It hasn’t received much publicity but a New York state court handed online travel agencies, traditional travel agencies and tour operators a stinging rebuke on the hotel tax and service fee issue — one that might have far-reaching repercussions in New York City and beyond.
A lender foreclosed on AdventureLink and now the company founder is readying a bid to buy the online adventure travel company and turn it around.
Orbitz Worldwide is focused on two missions: building its hotel and media businesses. And with the launch of AdventureFinder, it is fortifying the latter.
Welcome to the world of travel wholesalers, where print brochures still play an integral role.
With OpenTravel’s XML standards, the long tail of travel distribution may begin to get a big more wag — or even swag.
Amadeus and Fourth Dimension Software integrated some of their tour operator offerings and entered into a co-marketing pact that could give FDS a larger footprint in Europe and fill in some technology gaps for Amadeus.
And, oh yeah, the partnership could make things more efficient for tour operator customers, enable them to better package scheduled, charter and net-rate flights using the two companies’ integrated services, and provide them with broader options through TravelTainment’s multi-channel distribution platforms.
Several things drove the arrangement. TravelTainment provides a desktop solution and booking engine for tours, but many tour operators still are using decades-old technology for back-of-the house kinds of things such as inventory management, so there was a need to fill that gap. As Amadeus, like other GDSs, looked to diversify leisure offerings, it went looking for a tour technology partner.
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