Amadeus announces intention to acquire IDEMIA Public Security (IPS) for €1.2 billion to strengthen biometric and identity capabilities, creating seamless travel journeys. IPS employs ~3,300 and serves 600+ customers. Closing expected mid-2027, with earn-out up to €1.35 billion. This accelerates Amadeus' growth in airports and border verticals.
Singapore Airlines and Amadeus announced the renewal of their multiyear EDIFACT and NDC agreements, ensuring travel sellers have access to the airline's full range of fares, products, and services via the Amadeus platform. They will collaborate to increase NDC adoption, enhancing retailing capabilities and enabling more personalized offers.
At ITB Berlin 2026, Sabre announced the completion of a multiyear technology rebuild, unveiling a unified AI-first platform, Sabre Mosaic, with cloud-native architecture, embedded Google Gemini, and a Travel Data Cloud with over 50 petabytes of data. The company aims to lead in agentic travel, offering intelligent retailing, autonomous workflows, and enterprise-grade governance.
The article notes business travelers face geopolitical developments, extreme weather, cybersecurity, flight disruptions, labor shortages, and inflation. It recommends a mobile-first approach, equipping travelers with apps and tools. Recommended apps include TripIt, Google Maps, rideshare apps, Xe Currency Converter, TripLingo, Travelex insurance, and ExpenseIt. It also highlights in-flight Wi-Fi, VPN, public Wi-Fi safety, and digital health passes/vaccine passports (e.g., IATA Travel Pass, VeriFLY, CommonPass). Next-gen technologies (AR, ML, AI) will continue to reshape business travel.
SAP Concur blog discusses challenges in modern business travel management. It cites GBTA predicting global business travel spend will reach $1.7 trillion by 2022. A 2018 GBTA report shows travel managers spend as much as 66% more time on data analysis, evaluating technology, and traveler safety. The article says traditional travel solutions cannot keep up with modern demands and recommends connecting data from suppliers, corporate cards, ERP, GDS, and TMC partners for near-real-time sharing.