RoomIt Pilot Accesses Independent-Hotel ContentBy Dawit HabtemariamRoomIt, Carlson Wagonlit Travel's hotel distribution division, has partnered with SiteMinder, which helps hotels reach customers, including by pushing... KEEP READING
BCD Travel to Pilot NDC Connections with Lufthansa GroupBy Elizabeth WestBCD Travel and Lufthansa Group—Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, Swiss and Brussels Airlines—have initiated a multi-year agreement that will allow BCD to... KEEP READING
GDSs' Action on NDC Has Lulled TMCs to SleepBy TravelCast Consulting managing partner Pedro CeronEarlier this year, talk of the International Air Transport Association's New Distribution Capability standard and its deployment in the U.S. was getting... KEEP READING
Sabre Will Acquire FarelogixBy Michael B. BakerSabre Corp. has agreed to acquire Farelogix for $360 million. Executives of both companies said the deal will speed up their development of retailing,... KEEP READING
Air Canada Will Join Winding TreeBy Michael B. BakerAir Canada has agreed to participate in a blockchain-based travel distribution platform under development by Winding Tree. The carrier will integrate... KEEP READING
Skyscanner Joins NDC Exchange PlatformBy Michael B. BakerTravel search site Skyscanner has joined ATPCO and SITA's NDC Exchange platform, which provides application programming interface connections between... KEEP READING
Five Airlines Join NDC ExchangeBy Michael B. BakerBritish Airways, Delta, Finnair, the Latam Group and United Airlines all are joining ATPCO and SITA's NDC Exchange platform. The platform will enable... KEEP READING
Routehappy Enables Airlines to Supply Their Own ContentBy Michael B. BakerRoutehappy by ATPCO has built three rich content hubs for airlines, demonstrating that it has shifted focus from putting together airline content itself... KEEP READING
Routehappy Switches Up Wi–Fi CategorizationsBy Michael B. BakerRoutehappy has added new descriptors for in-flight Wi-Fi to better define what sort of connection will be available aboard a flight. The categorizations... KEEP READING
Delta Gets Level 3 NDC CertificationBy Michael B. BakerDelta has achieved Level 3 certification for the International Transport Association's New Distribution Capability schema version 18.1, the highest... KEEP READING
Sabre Gets Level 3 NDC Certification as an AggregatorBy Michael B. BakerSabre Corp. has achieved Level 3 certification as an aggregator under the International Air Transport Association's New Distribution Capability standard... KEEP READING
Etihad Partners with Farelogix to Boost Ancillary OfferingsBy Michael B. BakerEtihad Airways plans to broaden its ancillary offerings by implementing Farelogix's FLX Merchandise engine. It will enable the carrier to showcase such... KEEP READING
IAG Increases Global Distribution System SurchargeBy Jay BoehmerInternational Airlines Group carriers British Airways and Iberia will increase their global distribution system surcharge on Sept. 18, the airlines... KEEP READING
CWT Renews Amadeus & Sabre ContractsBy Amanda MetcalfCWT will avail itself of the global distribution content and technology of Amadeus and Sabre via a multiyear contract renewal with each global... KEEP READING
The Value of TransparencyHRS signed more than three times as much business in the first seven months of 2018 as it did in the entirety of 2017. The hotel solutions... KEEP READING
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