Virgin Australia becomes latest Travelport partner

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Chirag Nandaniya
Aug 04, 2015

Travelport has signed a new long term agreement signed with Virgin Australia for global distribution, enhanced with its Rich Content & Branding solution. Virgin Australia will be able to utilise this innovative feature that enables airlines to market and retail their products more effectively by determining how their products are visually presented and described to travel agents. It is designed to allow airlines to use more sophistica [...]

Travelport ties up Unister Travel distribution deal

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Chirag Nandaniya
Jul 31, 2015

German online group Unister Travel is to gain access to travel content distributed by Travelport. Unister runs a number of online travel portals, with brands such as Ab-In-Den-Urlaub.de, Ab-In-Den-Urlaub-Deals.de, Fluege.de and Reisen.de, which collectively attract over 10 million unique users a month. Users will have access to Travelport’s content from leading national and low-cost carriers and the travel technology company’s Universal API [...]

Travelport signs Lufthansa to rich content solution

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Chirag Nandaniya
Jul 29, 2015

Travelport has announced Lufthansa is the latest participant in its Rich Content & Branding solution. Travelport Rich Content & Branding enables airlines to market and retail their products more effectively, fully displaying all of their fares, ancillaries and brand proposition to travel agencies.It includes rich product descriptions and graphics, optional or ancillary products for sale, including fares families, as well as “the next p [...]

Travelport & TTS Sign reseller agreement for Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific region

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Chirag Nandaniya
Jul 27, 2015

Travelport a leading Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $8 trillion global travel and tourism industry has announced a new agreement with TTS, a global leading player in the development of innovative solutions for the travel and tourism industry. Travelport will resell and distribute TTS Consolidator, TTS Corporate and TTS WeBook products in the Middle East, Africa and APAC regions. [...]

The Rise of the Mobile Channel: Changing Booking Patterns and Business Models

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Chirag Nandaniya
Jul 21, 2015

Expedia on a mobile phone Expedia surveys that in the past few years, mobile has emerged as a key channel within the travel industry and it is gradually heading towards holding a dominant position in terms of both travel bookings and customer service. The mobile channel is also changing travel consumers’ behavior, with travelers on the move expecting to be able to find what they need when they need it through their mobile devices. This [...]

How to list your Airbnb-style homestay on Booking.com

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Chirag Nandaniya
Jul 20, 2015

Booking.com, the online travel agency giant owned by Priceline Group, has begun listing homestays. Booking.com recognized travelers’ demand for non-hotel properties long ago and has been expanding its offerings in this space, writ large, for some time now. In fact, approximately 70% of Booking.com’s 690,000 properties worldwide are non-hotel properties. That said, accommodations labeled “homestay” don’t come from Booking’s traditio [...]

Travelport signs Hahn Air to its Rich Content platform

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Chirag Nandaniya
Jul 18, 2015

German airline Hahn Air has become the latest carrier to sign up to Travelport Rich Content and Branding. This means that Travelport connected agents around the world will now have access to the carrier’s flight content. The platform includes richer product descriptions and graphics, ancillary products and branded fares, all bookable through Travelport Smartpoint. Travel agents now have the tools to present and better explain the produ [...]

Relief for Travel Agents: Amadeus Introduces Airline Ticket Exchange Solution

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Chirag Nandaniya
Jul 16, 2015

Major travel technology and solutions provider Amadeus announced on Tuesday the launch of Amadeus Exchange Relief, the industry’s first all-in-one airline ticket exchange solution.The new solution streamlines ticket exchanges for travel agents, offering them three choices in handling and processing, including the first and only full-service option available in the marketplace. According to a release, the solution virtually eliminates debit memo [...]

Amadeus selected by Caribbean Airlines for systems upgrade

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Chirag Nandaniya
Jul 10, 2015

Caribbean Airlines has selected Amadeus to upgrade its Passenger Service System. The combined reservations, airport check-in, ticketing, eCommerce and inventory management systems are part of the airlines’ overall customer-centric strategy. Amadeus is a leading technology partner for the global travel industry which provides reliable, modern and cutting edge solutions to more than 120 airlines worldwide. Given the fiercely competitive [...]

Sabre Acquires Abacus International for $411M

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Chirag Nandaniya
Jul 07, 2015

Major travel technology provider Sabre Corporation announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Abacus International, the leading global distribution system (GDS) in the Asia-Pacific region.The addition of Abacus further strengthens Sabre’s leading position in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region. The ability to combine Sabre’s strong global technology platform capabilities with Abacus’ deep local market expertise will provide A [...]

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