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While analysts squabble over whether smart watches are a viable market, the wearable technology industry carries on undaunted. Up until now, wearables have mostly been fitness and productivity tools, but that’s changing as the market moves beyond watches and fitness bands. So what will new wearables mean for your…
İGA, contractor and designated operator of Istanbul New Airport, is to implement SITA’s its baggage tracking technology. This technology will allow airlines operating at the airport to meet IATA Resolution 753’s baggage tracking requirements from the first day of operations, scheduled for 2018. SITA’s Baggage Report 2017 showed global…
Air Canada is to implement the Amadeus Altéa Suite passenger service system as well as other Amadeus IT solutions including Anytime Merchandising, preparing it for IATA’s new distribution capability. Duncan Bureau, vice president, global sales, Air Canada says the selection of Altéa is to support the airline’s strategic plans…
I recently took the stage with a panel of hoteliers (and one hotelier-turned-vendor) to discuss direct booking strategies for hotels. The panel kicked off a two-day event hosted by Triptease called the Direct Booking Summit. The tongue-in-cheek event had a slogan that ‘direct bookers are better in bed,’ and…
WestJet has partnered with travel commerce company Switchfly to launch a fully branded, responsive destination catalogue. The Switchfly integration will allow the Canadian airline to present customers with personalized offers for a broad selection of third-party inventory of travel related products, including access to over 400,000 verified hotel properties….
KLM’s latest marketing spin teases passengers flying on a budget with a view of what their traveling experience might be like, for just a few dollars more, by choosing KLM. The ‘KLM Flight Upgrader’ promotion consists of a virtual reality tour of a long-haul KLM cabin with new design…
The CEO of Sabre Corp. declared that the company will be the leader in the industry’s development of distribution and retailing solutions that leverage IATA’s NDC standard. Sabre issued a press statement outlining the main points of Sean Menke’s speech at The Beat Live, an annual conference staged by…
TripActions, which bills itself as a “modern” corporate travel management company, disclosed that it completed a $12.5 million Series A round of funding in April. The sum brings its total amount of funding to $27 million. The round was led by Arif Janmohamed of Lightspeed Venture Partners, who also…
Hotelbeds Group executive chairman Joan Vila believes that the group now has the global scale to give hoteliers a viable distribution alternative to Expedia Inc and Priceline Group. Vila talked to tnooz about Hotelbeds’ growth plans now that its takeover of GTA – announced this April – passed all…