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Sep 23Wed
  1. IATA Pressroom

    IATA to Hold Joint World Financial and Passenger Symposium in Macao in October 2026

    The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will hold the joint World Financial Symposium (WFS) and World Passenger Symposium (WPS) on 28–29 October 2026 in Macao (SAR), China, under the theme "From Vision to Value: The Next Era of Air Travel." The event will bring together leaders from airline retailing, finance and passenger experience to discuss artificial intelligence, modern airline retailing, digital identity and new payment solutions. The agenda includes the IATA Industry Economic Outlook, results of the 2026 IATA Global Passenger Survey, and three specialized tracks: Retail and Distribution (Offers & Orders), Financial Services and Processing, and Passenger Experience and Acc…

Sep 22Tue
  1. Sabre Newsroom

    Kenya Airways Partners with Sabre to Upgrade to Modern Retailing Platform

    Kenya Airways has selected Sabre to implement a new retailing platform that will become the operational and commercial backbone of its business, supporting reservations, ticketing, inventory management and airport check-in, replacing a system that has served the airline for more than two decades. Built on Sabre Mosaic, the platform advances the carrier toward personalised, offer-and-order-based retailing, and Kenya Airways will adopt Sabre Mosaic Offer Optimisation for continuous learning and dynamic pricing. The move aligns the airline with industry standards including IATA's New Distribution Capability (NDC), with modernisation to proceed in stages.

  2. Expedia Group Newsroom

    Expedia Group Advertising and Redion Announce First Travel Protection Partnership

    Expedia Group announced a multi-year marketing collaboration with Redion (formerly Europ Assistance worldwide and Generali Global Assistance in the U.S.), marking the first time a travel insurance and assistance brand has joined Expedia Group Advertising as a dedicated partner and opening an entirely new advertiser category. The two companies have worked together for more than 15 years, with Redion providing travel protection to Expedia Group customers; this collaboration moves the relationship beyond product distribution into a strategic advertising alliance with co-branded editorial, on-platform experiences and targeted activations rolling out across Expedia Group brands from Q3 2026. Exp…

Sep 14Mon
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    Amadeus delivers new hotel distribution capabilities with HyperGuest

    Amadeus announced two new hotel distribution capabilities, available through Amadeus Leisure Connect Plus and Amadeus Value Hotels, powered by a strategic connectivity with HyperGuest. Leisure Connect Plus helps travel sellers digitally manage and distribute their own private hotel agreements within the Amadeus Travel Platform, with a single connection accessing 150+ channel managers via real-time APIs to automate rate and availability updates. The HyperGuest connectivity adds 15,000 directly sourced independent properties to Amadeus Value Hotels and provides richer, more granular content including rate plan information, property attributes and optional services.

Sep 9Wed
  1. Almosafer Corporate News

    Saudia Expands Almosafer Partnership with NDC Integration

    Saudia has expanded its partnership with Almosafer through NDC connectivity, enabling Almosafer's booking channels and AI tools to offer richer, more personalized Saudia content. The agreement was signed during WTM Spotlight Riyadh, allowing travelers to search and compare flights via natural language and access tailored fares and ancillary services.

  2. SITA Pressroom

    SITA Launches Border Flow Lane Solution

    SITA has launched SITA Border Flow Lane, a border processing solution that leverages traveler data and intelligence to transform border control from a stop-and-check process into a data-driven, pre-clearance and move-through experience. Travelers are verified before departure and upon arrival, eliminating the need to present passports at gates or kiosks. The solution can clear borders up to eight times faster than traditional eGates.

  3. Almosafer Corporate News

    Almosafer Activities Integrates with Saudi Tourism Exchange Portal

    Almosafer Activities has partnered with the Saudi Tourism Authority to integrate its content with the Saudi Partner Tourism Exchange Portal. The API integration will enable distribution of activities and experiences through the B2B platform to a global partner network, including consumer platforms like Visit Saudi, supporting Saudi Vision 2030's target of 150 million annual visitors.

Sep 8Tue
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    Uganda Airlines First African Carrier to Deploy Amadeus SkyWORKS

    Uganda Airlines has signed a new deal with Amadeus, becoming the first African carrier to deploy Amadeus SkyWORKS. The flight schedule development solution provides an integrated workbench with powerful editing, real-time feasibility checks, and reporting/distribution capabilities, increasing efficiency and flexibility. Uganda Airlines' CCO said the solution will accelerate growth in East Africa and beyond. Amadeus noted existing collaboration on Altéa, revenue, and loyalty management, now deepened to schedule management.

