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Articles tagged “airline distribution”

Airlines

Amadeus and Sabre Sign Up for New Approach to Flight Selling

New deals mean that offline and online travel agencies will more quickly and commonly see richly descriptive details about what any given airfare includes, such as facts about legroom and photos of premium class seats. But don't hold your breath in anticipation. Travel sellers have to wait another five years before next-gen selling will become the norm for agents.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Amadeus and Sabre Sign Up for New Approach to Flight Selling
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Airlines

Executive Q&A: CEO of ARC on Transforming Airline Retailing for an Omnichannel Future

An omnichannel approach in airline retailing today must encompass the full spectrum of distribution channels including direct and indirect channels, particularly travel agencies.

Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) + Skift | 5 years ago

Executive Q&A: CEO of ARC on Transforming Airline Retailing for an Omnichannel Future
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Airlines

Scalability is Key to Driving Adoption of New Distribution Capability Standards

When it comes to implementing and adopting the New Distribution Capability standards for airline retailing, there needs to be a strong focus on enabling scalability, across the entire retailing, distribution, and fulfillment process.

Sabre + Skift | 5 years ago

Scalability is Key to Driving Adoption of New Distribution Capability Standards

Airlines

Sabre Dares U.S. Justice Department to Sue It Over Farelogix Deal

The travel technology giant said Wednesday it would go ahead with its planned $360 million acquisition on August 21. If the U.S. federal attorneys aren't happy about it, they can sue, Sabre said. No travel tech company has used, and threatened in public to use, its lawyers as much as Sabre in the past decade.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Sabre Dares U.S. Justice Department to Sue It Over Farelogix Deal
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Airlines

How Airlines Can Use Flexible Technology to Differentiate Their Brand

Flexible technology is often confused with built-to-order technology. What the airline industry needs today to meet customer expectations is much more robust than that — it needs a way to implement solutions that allow them to use the best technological offering for each specific task.

Sabre + Skift | 5 years ago

How Airlines Can Use Flexible Technology to Differentiate Their Brand
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Airlines

How Travel Agencies Should Think About New Airline Distribution Tech

Travel agencies can benefit substantially from the level of personalization that NDC offers, but they have to develop new technological capabilities to realize those benefits.

Travelport + Skift | 5 years ago

How Travel Agencies Should Think About New Airline Distribution Tech

Travel Booking

Why Etraveli’s Airline Tech Deal Could Catch Airbnb’s Eye

We don't know much about Airbnb's thinking about launching a flights product, but an unrelated acquisition by Etraveli Group shines a light on some of the business issues Airbnb needs to consider as it crafts a strategy.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Why Etraveli’s Airline Tech Deal Could Catch Airbnb’s Eye

Online Travel

Travelport’s Plan to Build Market Share With U.S. Airlines and Agencies

Travelport sees an opportunity to gain share with mid-market travel management companies in the U.S., which seems plausible. But it will need to keep up its pace of adopting new technologies and policies to pull that off.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Travelport’s Plan to Build Market Share With U.S. Airlines and Agencies

Airlines

Lufthansa Now Drives More Than Half Its Bookings Directly

Some airlines will be jealous of Lufthansa Group's ability to have one out of every two of its customers book directly through its brand sites or travel management channels without having to pay fees to third-party tech middlemen.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Airlines

Airfare Clearinghouse Promotes Routehappy Execs to Fit New Data Strategy

Fare-filing clearinghouse ATPCO has announced changes in its c-suite. So we checked in to see how it's progressing on its modernization effort. The challenges are daunting.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Airfare Clearinghouse Promotes Routehappy Execs to Fit New Data Strategy