At the onset of the new decade (1990) it became apparent that travel agents were caught in a price battle between the remaining four global distribution systems and the airlines.
Was hotel marketing always this complicated? Part Two of Three – GDS consolidation and rise of OTAs
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Cross-selling, ease of booking, commission guarantee – key among Asia travel agents
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Travel agents in the Asia-Pacific region rate the ease of booking and commission guarantees as the most important criteria when selecting a channel to book hotels.
Was hotel marketing always this complicated? Part One of Three – Birth of the GDS
April 23, 2013 By 2 Comments
What was hotel marketing like before the internet? Most marketers would agree these were simpler times.
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Emirates becomes latest airline to tee up activities and inspiration as part of trip search
April 23, 2013 By 1 Comment
Over three years on from Lufthansa and two years after British Airways, Emirates is trying to change the way people search for flights, based on what passengers might do in a destination.
Business opportunity: Concur launches branded app center
April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The travel app store ecosystem expands yet again, as Concur announces their own branded app center.
Amadeus study reveals Asia as biggest market for air travel
April 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Worldwide air traffic volume grew 5% between 2011 and 2012, with Asia being the largest, fastest-growing and most competitive market for air travel.
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Amadeus acquires Hitit Loyalty
April 8, 2013 By 2 Comments
Amadeus will integrate the world’s most popular back-end loyalty solution into its Altea Suite, boosting the revenue of its growing airline IT services unit.
IATA strikes back at Business Travel Coalition over the NDC
April 5, 2013 By 4 Comments
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 Distribution Capability.
Just in time: Amadeus signs agreements with British Airways and Iberia after eleventh hour talks
April 1, 2013 By 5 Comments
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.
Travel distribution news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – March 2013
March 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Product news, releases, projects, related analysis and more from the global distribution systems during March 2013 – all here, in one easy read.
