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Amadeus is still determining how much more efficient generative AI makes the workplace, but employees were clear that they want to keep it.
Justin Dawes | 2 weeks ago
Airlines
American Airlines's top boss Robert Isom feels confident in the carrier's evolving distribution strategy, the most assertive of all the carriers in the Americas. But some travel agents still feel bullied.
Selene Brophy | 6 months ago
Business Travel
Erratic airfares will likely be a theme over the course of the year. The question is how damaging, reputationally speaking, will the settling down period be for American Airlines, compared to the financial gains — short or long term.
Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago
News Blog
Panama’s Copa Airlines is increasing its surcharge for tickets issued in Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport from $12 to $18 per direction. The fee hike takes effect from April 3, 2023 — coinciding with when American Airlines removes 40 percent of its own airfares from these same retail channels. In both cases, the airlines are pushing…
Online Travel
Why doesn't Google promote Google Travel as a one-stop shop? The layoffs at Google Flights show there's too much ad revenue in play on the Google.com side of the flights business to merit such an all-in approach.
Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago
South Korean hospitality tech company Onda, announced on Thursday that it has raised $10 million in its Series-B funding round. Led by South Korea-based private equity firm TS Investment, the investors in this round included Industrial Bank of Korea as well as other South Korean investment companies like NAU IB Capital, Square Ventures, K Bridge…
Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 year ago
Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at the U.S. airlines-grounding glitch, Hilton’s new brand, and Travelport’s optimism.
Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago
Sonder has been trying to up its footprint in corporate travel, announced that it now has a chain code, SS, in the Sabre and Amadeus global distribution systems. Business travelers at an airport. Source: Getty Images When travel agents are looking to book corporate clients in Sonder properties, having that chain code makes it easier…
Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago
After a strong first quarter, the technology company has been snagged by the operational issues that plagued airlines and airports in June. It was all going so well, too.
Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago
A corporate travel rebound is in the offing, says new data from tech firm Sabre. Bill Gates may have to eat his words, given his dire 2020 prediction about business travel.
Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago