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Finnair to Add EDIFACT Surcharge in U.S.By Donna M. Airoldi

Finnair in October will begin to implement a $15 per-way surcharge in the EDIFACT channel in the United States. ... KEEP READING

Lufthansa Invests in Spotnana, Sets NDC ConnectionBy Donna M. Airoldi

Spotnana has partnered with the Lufthansa Group and has direct New Distribution Capability integrations to the group's carriers, the technology company... KEEP READING

Qantas Business Rewards Platform to Challenge TMCs for SME BusinessBy Donna M. Airoldi

Qantas has redeveloped its Qantas Business Rewards platform, which is geared toward small and midsize companies, and the revamped technology gives... KEEP READING

Travelport Plans Larger Global Footprint for DeemBy Michael B. Baker

Travelport has completed the integration of Deem with the Travelport Plus platform and, with its improved content access, plans to make more of a global... KEEP READING

ARC Integrates Finnair NDC into Direct ConnectBy Donna M. Airoldi

Airlines Reporting Corp. has integrated Finnair's New Distribution Capability offering into its ARC Direct Connect program, "which enables the airline... KEEP READING

Sabre Projects 'Solid' but 'Conservative' Growth in Travel DemandBy Michael B. Baker

Total bookings through Sabre's global distribution system increased 12 percent year over year in the second quarter to 90 million, and the travel... KEEP READING

Travelport Offering British Airways NDC ContentBy Donna M. Airoldi

British Airways' New Distribution Capability content now is live in the U.K. and Ireland on the Travelport Plus platform, the global distribution... KEEP READING

Delta Previews New Concur Platform, Mtgs. ProductBy Donna M. Airoldi

About 18 months after criticizing SAP Concur's booking tool displays, Delta Air Lines on Wednesday shared what it called a "sneak preview" of the new... KEEP READING

Travelport to Offer United NDC in Renewed AgreementBy Donna M. Airoldi

Travelport has renewed a multi-year agreement with United Airlines that beginning this month will enable the global distribution system provider to... KEEP READING

EDIFACT Move Clarifies Impact of United's Continuous Pricing StrategyBy Donna M. Airoldi

The industry largely has taken in stride United Airlines' announcement that it would remove basic economy fares from EDIFACT-connected channels. But the... KEEP READING

Why NDC Is like a Rubik's CubeBy Michael Farrell

World Travel, Inc.'s Mike Farrell counts down the top four ways New Distribution Capability resembles the creation and trajectory of the classic 1980s... KEEP READING

Amadeus GDS Bookings in N. America Exceed 2019 LevelsBy Michael B. Baker

Bookings in Amadeus' global distribution system increased 4.2 percent year over year in the second quarter, with bookings in North America now... KEEP READING

Spotnana Enables Travelers to Cross-Exchange EDIFACT and NDC TicketsBy Elizabeth West

Spotnana first to implement bi-directional EDIFACT-NDC ticket exchanges; tech company additionally makes the exercise self-service within the online... KEEP READING

United on Sept. 5 to Begin to Pull Content from EDIFACTBy Donna M. Airoldi

In a memo to corporate clients and travel management companies, SVP of worldwide sales Doreen Burse announced the carrier's first plans to remove... KEEP READING

Cvent, Choice to Enable Instant Mtg. BookingBy Angelique Platas

Meetings technology company Cvent this year will enable direct instant booking of small meetings across Choice Hotels International's franchised hotel... KEEP READING

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