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EY Ready to Expand Blockchain Booking ExperimentBy Michael B. Baker

About six months into an experimental project of providing a blockchain-based portal for U.S. employees to book leisure trips, EY's travel team is ready... KEEP READING

American Tells TMCs to Be NDC-Ready by April or Lose Some Content AccessBy Donna M. Airoldi

American Airlines on Monday alerted travel agencies that they need to be connected to the carrier's New Distribution Capability technology by April 2023... KEEP READING

TripStax to Add Hotel Booking Capabilities with Hotelzon AcquisitionBy Michael B. Baker

Travel management technology company TripStax has acquired hotel booking platform Hotelzon from Travelport, with plans to use the platform to offer a... KEEP READING

Innovate Faceoff Notebook: Troop Tops, TripBam People's ChoiceBy Michael B. Baker

Judges at the BTN Group's 9th annual Innovate conference gave top honors to meetings management travel platform Troop, while inaugural Innovate winner... KEEP READING

Qantas Expands NDC Content Available Via Travelport PlusBy Donna M. Airoldi

Qantas now is distributing New Distribution Capability-piped content in 52 countries, including Australia, to agency customers via the Travelport Plus... KEEP READING

Amadeus Signs Agreements with Fareportal, Simplenight and HotelPlannerBy Michael B. Baker

Amadeus on Tuesday announced new distribution agreements with both Fareportal and commerce platform Simplenight as well as a new technology agreement... KEEP READING

Accelya Names Gilliland CEOBy Michael B. Baker

Travel technology supplier Accelya has named former Sabre CEO Sam Gilliland as its new CEO, as current CEO Jim Davidson moves to the role of vice... KEEP READING

Amadeus to Launch Wholly Owned Payments Business in 2023By Michael B. Baker

Amadeus next year plans to launch a new payments-focused business, with a prepaid virtual card on tap to be its first offering, the company announced.... KEEP READING

ATPCO Sets Course to Dynamic Air OffersBy Donna M. Airoldi

When Alex Zoghlin took the reins of ATPCO as CEO in January 2021, he set a goal of simplifying processes at the company. Has he succeeded? BTN's Donna... KEEP READING

Hubli Adds Diversity Module to Booking PlatformBy Angelique Platas

Event booking platform Hubli has added a diversity module to its Where to Meet booking platform, the company announced Tuesday. ... KEEP READING

Travelport Joins Travalyst Sustainability CoalitionBy Michael B. Baker

Travelport has joined the Travalyst sustainable travel coalition, with plans to implement the organization's methodology for reporting travel emissions.... KEEP READING

Amadeus: Q3 Revenue Per Booking UpBy Michael B. Baker

Amadeus' booking recovery rate dipped slightly in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter, although revenue recovery continued an upward... KEEP READING

Clarity, World Travel Pulling Together New TMC 'Community'

Travel management companies World Travel and Clarity Business Travel in October announced that they had created a new joint venture the companies said... KEEP READING

BTP, Thrust Carbon Partner on Hotel Sustainability IndexBy Angelique Platas

Hotel sourcing solution Business Travel Performance Automation has launched a technology platform in partnership with sustainability tech firm Thrust... KEEP READING

Sabre Reports Air Bookings Recovery Throughout Q3By Michael B. Baker

Sabre reported its best quarter of recovery since the Covid-19 pandemic began, with net air bookings nearing 60 percent of 2019 levels by the end of the... KEEP READING

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