Aug 20Thu
  1. Sabre Newsroom

    Sabre appoints Derek Sharp to lead Lodging, Ground and Media business

    Sabre has appointed Derek Sharp as Senior Vice President of Lodging, Ground and Media, effective September 8. He will focus on deepening supplier relationships, enhancing customer engagement, and expanding content quality and choice. Sabre's hotel-related revenue grew 11% year-over-year in Q2, reflecting progress in lodging content and adoption. The company is investing in its marketplace to offer broader travel options and better connectivity for agencies and suppliers.

Aug 19Wed
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    Adelaide Airport Deploys Amadeus Self-Service Technology

    Adelaide Airport is partnering with Amadeus to deploy over 50 Seamless Bag Drop S7 Air and S7 Air Hybrid units and about 80 Seamless Kiosks, enhancing self-service check-in and bag drop. The airport will also adopt Amadeus ACUS cloud service, allowing airlines to operate from any counter, and Smart Message to replace legacy Teletype.

Aug 18Tue
  1. Travelport Press Releases

    DataArt and Travelport Deliver Six-Month GDS Modernization Project with Zero Downtime

    DataArt announced the completion of a six-month GDS modernization project for an enterprise travel agency, modernizing its distribution infrastructure with Travelport while maintaining uninterrupted booking and servicing operations and creating a scalable foundation for future NDC adoption. Because the migration involved live booking, ticketing and servicing systems, the customer had to meet a fixed implementation deadline without disrupting day-to-day operations for agents or travelers. DataArt used phased production deployments and a structured delivery approach to minimize operational risk. Following the initial migration, DataArt worked with Travelport to optimize the platform, improvin…

Aug 11Tue
Aug 10Mon
Aug 5Wed
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API adds RouteHappy universal product attributes in Price response

    Travelport's TripServices Flights API release Air Offer 26.11.32W adds support for requesting ATPCO RouteHappy universal product attributes (UPAs) in the Price response (both full and reference payload). Requests must send includeUniversalProductAttributesInd in CustomResponseModifiersAir along with includeFlightAmenitiesInd to obtain RouteHappy data. In the response, FlightSegment/universalProductAttributeRefs cross-references UPAs in the format u{x}, and UPAs are returned in ReferenceList/ReferenceListUniversalProductAttribute. UPAs are not returned for direct flights with intermediate stops, non-flight segments such as trains, or for Premium Business class.

Aug 3Mon
  1. Travelport Press Releases

    Travelport Appoints Kenneth Johansen as Chief Revenue Officer

    Travelport announced the appointment of Kenneth Johansen as Chief Revenue Officer, leading its commercial organization including agency, operator, and travel partner channels. Johansen previously served as Senior Vice President at Oracle, with over 20 years of enterprise technology sales leadership. Additionally, Jason Toothman was named Chief Sales Officer for Strategic Accounts. These appointments aim to drive Travelport's modern retailing platform expansion.

Aug 2Sun
  1. Travelport Press Releases

    Travelport launches TripServices API platform

    Travelport has formally launched TripServices, its cloud-native API platform and the engine powering the next generation of travel experiences. The platform normalises and curates content across multiple sources from a single connection, ranks content dynamically using machine learning and includes embedded orchestration. It is already live with Travelport's growing partner base, with air, hotel and ancillary content flowing through it. TripServices is also the platform through which Travelport's collaboration with Cognizant and Anthropic takes effect, bringing AI capability into the workflows travel builders and agencies rely on.

