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Articles tagged “travelport”

News Blog

Copa Airlines Raises Global Distribution Surcharge to $18

Panama’s Copa Airlines is increasing its surcharge for tickets issued in Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport from $12 to $18 per direction. The fee hike takes effect from April 3, 2023 — coinciding with when American Airlines removes 40 percent of its own airfares from these same retail channels.  In both cases, the airlines are pushing…

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Tourism

Travel Isn’t Ready for the Return of Chinese Tourists

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at outbound Chinese travel, the boom in hospitality hiring, and Travelport’s purchase of Deem.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

Travel Isn’t Ready for the Return of Chinese Tourists

Business Travel

Travelport Buys Corp Booking Tool Deem Off Enterprise Holdings

Ever since selling Locomote, its previous corporate booking tool, Travelport was left with a gap. Now with new types of content coming soon to the U.S., courtesy of American Airlines and its New Distribution Capability push, Deem fills the void.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Travelport Buys Corp Booking Tool Deem Off Enterprise Holdings

Airlines

American Airlines Is Shaking Up Corporate Travel Booking: Here’s Why

From April, the airline will stop selling almost half its airfares through traditional channels, instead selling them exclusively through its own website and so-called New Distribution Capability-powered channels. The shakeup mostly impacts travel agencies and corporations that fly American for business. We explain.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

American Airlines Is Shaking Up Corporate Travel Booking: Here’s Why

Airlines

U.S. Transportation Secretary Doesn’t Want a Repeat of Wednesday’s Failure

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at the U.S. airlines-grounding glitch, Hilton’s new brand, and Travelport’s optimism.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

U.S. Transportation Secretary Doesn’t Want a Repeat of Wednesday’s Failure

Travel Technology

Travelport CEO Talks Recovery Outlook and Tech Investment in 2023

If the industry waits for segments like business travel to fully recover, it could be waiting forever. That’s one reason why Travelport and its competitors should continue investing in tech and expanding offerings.

Justin Dawes | 1 year ago

Travelport CEO Talks Recovery Outlook and Tech Investment in 2023

Tourism

Travelport’s Top Product Exec on the Folly of Carbon Offsetting

Travelport's Tom Kershaw was not shy with us about sharing how he feels about what is real and what is just a pure waste of time in the travel industry's efforts to be green.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 year ago

Travelport’s Top Product Exec on the Folly of Carbon Offsetting

News Blog

Travelport Is Selling Off Its Corporate Hotel Booking Platform Hotelzon

Travelport is planning to sell its Hotelzon division to corporate travel agency startup TripStax, which was officially launched earlier this year — by two former execs at Travelport. Hotelzon claims to offer 1.5 million properties from multiple content sources that include Booking.com and Expedia, and says it has 370,000 users, including travel agencies, corporations and…

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Business Travel

Prince Harry’s Travalyst Focuses on Corp Travel Carbon Emissions With Travelport, Amadeus

Adding Amadeus and Travelport certainly expands Travalyst's reach, but the partnerships will only be worthwhile if their corporate travel agency customers adopt Travalyst's method of calculating carbon emissions.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Prince Harry’s Travalyst Focuses on Corp Travel Carbon Emissions With Travelport, Amadeus

Business Travel

Selina’s 3 Biggest Challenges as It Prepares to Go Public

Can a hotel brand retain a uniqueness across its properties when expanding? Selina thinks so, and has been trying to convince potential investors it’s (almost) got the magic formula for a mass market cool factor. Still, it admits it’s stepping into the unknown with these hurdles to face.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Selina’s 3 Biggest Challenges as It Prepares to Go Public