In a development that will offer convenience to travellers making international travel plans, Cleartrip has announced the launch of an innovative 2-dimensional (2-d) filter on its mobile application. Travellers usually have a wide array of preferences like specific transit airport, a favourite airline, while seeking…

TravellerPass, app based lifestyle platform offering deals, has been launched in India making Bangalore its first home. After 5 successful years in UAE with over 1 million customers, TravellerPass aims to be the one-stop app offering discounts for customers in India for dining, entertainment, wellness…

AxisRooms, hospitality technology solutions provider have been consistently delivering high quality solutions to hoteliers since 2011. Agoda, one of the world’s fastest growing digital online travel platforms, has certified AxisRooms as Innovative Supplier Partners in the year 2019 under their programme for brilliance in online…

While 92 percent of travel managers say they have already adopted online booking tools, there is a growing need among businesses to create a more efficient and streamlined booking process. According to “Booking Tools and Technologies: One Size Does Not Fit All”, the new global…

Sabre Corporation today announced that INFINI has been appointed as the official distributor of the Sabre Global Distribution System (GDS) in Japan. INFINI will now market and sell the Sabre GDS in Japan alongside the INFINI distribution product. This ground-breaking agreement also ensures that travel…

Global GDS players Amadeus in cooperation with InterContinental Hotels Group, Banyan Tree and AVUXI released an article on the ‘Top tech trends ready to disrupt the hotel industry’. T3 reproduces the article here. The hospitality industry is ripe for disruption. A combination of siloed legacy…

Global Distribution System (GDS) is a travel agency’s foremost choice for booking airline tickets and ancillaries. In fact, GDS can be attributed for the growth of travel industry and internet-based travel services in the present scenario. The systems provide aggregate rate and availability data to…

In a bid to expand Shenzen Marco Polo's recently relaunched Airbigbus.com brand globally, the OTA has partnered with Amadeus to implement Amadeus Master Pricer Instant Search which provides bookable flights in a sub-second for any type of itinerary. Used by the world’s leading online travel…

Sabre Corporation announced a new long-term agreement with national carrier Vietnam Airlines, which has adopted Sabre AirVision In-Flight solution. In line with a recently announced MoU describing Vietnam Airlines’ intention to significantly expand their existing strategic relationship with Sabre, In-Flight is expected to drive substantial…

EaseMyTrip (EMT), one of the online travel aggregators in India has introduced access to exclusive Airport Lounge services for free. On booking domestic flights from cities of Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Delhi or Hyderabad with EaseMyTrip, customers can access the services of Premium Plaza lounge at the…

OYO Hotels & Homes has announced the global launch of OYO Lite, a lighter version of the consumer app. The new Lite app incorporates all the functionalities of the OYO app and has been designed to work in low connectivity areas or low networks to…

In order to facilitate quick solutions to passengers’ queries, Lufthansa Group is now offering its passengers direct access to a digital assistant in addition to the familiar customer services such as lufthansa.com, the Lufthansa App and the Customer Service App. The Bots Elisa (Lufthansa), Nelly…

MakeMyTrip has acquired a majority shareholding interest in Mumbai based ‘Quest 2 Travel.com (Q2T), an internet based corporate travel management company. Through Q2T’s enterprise software, large corporate clients are able to manage their end-to-end employee travel needs on a real-time basis, in a transparent and…

As economic growth continues to sweep across the region, more and more companies are expecting their corporate travel managers to contribute to their business success, asking them to look for door-to-door travel booking solutions, demanding expense integration and most importantly, to identify cost saving opportunities,…

Sabre Corporation has announced a partnership to support the growth of business-to-business (B2B) virtual payments in the travel industry. Under this agreement, travel buyers and suppliers will be able to pay and get paid with virtual Visa commercial cards, through the Sabre Virtual Payments solution.…