Travelport continues to show revenue gains as it delivers results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2013
Cautious optimism from Travelport as it edges along growth path
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sabre enhances merchandising capabilities with Custom Offers
May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sabre has released technology enabling hotels and airlines to put together personalised offers for customers
Google chimes in on airline distribution changes, criticises closed shop and speed issues
April 15, 2013 By 1 Comment
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
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Applying some Googlezon magic dust to airline retailing
April 15, 2013 By 37 Comments
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
Airlines! Who needs a new distribution platform, just bundle and add a supplement
December 13, 2012 By 8 Comments
Is history repeating itself? An interesting move by Flybe this morning sees the airline going back to a bundled approach except this time with a supplement
Can airline merchandising and loyalty co-exist?
November 20, 2012 By 3 Comments
Suppliers continue to talk incessantly about these two strategies for revenue generation: merchandising and loyalty. Can they co-exist peacefully? Can third parties do either well? In short, not yet.
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The global all-stars of upselling and cross-selling have tricks to teach the travel industry
November 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
More impact, higher margins — for top retailers, there’s method to their ancillary sales, says Amadeus and IdeaWorksCompany.
Airlines to net $36 billion in fees and upsells this year worldwide
October 29, 2012 By 2 Comments
That’s annual growth of 11% in ancillary revenue for the airlines.
Revealed: Winners in the battle for airline ancillary revenue
July 25, 2012 By 3 Comments
Airlines raked in ancillary revenues of at least $22.6 billion in 2011, says the latest joint study by Amadeus, a global distribution system, and IdeaWorks, a research firm. US airlines led the world by generating about 11 percent of their income from ancillary revenue.
Farelogix sets up merchandising unit, extends tech beyond direct connect airlines
July 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Farelogix has released an enhanced version of its FMS2 merchandising technology which was formerly offered only to airlines with direct connects.
