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Qatar Gets Level 3 NDC CertificationBy Michael B. Baker

Qatar Airways has received Level 3 certification under the International Air Transport Association's New Distribution Capability standards, the highest... KEEP READING

Expedia Will Display Rich Airfare Content Via Routehappy APIsBy Michael B. Baker

Expedia will integrate Routehappy's rich content formats for airline fares and products in the "near future" per an expanded agreement between the two... KEEP READING

GDSs, Surcharges, TMCs, NDC, APIs: What the Heck Is Going On in Europe?By Amanda Metcalf

To start: a primer on the interplay among global distribution systems, airlines and travel management companies. TMCs, on which many corporate travel... KEEP READING

Alaska Airlines Is Working with Farelogix on Direct DistributionBy Michael B. Baker

Alaska Airlines is developing direct-channel content using Farelogix's FLX Merchandise engine. Farelogix CEO Jim Davidson said the carrier, which has... KEEP READING

Bob Brindley Moves to Startup TripActions

Twenty-one year BCD Travel/Advito executive Bob Brindley has left the mega travel management company and consultancy to join artificial... KEEP READING

JetBlue Launches New Distribution StrategyBy Michael B. Baker

JetBlue is pulling content from a dozen "lower-yield" online travel agencies as part of a new cost-cutting online distribution strategy focused on... KEEP READING

AccorHotels Goes Live on TripLinkBy JoAnn DeLuna

AccorHotels has gone live on Concur TripLink, which means that customers who link their Concur and AccorHotels Le Club loyalty program accounts can... KEEP READING

Serko & Gullivers Travel Partner for Hotel ContentBy Julie Sickel

Booking and expense tool Serko has formed a hotel content partnership with Gullivers Travel Associates that will grow Serko into "one of the single... KEEP READING

Lufthansa Will Work with Blockchain Travel Distribution CompanyBy Michael B. Baker

Blockchain-based distribution platform Winding Tree will receive technological information from Lufthansa Group that will make it easier for Winding... KEEP READING

AccorHotels Buys Parent of HCorpo and Teldar TravelBy Julie Sickel

AccorHotels will acquire France-based business travel solutions and distribution company Gekko Group.... KEEP READING

Paul English on Lola's Debut for Business Travelers

After working on Lola for the consumer market, Lola founder and CEO Paul English, who was founder and former chief technology officer of Kayak, pivoted... KEEP READING

TripActions Pulls In Content from Expedia & Priceline SubsidiariesBy JoAnn DeLuna

Customers of corporate travel booking tool TripActions now can access inventory from Expedia and its subsidiary Hotels.com, as well as Priceline... KEEP READING

Deem Sells Back-Office Ground Transportation TechBy Michael B. Baker

Deem has sold its back-office car service system Voyageur to ground transportation technology company GroundWidgets. GroundWidgets plans to move... KEEP READING

TripLink Goes Live on United Airlines AppBy JoAnn DeLuna

The United Airlines/Concur TripLink capability now extends to the airline's mobile app. Customers who have linked their TripLink and United... KEEP READING

Routehappy Adds Chief Marketing OfficerBy Michael B. Baker

Airline content platform Routehappy has hired e-commerce executive Olivia Mark as chief marketing officer to craft merchandising strategies for airlines... KEEP READING

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