Tag Archives: Travel Technology

Inside Agoda’s Global Playbook: Building Travel Connections Across Asia, Europe, and Beyond

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(NEWS) SINGAPORE, 2025-Nov-4 — /Travel PR News/ — As travel continues to rebound across regions, global digital travel platform Agoda is strengthening its foothold through new alliances with major hospitality players across continents. Its latest collaborations—with Archipelago International in Indonesia, Premier Inn in the United Kingdom, and The Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) in India—mark a… Read the full news article

How Lufthansa’s Culinary Journey and Global Innovators Are Changing the Way We Eat When We Travel

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(NEWS) COLOGNE, Germany, 2025-Oct-27 — /Travel PR News/ — The Lufthansa Group is transforming the in-flight dining experience with the launch of its new “Culinary Journey”, an integrated digital platform that personalizes meal selection for passengers across Lufthansa, SWISS, and Austrian Airlines. Available for all travel classes and flight types, the service allows guests to view… Read the full news article

Staying Connected Above the Clouds: Cathay Pacific Elevates Inflight Experience with Complimentary Wi-Fi for Gold and Premium Members

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(NEWS) HONG KONG, 2025-Oct-10 — /Travel PR News/ — Cathay Pacific is set to enhance its inflight experience by extending complimentary Wi-Fi access to Cathay Gold members across all cabin classes starting 15 November 2025. This initiative builds on the airline’s ongoing commitment to seamless connectivity in the skies and will soon include all Cathay members… Read the full news article

Dolphin Dynamics supports Border Travel in major digital shift with booking automation and system integration

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(NEWS) LONDON, 2025-Aug-19 — /Travel PR News/ — Dolphin Dynamics has welcomed Border Travel, a member of the Advantage Travel Partnership, as the Scottish independent travel agency embraces digital automation for the first time in its 60-year history. Established in 1964 and proudly independent since its founding, Border Travel had operated entirely through manual processes until… Read the full news article

TUI Tests Sand Shaker Device to Help Families End Post-Beach Clean-Up Struggles

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(IN SHORT) TUI has unveiled the Sand Shaker, a tremor-technology platform designed to remove stubborn sand from belongings in seconds, aiming to eliminate one of the biggest frustrations of a beach holiday. The prototype is currently being tested and comes in response to research showing that over half of Brits dread cleaning up sand, with… Read the full news article

Globespan and Amadeus Cytric Team Up to Deliver Air Canada NDC Bookings via OBT Across North America

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(IN SHORT) Globespan Travel Management is now reselling Amadeus Cytric’s corporate booking solution throughout North America, granting full use of Cytric Easy—including Microsoft Teams integration. As part of this launch, Globespan became the first TMC in Canada to execute a live NDC booking for Air Canada via an OBT powered by Amadeus, enhancing access to… Read the full news article

Expedia TAAP Introduces Extended Payment Terms Hard Change Flexibility and Bank Transfer Options to Empower Travel Advisors

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(IN SHORT) Expedia TAAP has unveiled significant platform updates shaped by travel advisor feedback. Enhancements include extending deferred payment term limits to 365 days and introducing Hard Change functionality for flexible modifications to booked trips. A new bank transfer option is now available in seven European markets, and the agency service charge feature—allowing up to… Read the full news article

Booking Holdings Secures Long-Term Renewal with Etraveli to Enhance Flight-Booking Platform

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(IN SHORT) Booking Holdings has agreed to an eight-year extension of its partnership with Etraveli Group, originally established in 2019. This renewal will support Booking.com’s ambition to scale its global flights offering—now live in 57 countries—and aims to deliver improved ease of use, expanded choice, and better value for travelers and partners. Booking Holdings CEO… Read the full news article

Amadeus Ventures Joins Forces with Acai Travel to Enhance Efficiency in the Travel Sector with Generative AI

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(IN SHORT) Amadeus has made a minority investment in the Generative AI startup Acai Travel through its strategic funding initiative, Amadeus Ventures. This investment reflects the growing belief within the travel sector that Generative AI will significantly transform travel operations. Acai Travel, which offers AI-driven solutions to OTAs, TMCs, airlines, and hotels, helps reduce operational… Read the full news article

Ryanair Expands Its Global Reach with Atlas Partnership to Offer Low-Fare Flights through OTA Network

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(IN SHORT) Ryanair has entered into a partnership with Atlas, a travel tech company, to offer its low-fare flights through Atlas’s network of Approved OTA Aggregators. This collaboration ensures full price transparency and easy access to Ryanair’s myRyanair account, without the need for additional verification. Atlas joins Ryanair’s growing list of partners, which includes Expedia,… Read the full news article

Travel Tech Upgrade: EGL Tours Embraces Amadeus Tools to Power Growth and Efficiency

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(IN SHORT) EGL Tours, one of Hong Kong’s largest travel sellers, has entered a strategic partnership with Amadeus to support its growth and digital transformation. The collaboration includes a suite of advanced solutions like Amadeus Master Pricer, Ticket Changer, B2B Wallet, and Agency Insight—helping EGL streamline operations, optimize payments, and gain actionable analytics for strategic… Read the full news article

Lufthansa Group Embraces Visa’s ‘Click to Pay’ for Seamless and Secure Flight Bookings

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(IN SHORT) Lufthansa Group is set to launch the ‘Click to Pay’ online payment option across its airline brands—Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, and Brussels Airlines—starting October 2025. In partnership with Visa, this feature allows passengers to complete purchases using just an email address, without re-entering card details. The service enhances both ease of use and… Read the full news article

