Egencia

Buying Business Travel | October 29, 2019

Global business travel platform Egencia has announced multi-country connection to NDC content from Lufthansa, claiming to be one of the biggest roll-outs of any TMC. to date. Clients and their travellers across ten countries can now access the fares from Lufthansa Group’s hub airlines (Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Swiss Airlines), some of which are no longer available via other distribution channels. Egencia claims it is the first TMC to offer this NDC content “at a significant s...

Buying Business Travel | October 07, 2019

Egencia has been appointed by BP to run its global travel programme. BP will use Egencia’s Analytics Studio, which brings online, mobile and offline booking data into one central location, making it easier for travel managers to track compliance, online adoption and identifying savings. By providing real-time data and analytics, BP will be able to visualise how its business travel programme is delivering strategic value and identify opportunities for optimisation. Egencia and the Egencia G...

Buying Business Travel | November 15, 2019

Egencia, the business travel arm of Expedia Group, has announced the launch of machine learning-powered tools that will identify savings for its corporate customers. Savings Fare Finder for Air use machine learning technology to automatically track price variations and rebook tickets without the need for action from the traveller or booker. When the system identifies a lower rate within an average of the first seven days of booking, it automatically rebooks the reservation with the same amenitie...

Travel Trends Today | January 16, 2020

EbixCash, a fully owned subsidiary of Ebix, announced a strategic travel technology partnership with Amadeus to grow its footprint across the Asia Pacific region and UAE and become a one-stop shop for travel. The partnership will provide EbixCash’s online websites, travel agents and corporations in Asia Pacific and UAE with greater access to the unrivalled breadth of content offered by the Amadeus Travel Platform, enabling EbixCash to better serve its customers. Built on fully open systems...