The bottom line in Amadeus’ announcement yesterday that it will attempt a public offering on the Spanish Stock Exchanges in the first half of the year is this: UK private equity firms BC Partners and Cinven likely will retain control of Amadeus and they will use the proceeds to pay down debt.
WestJet, the Canadian low cost carrier, signed a multiyear full content agreement with Travelport GDS, and Travelport says “in the future” the airline will distribute its prereserved seats through the Apollo and Worldspan systems.
Travel metasearch engine TravelFusion has relaunched its main B2C website with a number of new features and ahead of a series of other product improvements.
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The really interesting part about mobile travel apps right now is how much investment is going into this space.
Travelocity officially launched its opaque-hotel offering, Top Secret Hotels, which had been in beta, in an effort to become a player in that space alongside Priceline and Expedia’s Hotwire.
NileGuide, the trip-planning company, released its second mobile app, What’s Next, an iPhone app that features information on more than 200 destinations from 30-plus content sources.
TLabs focus on startups featuring Virginia-based C2G, the company behind Cost2Drive.com.
TripAdvisor, considered by many one of the busiest sites to read on a desktop let alone a mobile device, has launched a version for smartphones.
As the always-connected traveller turns to mobile and other devices to search and book products, travel brands must finally grasp the importance of providing a seamless multi-channel customer experience.
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