Guest Trotter

Travel Daily Media | January 17, 2020

Chinese provider of travel services, Trip.com Group, has strengthened its partnership with British Airways and Iberia by connecting to the New Distribution Capability (NDC). The NDC partnership facilitates priority access to a richer and a more complete inventory from the airline as well as transparency of the shopping experience on its online travel agency, Trip.com. It offers the travellers better content on both carriers’ flights with additional fare options on long haul and short haul ...

AIRLINES AND AIRPORTS

Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority | August 10, 2021

Corporate business travel on airlines is expected to shrink by as much as 19 percent, and that decline could become permanent, an analysis from Raleigh-headquartered Beroe, Inc. found. “When travel restrictions were imposed worldwide, businesses replaced direct meetings with virtual ones to contain the pandemic’s spread. Many businesses adapted to virtual meetings and have realized that not all meetings must be in-person. Businesses have also realized huge cost savings...

Travel Weekly | February 13, 2020

Travel tech giant Amadeus has joined Mastercard’s city possible network to co-create, pilot, and scale solutions to the most pressing urban challenges around the world. City Possible was launched by Mastercard in 2018 as a first-of-its-kind partnership and co-creation initiative to provide city leaders with a platform to harness the insights and solutions with academia and the private sector to make cities safer, healthier, sustainable, and more inclusive....

COMMERCIAL TRAVEL

Rocket Travel & Points International | November 19, 2021

The global leader in powering loyalty commerce, Points International Ltd. (NASDAQ:PCOM) (TSX:PTS), will collaborate with the industry-leading provider of bespoke white-labelled travel booking platforms, Rocket Travel, Inc., a Booking Holdings Company (NASDAQ: BKNG), to enhance the overall booking experience offered to its roster of Loyalty Program partners. As part of the collaboration agreement, Rocket Travel’s best-in-class white-label loyalty hotel and car booking service...