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JetBlue Extends Seat Distancing Policy Through Early JulyBy Michael B. Baker

JetBlue will continue blocking passengers from sitting adjacent to one another through July 6, the carrier announced. ... KEEP READING

Travel Leaders Confirms Tzell, Protravel Integration PlansBy Chris Davis

Travel Leaders Group plans to align subsidiaries Protravel and Tzell under a single brand, according to a memo from CEO J.D. O'Hara. The announcement... KEEP READING

Travel Leaders, Altour Unify Corporate-Focused BrandsBy Adam Perrotta

Nearly three years after merging as sister companies, Travel Leaders Corporate and Altour's corporate travel business are combining operations under a... KEEP READING

Deem Latest to Add Routehappy Rich ContentBy Adam Perrotta

Deem is enhancing the level of flight detail available in its business travel booking platform by integrating ATPCO's Universal Ticket Attributes, a... KEEP READING

Southwest Goes Live in Apollo, WorldspanBy Michael B. Baker

Southwest Airlines now is taking corporate travel bookings through Travelport's Apollo and Worldspan global distribution systems, with settlement... KEEP READING

Sabre Scraps Farelogix AcquisitionBy Michael B. Baker

Sabre and Farelogix have terminated their merger agreement, as the Thursday deadline for the deal passed.... KEEP READING

Kalibri Labs: U.S. Hotel Demand Down 43 Percent in March, Group and GDS Booking Shares DeclineBy Donna M. Airoldi

Total U.S. hotel bookings in March declined 43 percent year over year, according to Kalibri Labs. The share of hotel bookings made in March via group... KEEP READING

Farelogix Enables Social Distancing Policies Via Merchandizing ToolBy Michael B. Baker

Farelogix is using its FLX Merchandise offer engine to help airlines enact social distancing policies in seat selection, according to the airline... KEEP READING

Southwest Content to Go Live in Apollo, Worldspan in Early MayBy Michael B. Baker

Southwest Airlines will be fully live in both the Apollo and Worldspan global distribution systems on May 4, Southwest Business VP Dave Harvey said.... KEEP READING

U.K. Regulator Blocks Sabre-Farelogix MergerBy Michael B. Baker

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority has decided to block Sabre's acquisition of Farelogix. ... KEEP READING

U.S. Court Rules in Sabre's Favor, But Future of Farelogix Acquisition UnclearBy Michael B. Baker

A U.S. district court judge gave Sabre the green light to move forward with its acquisition of Farelogix, though its ability to follow through amid the... KEEP READING

ATPCO Introduces 'Reassurance' Attribute for AirlinesBy Michael B. Baker

ATPCO has developed a new "reassurance" metric to provide information on safety and flexibility at booking during the Covid-19 pandemic.... KEEP READING

ARC: Weekly Air Sales By U.S. Corp. Travel Agencies Again PlummetBy Dawit Habtemariam

Total air tickets sold in the week ending April 5 by U.S.-based travel agencies with at least 70 percent self-reported corporate and government business... KEEP READING

Greyber Steps Down From Egencia HelmBy Adam Perrotta

Longtime Egencia president Rob Greyber has stepped down, the company said Thursday. Ariane Gorin, president of Expedia Business Services, has assumed... KEEP READING

Amid Layoffs, TripActions CEO Pushes R&DBy Adam Perrotta

After laying off nearly 300 employees in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic reducing business travel to essentially zero, TripActions CEO Ariel Cohen... KEEP READING

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