Cross-border ticketing has elusive for travel companies, but US-based SilverRail is establishing industry standards for online B2B rail distribution globally — just like GDSs did in the air ticketing years ago.
GetThere majorly expands its booking content for corporate travel
May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The giant of corporate tools, which books $9 billion in travel a year, is supplementing its GDS content with additional regional suppliers via more user-friendly reservation tools.
The SCAN: Vayama starts a US road show, Starwood is a digital star, and more
April 9, 2013 By 3 Comments
The international metasearch site is trying to raise awareness among US consumers by meeting them in person, Starwood came out tops in a ranking of hotel brands by digital competence, and more travel tech news.
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Deregulation of the air distribution in China and how agents can capitalise
January 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Today’s travel agency environment is both dynamic and turbulent.
Deregulation of the air distribution in China and what it means for airlines
November 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Some hard facts: around 800 million new air travellers are expected to be flying from 2009 to 2014, with at least a quarter coming from China.
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.
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Deregulation of travel distribution in China – what does it REALLY mean for those outside?
November 1, 2012 By 1 Comment
Many in the travel industry have heard about China travel deregulation, but not everyone understands what it actually means to them.
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.
The Scan: KLM taps WorldPay, fingerprints and Facebook will mash up at WTM, and more travel tech trade news
October 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
American Airlines, Sabre, Uber, KLM, Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel, Flip.to, EarthCam, and NextGreatPlace all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 25 October.
China is opening to GDS players, and Abacus, Sabre, Amadeus, and Travelport plot their moves
September 11, 2012 By 4 Comments
Starting in October, China will relax its regulations and allow foreign GDSs to serve Chinese travel agents for ticketing international flights.
