Amadeus creates world’s first interline EMD link
The application of Electronic Miscellaneous Document (EMD) to interline partnerships means that participating airlines can now facilitate payment for and delivery of ancillary services across their partnerships and alliances.Amadeus estimates that up to 20% of air bookings made through its system [...]
In every dream home: Trying out 9flats & Airbnb
I have to admit, my most recent trip to Singapore was a price-sensitive excursion. Which is to say I was looking at a stay of three weeks with a budget which would have comfortably offered me a nice suite for one night, at the Ritz-Carlton.Clearly there were going to be tensions between my vis [...]
AirAsia “resolves” fare issue with Australia consumer watchdog
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country’s consumer watchdog, slapped AirAsia with a lawsuit on January 17 claiming some fares sold on the airline’s website do not display prices inclusive of all taxes, duties, fees and other charges.“Businesses that choose to [...]
Travelport partners Satguru, gains access to 14 new African countries
Travelport has inked a distributor agreement with Satguru Travel & Tourism, Africa’s largest travel company outside of South Africa, which will see the GDS provider grow its African network from 27 to 41 countries and its existing GDS operations in a further two.Through this 16 country di [...]
AirAsia improves efficiency with new airline operational management system
Guests of the low cost carrier can now expect even better customer service as it deploys merlot.aero, a state-of-the-art tool, to further improve its on-time performance and minimize costsThe new cutting-edge tool smartly forecasts, organises, predicts, measures and reports on daily aircraft and cr [...]
Priceline.com implements Travelport 360 Fares
Priceline.com has successfully completed the implementation of Travelport 360 Fares and pricing system.The platform, built on open systems architecture, utilises the latest server technologies to deliver an accurate and comprehensive stream of direct airline and agency filed fares and rules at i [...]
Ryokan specialist Relux wins WIT Japan Start-Up Pitch
Relux, a “satisfaction-guaranteed online marketplace for Japanese inns”, won first prize in the first ever travel start-up competition in Japan held in conjunction with WIT Japan last Friday in Tokyo.
Relux, started up by LocoPartners in March this year, beat five other start-ups in the WIT [...]
The Wrap: Malaysia suspends VMY 2014 campaign, sharp drop in Chinese arrivals expected
In the news: Halt to VMY2014 promotions as mark of respect for missing MH370, new offerings from Shangri-La Hotels and Traders, more AirAsia connections for Sarawak to the Peninsular
Malaysia suspends VMY 2014 campaign, sharp drop in Chinese arrivals expected
Malaysia has temporarily halted [...]
An English version of Tabiness for non-Japanese users
Tokyo-based Venture Republic has launched the English version of the curated travel contents service, Tabiness, to offer Japan‐related travel Information to users not conversant with Japanese.
Tabiness’ content focuses on Japan with more than 200 assigned “travel experts” uploading [...]
Adapt to Google’s semantic search to survive and thrive, author’s call to travel companies
Tourism entities that understand Google's latest search changes will have long term competitive edge, is the view of online strategy author Bronwyn White in her new white paper, "Insights into Action: The Travel Industry Meets Semantic Search".
According to White (pictured left), who is also the [...]
