Jet Airways has been busy this week getting its domestic content distribution in order. Earlier this week, the Indian carrier announced it had renewed its GDS agreement with British travel tech firm Travelport to continue to roll out its rich content offering, and now Jet has unveiled a similar re-up with Sabre Corporation.
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Travelport last week reported 1Q earnings and took a big one on the chin reporting negative bookings growth. Already the smallest of the GDS, the company was bearing the brunt of the Flight Centre loss to Sabre and Amadeus. The bad news didn’t stop there.
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Texas-based Sabre has partnered with Bedsonline, TravelBound and the Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN) to make their content available in its new inventory and rate options solution. Sabre Content Services for Lodging aims to improve efficiencies and customer satisfaction by integrating multiple content sources. Its first market release, slated for later this year, will deliver over 900,000 property options from both
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Travelport has secured a new partnership that will expand the number of ground transport services offered to travel agents. The arrangement with Ugo Transfers, which aggregates ground transfer content, will provide more than 68,000 travel agents globally with access to a wide range of ground transport services in over 100 countries. Bookings will be available
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Indonesia’s Batik Air has signed its first-ever global distribution system (GDS) agreement with Sabre. The deal will see Batik, which is part of the fast-expanding Lion Group, distribute its fares to travel agents across the world via the Sabre GDS. The move comes ahead of the launch of Batik’s new international services to destinations in
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Singapore Airlines’ two low-cost carriers, Scoot and Tigerair, have entered into a new distribution partnership with Sabre. The sister airlines, which are due to merge under the Scoot brand later this year, will now be on sale via the Sabre Travel Marketplace GDS. This means that more than 425,000 travel agents worldwide will be able
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Travelport will continue to supply its GDS content to Zuji, the Asia-focused online travel agency, following the extension of their existing partnership. This will provide users with access to an extensive array of travel content from more than 400 airlines and 650,000 hotel properties, plus car rental, rail and cruise options. More than 200 of
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More Asian low-cost carriers are committing to the travel trade. Scoot, the Singaporean LCC, has become the latest airline to renew its distribution agreement with Amadeus, ensuring that the carrier’s fares and inventory continue to be made available to Amadeus’ global network of travel agencies via the GDS. The deal also sees Tigerair, which will
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Sabre has expanded its agreement with Hertz, making the car rental company’s full inventory available via the GDS. This means that travel agents, both traditional and online, will be provided with access to the same content and rates that can be found on Hertz’s websites. The deal includes inventory from all of the company’s brands,
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A new business model developed by Amadeus, the travel technology giant, is providing travel agencies with a way to sell multiple global rail networks. Amadeus will act as a sales agent for rail operators, simplifying contractual agreements, finances and invoicing with travel agencies. This includes all billing and settlement activities, enabling agents to include rail
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