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Airlines
The big question for the Lufthansa Group is whether other airlines will follow its lead. Either way, things are about to get nasty.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago
Online Travel
The global distribution world has long offered vacation rentals to travel agents but the investments by Amadeus Ventures and former Sabre CFO Jeff Jackson in BookingPal symbolize new and more serious interest.
SkiftX
What is this world coming to when airline stocks are actually an attractive investment? The biggest airlines got a helluva lot bigger in 2014, setting the pace for growth among the largest publicly traded travel companies on the planet.
Putin is riding a wave of nationalism in Russia and he intends to mess with foreign companies' businesses, including Internet, airline and other travel companies, in a backlash against European and American sanctions.
Media and PR
B2B travel companies are taking advantage of social media's inherent function of connecting with real people.
Joyce Manalo, Skift | 10 years ago
Partnerships
Much as the travel industry talks about a utopian vision of the digital future of travel, consumers still want the best fares when it comes to online travel, now and in the future. And they want it without having to hunt on dozens of sites, like now. Is the travel industry listening?
Amadeus + Skift | 10 years ago
Much as the travel industry would like to move beyond pricing and fees, consumers still wants better disclosures and simplicity around ticket prices, fees and other related services. Is the travel industry listening?
Amadeus has a lot of money collecting dust so it might as well acquire a few more hotel and corporate travel technology prizes. The days of Amadeus being known primarily as a global distribution system are such ancient history.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago
Hotels
InterContinental Hotels is savvy to recognize that it needs to go beyond the low-hanging fruit of converting lookers into bookers, and needs to be involved in earlier and later phases of the guest journey. Amadeus has experience with some of these things on the airline side of things, but it remains to be seen how effective it will translate into hotels.
Orbitz Worldwide gets new flexibility in who it can be friends with in the future in a series of new contracts that go into effect in 2015. And, Orbtiz Worldwide's enhanced relationships with Amadeus and Sabre mean consumers may be able to access additional ancillary services such as premium seats.
