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Articles tagged “global distribution systems”

Online Travel

Travelport Finally Goes Private This Week in $4.4 Billion Deal

By the end of this week, Travelport is expected to leave the public markets in a $4.4 billion leveraged buyout. After months of waiting, the company can finally move on to its next steps.

Travelport Finally Goes Private This Week in $4.4 Billion Deal
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Hotels

New Insights Deck: A Hotelier’s Guide to the Future of Hospitality Merchandising

Hotels are no longer just “merchants of sleep.” With the help of smarter merchandising strategies, hoteliers can tap into the insights and retailing know-how to sell guests not just a bed, but an entire hotel experience delivered to serve each traveler’s unique needs.

New Insights Deck: A Hotelier’s Guide to the Future of Hospitality Merchandising

Online Travel

Travelport’s Plans to Go Private Held Up by Russian Regulators

Russian regulators have put up obstacles to the long-discussed buyout of the travel technology giant Travelport. Odds are the deal will still be completed, though.

Travelport’s Plans to Go Private Held Up by Russian Regulators

Online Travel

Amadeus Finds Fastest Growth Overseas in North America

Texas-based Sabre can no longer take for granted its home market of North America as Amadeus attempts to make inroads on the continent.

Amadeus Finds Fastest Growth Overseas in North America

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.

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

New Airline Distribution Tech Will Allow Agencies to Improve Customer Experience

The airline retail ecosystem appears to be overcoming the New Distribution Capability-related teething troubles and is finally getting the technical details right. This means that travel agencies can look forward to taking advantage of some real tangible benefits.

New Airline Distribution Tech Will Allow Agencies to Improve Customer Experience

Online Travel

TravelSky’s Monopoly in China Helped Boost Annual Revenues

TravelSky, China's state-backed airline distribution and software services company, reported solid revenue growth in 2018. But the company's insulation from market competition risks creating complacency, and some signs suggest Chinese airlines are frustrated.

TravelSky’s Monopoly in China Helped Boost Annual Revenues

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.

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Amadeus Makes Gains in Branching Out Into Software Services

Amadeus has long talked about diversifying its business, branching out from distribution into software services for hotels, airlines, and airports. But 2019 looks like it will finally be the year that the new businesses gain nearly equal importance to the old ones.

Amadeus Makes Gains in Branching Out Into Software Services

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Travelport Has Had Mixed Success as a Public Company

Travelport's latest earnings report is a chance to judge its performance since it went public in 2014. The answer is mixed: The company invested more than its rivals in its airline distribution business, which let it punch above its weight. But not everything on other matters panned out as well as it might have hoped.

Travelport Has Had Mixed Success as a Public Company