Jul 30Thu
  1. Travelport Press Releases

    Travelport Signs Long-Term Agreement with EGYPTAIR, Adding NDC Content Alongside EDIFACT

    Travelport and EGYPTAIR announced a long-term distribution agreement covering both EDIFACT and NDC content. The agreement gives Travelport-connected agencies continued access to EGYPTAIR's content through established EDIFACT channels while adding a new, richer layer of NDC content, including a broader range of NDC-enabled content and ancillary services. EGYPTAIR's content will be accessible through both Smartpoint, Travelport's booking application, and TripServices, its cloud-native API platform. Amr Adawy, VP commercial at EGYPTAIR, said adding NDC content alongside existing EDIFACT distribution allows the carrier to reach Travelport's global agency network with a broader range of products…

Jul 27Mon
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport launches Unified Checkout API for NDC and GDS

    Travelport's TripServices Flights API release AirReservation 26.11.30W introduces Unified Checkout, allowing customers to send all booking details and commit a single unified checkout payload to create a booking, as an alternative to the multi-request booking workflow in a workbench session. The unified checkout request does not support some optional steps in the booking workflow, such as adding seats or ancillaries. It is available for both NDC and GDS content.

Jul 20Mon
  1. Travelport Press Releases

    Travelport and Aeroitalia Sign Multi-Year Content Agreement

    Travelport and Aeroitalia, the Italian airline connecting mainland Italy with Sicily and Sardinia, have signed a new multi-year content agreement making Aeroitalia's content available through Travelport. The agreement addresses a gap where the carrier's content had previously only been available through competitor platforms. From year two, rich content and branding capabilities will be activated, including resident fares available for sale on Travelport's GDS. Aeroitalia is currently the second largest Italian airline by passenger numbers, founded in 2022, and sold 3 million tickets in 2025. It serves 26 airports (22 in Italy) and offers 43 routes between Italy and Europe, with plans to add…

  2. Amadeus Newsroom

    Amadeus Deploys AI Pricing Optimization for SAS

    Amadeus is deploying Amadeus Air Pricing Optimization (AAPO) across Scandinavian Airlines' (SAS) entire network. Powered by AI and real-time data, AAPO has generated an average revenue increase of more than 3% in initial markets where SAS implemented it on its website and NDC-enabled channels. It enables smoother fare adjustments in response to demand, reducing manual pricing changes while maintaining control. SAS's CRO says it strengthens customer satisfaction and commercial performance.

Jul 16Thu
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    Amadeus expands GOL domestic content access for travel sellers in Brazil

    Amadeus announced expanded availability of GOL's domestic content for all Amadeus-connected travel sellers in Brazil for the first time. Content will be available via EDIFACT on the Amadeus Travel Platform, enabling sellers to access broader GOL content through existing workflows. GOL is a leading Brazilian carrier, part of Abra Group, with over 60 codeshare and interline agreements.

  2. Travelport Press Releases

    Travelport and Air Zimbabwe sign multi-year distribution agreement

    Travelport and Air Zimbabwe have signed a multi-year distribution agreement that returns the airline to global distribution for the first time in over a decade. Air Zimbabwe's content will be available through Travelport+ to agencies worldwide, with Travelport first to market with the airline's UM-validated content. The deal follows the live cutover of Air Zimbabwe's Crane Central Reservation System with Travelport. The carrier will launch direct Harare-London Gatwick flights on 22 July 2026, operating three times weekly with a 302-seat Airbus A330-300.

  3. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport queue retrieval adds option to return all locators

    Travelport's TripServices Flights API release AirReservation 26.11.29W adds the ability to return all locators from a queue. By default, requesting a list of bookings on a queue returns the first 100; if more than 100 bookings are in a queue, the response returns additionalReservationsExistInd=true. To return all bookings, include the header parameter RetrieveAllInd=true in the request. This feature applies to GDS only.

Jul 15Wed
  1. Sabre Newsroom

    Sabre opens travel infrastructure for Voice AI hackathon

    Sabre will co-host the DeepLearning.AI Voice AI Hackathon on July 18 in Silicon Valley, challenging developers to build travel AI agents using Sabre production APIs and Vocal Bridge voice technology. The event aims to explore managing the complete trip via voice AI, including flights, hotels, ground transport. Partners include American Airlines, PayPal, with about 400 developers expected.

Jul 10Fri
  2. Travelport Press Releases

    Travelport and Turkish Airlines sign multi-year distribution agreement including NDC

    Travelport and Turkish Airlines have signed a new multi-year distribution agreement that extends a partnership dating back to 1993 and includes NDC. Turkish Airlines' content will be available through Travelport+, including NDC-only fares and advanced merchandising capabilities, with an NDC go-live expected in a future phase. The deal also offers a reduced surcharge for NDC and enables rich visual content and ancillary merchandising. Agencies can access the content through Smartpoint and the TripServices cloud-native API platform.

