TraviAustria built and operates one of the largest tour operator booking p [...]

Transavia ups Travelport’s fare range in bid to entice business travellers

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Chirag Nandaniya
Oct 07, 2015

A new range of fares is being made available by Transavia via Travelport’s travel commerce platform as it seeks to attract more business travellers. The Air France-KLM group low-cost carrier has also signed up to the technology company’s rich content and branding solution to better control how its services are visually presented and described to travel agents.Travelport’s technology will help Transavia retail its offering by displaying its [...]

TravelClick Expands Advertising Partnership with Amadeus

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Chirag Nandaniya
Oct 02, 2015

TravelClick, a global provider of innovative cloud-based solutions that enable hotels to grow revenue, and Amadeus, a leading provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel industry, have announced an extension of their relationship. The multi-year agreement will allow TravelClick to provide targeted advertising solutions within the Amadeus travel technology ecosystem to all hotels. Through this extended relationship, TravelClic [...]

Global Travel Technology Market – Opportunity, Trends and Forecast 2015-2019

Posted Under : Technology

Chirag Nandaniya
Oct 01, 2015

Technology is seeping in the travel industry; globally, online travel sales has increased to more than $600 billion in 2014, which constitutes nearly one-third of the total travel sales. One of the fourth most such applications is flight tracking. Earlier, travel technology was related with computer reservation systems (CRS) of the airlines industry, but now it broadly includes the tourism sector along with its subset the hospitality indust [...]

Expedia Unveils App For Hoteliers

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Chirag Nandaniya
Sep 26, 2015

Expedia’s newly released PartnerCentral app allows hoteliers to manage bookings through the OTA, receive real-time alerts and interact with guests. Expedia Inc., one of the world's leading travel companies, introduced the Expedia® PartnerCentral App for iPhone and Android. This mobile app is touted as a new way to help hoteliers manage their business on Expedia anytime, anywhere, and was created to help solve the everyday problems hoteliers f [...]

Priceline.com selects BBDO New York to lead next big creative charge as strategic branding and creative agency of record

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Chirag Nandaniya
Sep 22, 2015

Priceline.com, a leader in online and mobile travel, announced that it has named BBDO New York as its new strategic and creative advertising agency partner. The agency will be responsible for an integrated marketing platform that includes television, digital and social campaigns. As the number of mobile-savvy travel planners and bookers continues to grow, priceline.com has launched several innovative products and has challenged its new agency to [...]

Logitravel will be the first European Online Travel Agency to go live with Amadeus Fare Families

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Chirag Nandaniya
Sep 18, 2015

Logitravel is to become the first European Online Travel Agency (OTA) to implement Amadeus Fare Families, which enables airlines to differentiate their offer by creating bundles of services, such as priority boarding, extra luggage or VIP lounge, under specific fares. These fares can then be branded and made available across the airline’s different sales channels. Through Logitravel’s implementation of Amadeus Fare Families, travellers will b [...]

Expedia-Orbitz Deal Gains Antitrust Clearance

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Chirag Nandaniya
Sep 17, 2015

The Justice Department granted antitrust clearance on Wednesday to Expedia Inc.’s $1.3 billion takeover of rival online travel agent Orbitz Worldwide Inc., saying the deal was unlikely to hurt competition. By approving the deal, Expedia and Priceline control over 95 percent of the online travel agency bookings in the United States. TripAdvisor has spent the past year amassing support for its booking service from big hotel chains like Ma [...]

Amadeus targets LCCs with deal for Accenture’s Navitaire

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Chirag Nandaniya
Sep 16, 2015

Amadeus has agreed to acquire Navitaire, the Accenture subsidiary that provides technology and business solutions to the airline industry. The US$830 million deal will give Amadeus access to Navitaire’s solutions for the low-cost airline segment, complementing Amadeus’ Altéa suite for full-service carriers. Amadeus intends to market and sell the two product portfolios separately. The announcement marks a new chapter for Navitaire that [...]

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