Qatar Airways Showcases Next-Gen AI Travel Tech at Arabian Travel Market 2025

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(IN SHORT) Qatar Airways will unveil a suite of cutting-edge, AI-powered travel technologies at Arabian Travel Market Dubai 2025, including enhancements to Sama, its digital human cabin crew, now fluent in Arabic. Visitors can explore AI trip booking, the Qverse virtual booking platform, a multi-sensory in-flight simulation, and the upgraded Qsuite – Next Gen. Recently… Read the full news article

Ryanair’s Low-Fare Flights Now Bookable on Expedia, Expanding Access to Over 230 Destinations

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(IN SHORT) Ryanair has expanded its reach by officially joining forces with Expedia Group, allowing travelers to book Ryanair’s low-fare flights directly on the Expedia platform. As part of Ryanair’s “Approved OTA” program, Expedia customers now gain access to over 230 destinations with transparent pricing and automatic syncing of their contact and payment details to… Read the full news article

Amadeus and lastminute.com Extend Partnership to Deliver Personalized Dynamic Holiday Packages Through Enhanced Flight Content

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(IN SHORT) Amadeus and lastminute.com have extended their long-term partnership, securing a comprehensive range of flight content via the Amadeus Travel Platform to further fuel lastminute.com’s strategy for developing personalized dynamic holiday packages and flight-only itineraries. This agreement guarantees lastminute.com continuous access to NDC-sourced airline content, which will enrich their offering and empower them to… Read the full news article

Emirates Expands Retail Footprint with the Launch of Emirates World in Cairo

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The opening expands the Emirates World footprint to three stores in Africa and nine globally (IN SHORT) Emirates has launched its Emirates World store in Cairo, marking the airline’s continued expansion in the retail sector. The new store offers customers in Egypt a personalized, interactive experience with advanced technologies and expert advice. This milestone reflects… Read the full news article

AirAsia MOVE’s ASEAN Explorer Pass Highlighted at 2025 ASEAN Tourism Forum for Promoting Inclusive Travel

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(IN SHORT) The ASEAN Explorer Pass by AirAsia MOVE was featured at the 2025 ASEAN Tourism Forum, highlighting its role in promoting accessible and inclusive travel across the ASEAN region. The annual travel pass offers a range of benefits, including flight access, hotel discounts, and ground connectivity, enabling travelers to explore beyond major cities and… Read the full news article

Weeva joins the ATTA Evolution

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Cape Town, South Africa, 2023-Aug-4 — /Travel PR News/ — ATTA®, Weeva and Wesgro will be partnering tonight, 3rd August 2023, to host the first-ever ATTA® Evolution networking event in Cape Town.    Industry leaders and local members will gather at The Bailey to “Connect through Conversation” and share their experiences and ideas to create and… Read the full news article

intuitive responds to international demand with global expansion plans

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London-based travel technology supplier, intuitive, have announced their recent growth, winning eight international customers over the last two years during lockdown. Currently, 25% of customers are based outside of the UK. intuitive forecasts that their international customers will overtake that of the UK-based at some point in 2023 Focus on growth in Central and Western… Read the full news article

How TourWiz aims to Empower Tourism Professionals with its B2B SaaS platform

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Mumbai, India, 2021-Dec-03 — /Travel PR News/ — Earlier this year, TravelCarma – one of the world’s top travel technology brands, and Monarch Networth Capital – one of India’s leading financial services companies, came together to combine their rich experience in travel and finance to bring TourWiz –  the first end-to-end SaaS platform built specifically… Read the full news article

Fastpayhotels, DerbySoft aim at 50,000 hotels connected between the two tech companies by end of 2021

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Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., 2021-May-06 — /Travel PR News/ — DerbySoft, the leader in high-performance distribution services, and Fastpayhotels, one of the fastest-growing B2B accommodation distribution platform, hit an industry milestone by delivering connectivity speeds of 500 hotels per day through DerbySoft technology. As well as hitting an industry first, DerbySoft and Fastpayhotels have also shortened the… Read the full news article

(UK) Snowstorm Technologies selects CTW as their preferred airline shopping platform

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London, UK, 2021-Mar-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Snowstorm Technologies is a global leader in providing innovative solutions to travel companies of all shapes and sizes. It’s OneWurld agent desktop sets the standard for collaborative booking solutions, allowing agents and their customers seamless access throughout the travel cycle – from shopping to booking to trip… Read the full news article

DerbySoft launches new solution for hotels to reach missing or lost metasearch opportunities in regional markets

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DALLAS, Texas, U.S.A., 2020-Jun-25 — /Travel PR News/ — DerbySoft, the leader in high-performance digital marketing and distribution services for the hotel industry, today announced the launch of DSCP, a new solution for hotels and agencies to reach missing or lost metasearch opportunities in regional markets. As a part of this new program, DerbySoft has… Read the full news article

ITB Berlin 2019: Greater participation by Asia, India and the Arab countries and Significant growth in the Travel Technology segment

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Outstanding number of bookings: greater participation by Asia, India and the Arab countries – Significant growth in the Travel Technology segment – World’s Leading Travel Trade Show underlines its role as a driving force for the travel industry and reflects market developments Berlin, Germany, 2019-Feb-19 — /Travel PR News/ — The outlook is exceptionally good… Read the full news article