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Sabre, Central and West Africa recently hosted Mr. David Russell, Commercial Attaché for International Trade and his colleague Banksharon from the US Embassy on a tour of its facilities in Lagos.
Lagos, Ikeja is the regional Headquarters for Sabre operations in Central & Western Africa (CWA).
Sabre CWA Chairman Dr. … read more
Cloudbeds, the hospitality management platform powering reservations for lodging businesses around the globe, revealed data on top performing distribution channels in a free guide released today titled, “The Big Book of OTAs: A Hotelier’s Guide to Top Distribution Channels.”
Among the key findings, Cloudbeds found that l… read more
Since Q1 2022, PayPal has been quite frequent in financial news due to issues relating to its stock value and the recent unpromising PayPal stock forecasts. These events make it quite essential to briefly examine the platform and what it does.
The name "PayPal" is almost a literal summary of the company's nature and function. In pra… read more
SITA announced the launch of SITA eVisa and SITA Electronic Travel Authorization to meet the rapidly growing demand from governments for digital visa systems to stimulate national economies after COVID-19, strengthen security and improve the travel experience.
Governments globally are shifting to modern travel authorization solution… read more
Trip.com Group, a leading global travel service provider, has announced its long-term goal to build green tourism, covering three key areas, including: working with partners to launch over 10,000 low-carbon travel products; promoting sustainable travel concepts and engaging 100 million travellers in low-carbon practices; and, aiming to fu… read more
Although usually both companies and individuals pay a lot of attention to cyber security, when it comes to traveling, they seem to simply forget about it. Such carelessness often costs much more than the trip itself. So, what should one do in order to avoid such unpleasant surprises as cyber attacks, identity and personal information thefts?
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In the months of March to June this year, Peakwork has recorded the highest sales figures for travel bookings since the foundation of the leisure travel network based on its Player Hub technology. The quantity and quality of holiday offers in the EDF data format are at the highest level to date and show a positive development in conversion rates… read more
Hotelbeds has announced its new Environmental, Social and Governance strategy, which aims, as Hotelbeds’ CEO Nicolas Huss describes, "to take Hotelbeds' position on ESG to the next level and galvanise our commitment to making travel a force for good”.
This commitment is not a new one for Hotelbeds, with a range of ESG related initia… read more
WebBeds has entered into an innovative partnership with SkipTax, a mobile app providing shoppers with a seamless way to reclaim VAT on purchases made in France.
WebBeds clients around the world – including tour operators and retail travel agents - are able to provide SkipTax as a benefit to their travellers who reside outside of the… read more
As the tourism sector has undergone a digital transformation, the wealth of personal customer data that the industry stores has exploded, leaving the industry ripe for cyberattacks. Against this backdrop, cybersecurity will generate revenues of $2.1 billion in 2025 in the travel and tourism industry, up from $1.4 billion in 2021, f… read more