The SCAN: Booking.com triples mobile bookings, and more news

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Mobile device hotel bookings grew 300% to $3 billion, says Booking.com, and more travel tech news.

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Air France-KLM signs Amadeus, reveals its distribution cards

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It is an ever edgy relationship between airline and global distribution system and now more than ever because of IATA’s plans for a new distribution system

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Deregulation of the air distribution in China and how agents can capitalise

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Today’s travel agency environment is both dynamic and turbulent.

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Deregulation of the air distribution in China and what it means for airlines

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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.

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Deregulation of travel distribution in China – what does it REALLY mean for those outside?

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Many in the travel industry have heard about China travel deregulation, but not everyone understands what it actually means to them.

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The Scan: Carlson Wagonlit expands in China, Travelocity lands on the Kindle Fire, and more news

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CWT Online is China’s first online booking tool for international flights, and more items in our roundup for 5 September.

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Sabre latest to get China access with TravelSky hotel deal

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Sabre has joined forces with China-based TravelSky in a deal with both the GDS sharing hotel content to travel agents connected to the respective systems

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China opens up again as state-owned TravelSky inks hotel distribution deal with Abacus

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Further evidence that the Chinese government-backed TravelSky is looking outward for partners with news that it has signed a hotel distribution deal with Abacus.

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Travelport gets more global in Asia and Africa

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Travelport believes its global marketshare declined slightly during the first quarter, but officials are very bullish about the global distribution system’s growth prospects in Japan, China and Africa.

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TravelSky continues hotel outreach with Pegasus and Starwood connection

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Travel agents in China can now perform electronic bookings of some Starwood properties because Pegasus Solutions and TravelSky, the Chinese govenment-owned global distribution system, established a tie-in to the Pegasus hotel switch May 3.

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