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Zanzibar – Africa’s newest tech hub
Daniel Yu, founder and CEO of Wasoko – a B2B e-commerce platform that connects informal retailers to manufacturers of consumer goods – recently announced that he and the bulk of the company’s tech team has relocated to Zanzibar. Wasoko is a founding partner of an initiative called Silicon Zanzibar, which aims to promote the semi-autonomous group… read more
Ethiopian Airlines signs new distribution agreement with Travelport
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest carrier in Africa, and Travelport, a global technology company that powers bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, announced a new agreement. The renewed deal includes distribution on the Travelport+platform, including New Distribution Capability (NDC) content from Ethiopian… read more
Hotelbeds dives into new segment with first ever airport partnership
Hotelbeds has signed a ground-breaking destination marketing deal with iGA Istanbul Airport, the first of its kind for the travel-tech company.
With the creation of a new destination marketing segment to attract professional travel buyers, Hotelbeds is securing special promotional rates on hotels and transfers in Istanbul, while max… read more
ET signs new distribution agreement with Travelport (1G)
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest carrier in Africa, and Travelport, a global technology company that powers bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, have announced a new agreement. The renewed deal includes distribution on the Travelport+ platform and expands the ongoing travel retailing and distribution rel… read more
Travel Sim cards
All geared up and ready to travel? Then don’t forget to carry your travel sim card. You don’t want to go through the entire process of acquiring a new sim card whenever you land in another country. A travel sim card will allow you to stay connected with your friends and family wherever you land.
Most travel sim cards are prepaid and may co… read more
Travelport and Oman Air strengthen relationship with agreement renewal
Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, and Oman Air, the national airline of Oman announced today that they have reached a multi-year renewal of content agreement that will enable modern travel retailing by bringing Oman Air content to Travelport-… read more
HotelPORT announces new agreement with tech leader Sabre
HotelPORT, specialists in technology and distribution solutions for the hotel industry, announced a new technology agreement with Sabre. This partnership will integrate PropertyVIEW, HotelPORT’s AI-Powered content monitoring and audit solution into Sabre’s Content Services for Lodging.
PropertyVIEW combines artificial intelli… read more
Global hotel tech leader SiteMinder expands hotel commerce platform with acquisition of GuestJoy
SiteMinder has announced it will acquire industry acclaimed hotel guest engagement suite GuestJoy, a cloud-based app that allows hoteliers to automate personalised, direct, contactless guest communications before, during and after their stay.
The acquisition, to be completed this year, follows the launch of SiteMinder's next generation pla… read more
GIATA and Qtech announce strategic partnership
Qtech Software and GIATA join hands to provide innovative tech solutions in hotel mapping content and travel ERP.
Online travel businesses are going to immensely benefit from this partnership. GIATA's hotel and room mapping solution is deeply integrated with Qtech’s flagship travel ERP – OTRAMS. Additionally, this partnership also brings a… read more
New hotel booking site Travelsecrets.com is disrupting the Online Travel Agency space
TravelSecrets.com - the members-only online travel club on a mission to help its community make substantial savings when booking hotels - is disrupting the online travel agency (OTA) sector by focusing on aggressive pricing and organic growth.
As the popularity of alternative accommodation such as vacation rentals continues to fall, major … read more
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