Jul 2Thu
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport exchange API adds do-not-net option for residual taxes

    Travelport's TripServices Flights API release Exchange Air Order 26.11.27W adds a do-not-net option for BSP markets. When an exchange results in additional base fare but refundable taxes, the default is to net the additional base fare with the refundable taxes; to override the default, send PricingModifiersAirChange/doNotNet=true in the Exchange Search request. This feature applies to GDS only.

Jul 1Wed
  2. Travelport Press Releases

    Travelsoft brings Travelport airline content to 400+ agencies via Orchestra

    Travelport and travel technology SaaS company Travelsoft have completed an integration bringing Travelport's Trip Services API platform into the Travelsoft Group via Orchestra. Travelport's airline content, including both traditional EDIFACT and modern NDC, is now available within Orchestra and Travel Compositor, and will progressively extend to other group platforms including airQuest, Atcore, Tigerbay and Traffics. The move makes Travelport content available to more than 400 travel agencies across Europe.

Jun 30Tue
  2. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Release Notes Update

    Travelport Flights API release notes include updates such as requesting ATPCO Cat 31/33 penalties, Premium Flex Search with additional origins/destinations, NDC bundled offers, and NDC disruption handling. These affect GDS and NDC distribution.

  3. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Release Notes Update

    Travelport Flights API release notes include updates such as requesting ATPCO Cat 31/33 penalties, Premium Flex Search with additional origins/destinations, NDC bundled offers, and NDC disruption handling. These affect GDS and NDC distribution.

Jun 26Fri
  1. Travelport Press Releases

    Travelport introduces Air Canada Flight Pass capability for NDC bookings

    Travelport has introduced Air Canada Flight Pass capability within TripServices API and Smartpoint, enabling agencies to shop and book eligible Air Canada NDC offers using Flight Pass credits directly within the Travelport+ platform. Travelport says it is the first NDC GDS aggregator to implement Air Canada's Flight Pass credits. The capability removes the need to leave Smartpoint or rely on airline-direct channels to manage eligible Flight Pass bookings, and supports the associated payment and booking requirements.

Jun 25Thu
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Reshop adds departure time range support for NDC

    Travelport's TripServices Flights API release AirReservation 26.11.26W adds departure time range support in Reshop requests for NDC. DepartureTimeRange is supported in both the origin and destination; if both DepartureTime and DepartureTimeRange are sent, DepartureTimeRange is used. This feature applies to NDC.

  2. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Release Notes: New Features and Enhancements

    Travelport released Flights API 25.11.x release notes covering NDC features like Air Canada Flight Pass, bundled offers, disruption handling, and GDS features like penalty requests, flex search, mixed cabins. Also includes Exchange Air Order support for waiver codes and schedule change warnings.

Jun 18Thu
  1. Travelport Press Releases

    LOT Polish Airlines goes live with NDC on Travelport

    LOT Polish Airlines' NDC content is now live on Travelport+, making it available to agencies across all of the airline's markets. The go-live fulfils commitments made when the two companies renewed their distribution agreement, extending a partnership dating back to 1993. Agencies can now access LOT's NDC content, including unsurcharged fares, domestic Polish itineraries and ancillaries previously unavailable through traditional distribution channels. The content is accessible through Smartpoint and the TripServices cloud-native API platform.

Jun 17Wed
Jun 16Tue
  1. Amadeus Newsroom

    Amadeus Expands AI Strategy in Hospitality with New Solutions

    Amadeus announced two major innovations in hospitality: a full-stack AI commerce solution to help hotels capture demand in AI-powered channels, and Amadeus Max, an AI assistant layer for cross-product workflows. Amadeus is also working with Google on the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and introducing Performance Manager for AI search, with early pilots showing 44.7% of AI-driven visitors reaching the booking engine.

Jun 11Thu
  1. Travelport Flights API Release Notes

    Travelport Flights API Release Notes: New Features Including NDC Mixed Cabins

    Travelport released updates to its Flights API version 25.11.x, introducing features such as requesting mixed cabins per leg for NDC, NDC bundled offers, NDC disruption handling, requesting ATPCO Cat 31/33 penalties for GDS, and enhancements to Premium Flex Search. These updates aim to improve search flexibility, enhance NDC content handling, and better manage disruptions.