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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
Travel Tech EMEA online conference November 23-27, 2020
Lybra developer of the Assistant, a machine learning, demand-centric revenue management system (RMS), and HS LATAM – developer of state-of-the-art online distribution and competitor analysis solutions – announce the upcoming Travel Tech EMEA online conference, taking place from November 23-27, 2020. This is the 4th Travel Tech conference and, li… read more
Lift live with AeroCRS B2C
AeroCRS welcomes Lift to its customers following a successful implementation of AeroCRS solutions. AeroCRS completed the implementation after working closely with Lift’s team, in order to assist them with the start of sales and operations quickly, according to their requirements within a months’ time.
Lift is a new airline in South … read more
Travel Technology Europe rebrands as "TravelTech Show"
Travel Technology Europe is marking its coming of age by rebranding to TravelTech Show and launching as the first truly global event for the travel tech industry.
Marrying next-gen digital content with in-person experiences, TravelTech Show will bring together senior digital, marketing and commercial technology special… read more
Nigeria: Broadband Penetration Hits 45.43%
The Federal Government yesterday announced that Broadband penetration in the country has increased to 45.43% by the end of October 2020.
Dr. ‘Femi Adeluyi Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, explained that the increase was due to an increase of 4,061,731 broadband subsc… read more
Travelogix signs agreement with airline data specialists Airhex
Travel management data specialists, Travelogix, have signed an agreement with Australian-based airline data and marketing experts: Airhex.
Travelogix will integrate Airhex's multiple airline content into its latest release of Farecast, the airline incentive management platform that enables travel agencies, TMCs and consortia … read more
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