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Google and GIATA extend cooperation
The Corona Pandemic has led to hygiene standards in the hotel industry being raised and adapted to new legal requirements in order to meticulously protect guests and employees. This information should now also be made visible to bookers.
The COVID-19 hygiene hub developed by GIATA enables licensed GIATA hotels to display all … read more
Tools to help the travel industry’s recovery
Down the road from our Asia Pacific headquarters, one of the world’s most connected travel hubs—Singapore Changi Airport—is unusually quiet. It’s been this way for months, with global air passenger numbers falling by almost 90 per cent in 2020.
This has been a devastating year for the tourism industry and the $9 trillion global t… read more
Interswitch and Beyonic sign partnership for bulky cash
Beyonic Limited has become the latest company to partner with Interswitch Uganda in a bid to include a push and pull to the bank option for their customers.
According to Carina Rumberger, the Beyonic Ltd Chief Executive Officer, all Beyonic enterprise partners can now push and pull transactions between bank accounts and mobile wall… read more
How to travel the world using Bitcoin
If you have a bunch of Bitcoin in your cryptocurrency account, and you love to travel, then you might combine both of them into a trip around the world. You might be wondering if that is even possible. While not every travel venue will accept Bitcoin, enough now do that it is possible to plan almost your entire trip using Bitcoin that you… read more
Travelport launches hotel Stay Safe Filter
Travelport has added a new Stay Safe feature for agents connected to its API or industry leading Smartpoint agency desktop solution. Stay Safe is a searchable amenity which enables hotels to highlight to travel agents that they have signed up to industry-wide safety initiatives, within the agent’s booking workflow, mak… read more
Gulf Air implements Sabre branded fares
Sabre announced the recent implementation of its branded fares technology by Gulf Air, whereby travel agents may use Sabre's GDS to view, compare and sell the carrier's branded fares across the network.
Sabre Travel Solutions VP for EMEA Dino Gelmetti noted the branded fares will allow carriers to "enhance … read more
Air travel looks better, but more COVID cases hurt progress
Sabre saw some better trends with air travel in recent months, but November’s growing restrictions around COVID-19 haven’t been helpful.
The Southlake company — which provides software to the travel industry, including airlines — said the year-over-year declines in bookings shrunk to 80 percent in October and then stay… read more
Airlink and Amadeus to partner
Airlines are facing the pressure of a fluid travel landscape with ever-changing border regulations and fluctuating passenger demand. This makes it vital for airlines to be agile and make quick, efficient and smart decisions. To this end, Airlink, a regional airline based out of Johannesburg, is partnering with Amadeus to implement … read more
Shocklogic wins Gold for ‘Favourite Event Technology Supplier-The People’s Choice Award’
Shocklogic has been voted ‘Favourite Event Technology Supplier’ at the 2020 Event Technology Awards ceremony held on the 5th of November. The awards celebrate excellence in the events industry by recognising the achievements of companies delivering technology solutions to event planners. The presenters noted that despite lockdown, a recor… read more
Hotelbeds fuels travel recovery with global ‘Black Friday’ campaign
Hotelbeds has announced the launch of a global ‘Black Friday’ campaign. This campaign will offer exclusive discounts of up to 60% for arrivals up until the end of 2021 and will include flexible rates to provide travellers with complete peace-of-mind.
The exclusive rates will be distributed across Hotelbeds’ two main channels:… read more
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