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Digitrips rolls out flexible flight booking option for travel agents
Digitrips, owner of leading French multi-product travel platform MisterFly, has extended its flexible booking solution to travel agencies and tour operators.
Accor partners with start-up Alltheway
To continue to better address travelers’ needs and shape the hospitality of the future, Accor is supporting the solution launched by Alltheway which seeks to make travel easier for people by transporting their baggage between city centers and airports.
PANASONIC AVIONICS AND UNITED AIRLINES SIGN DEAL
United will be the first U.S airline to offer Panasonic’s Astrova system, giving customers exclusive features like 4K OLED screens, high fidelity audio, and programmable LED lighting, starting in 2025
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IATA and ATPCO Partner for Flight Emissions Data Calculations and Distribution
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and ATPCO have announced a partnership which will see ATPCO use IATA’s CO2 Connect data in its Routehappy API offering later this year.
Accelya and American Airlines look to boost NDC adoption with breakthrough ticket exchange solution
A new initiative by Accelya and American Airlines enables TMCs to exchange legacy EDIFACT tickets for NDC tickets. Accelya plans to implement the first-of-its-kind functionality for any airline customer that wants to provide this capability to customers and can enable the retrieval of GDS-issued EDIFACT tickets from its system. This pioneering move addresses a challenge for travel retailers as they transition to using NDC.
The value of digitization
Mehmet T. Nane, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Pegasus Airlines and Chair, IATA Board of Governors, believes technology benefits are wide ranging.
IHG Hotels & Resorts Introduces Effortless Wi-Fi Connection for Guests Worldwide
Now live, the new Wi-Fi Auto Connect feature seamlessly connects loyalty members’ mobile devices upon entering hotels; available at more than 5,000+ IHG hotels worldwide
Qatar Airways and Google Cloud to Collaborate on Data and AI
Award-winning airline will explore using the latest data, AI, and ML technologies to provide personalized offerings to its millions of passengers
United Becomes First U.S. Airline to Add Live Activities for iPhone
Just in time for summer travel, new feature provides flyers real-time access to flight information at a glance
IDS Next Enter Collaboration with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
IDS Next, a leading hotel software providing smart solutions to hospitality businesses in Southeast Asia, has entered a collaboration with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to provide a new loyalty enrolment interface to its branded hotels in the Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa & South East Asia and Pacific regions.
Alaska Airlines and ZeroAvia developing world’s largest zero-emission aircraft
Alaska Airlines today presented a Bombardier Q400 regional turboprop to ZeroAvia that will be retrofitted with a hydrogen-electric propulsion system in an effort to expand the reach and applicability of zero emissions flight technology.
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