Managing travel spend is a huge challenge for large enterprises. This is due to lack of relevant data tracking tools that can throw useful insights on employee spends. Travel expense management process is data heavy. Information flows from different sources - employee reimbursement, accounts department,…

icanstay.com has successfully raised fresh round of funding of Rs 1.30 crore from an angel investor Manoj Prasad, Executive Chairman at Singapore-based venture capital and management advisory firm MP Morgan Capital Partners. This is addition to Rs 2.24 crore raised few months earlier from the…

roomsXML and getabed have announced merger of their businesses. Both roomsXML and getabed are independently owned and have been successfully providing accommodation only to travel and wholesale partners in their respective markets. Under the new structure, current owners of both roomsXML and getabed will continue…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Transparency in Payments (TIP) has been implemented in the Finland, Norway and Sweden markets. TIP, which is being introduced in conjunction with NewGen ISS, is an industry initiative focused on providing airlines with increased transparency and control…

Sabre Corporation has expanded its technology partnership with Virgin Australia. This agreement further strengthens the long-standing and trusted partnership between the companies while supporting Virgin Australia’s digital modernization efforts with the addition of Digital Experience, Sabre’s next generation e-commerce platform. “We are extremely happy with…

In line with its goal to upgrade and innovate products and systems, Philippine Airlines has signed a landmark agreement with Amadeus to deliver an extensive transformation of the airline’s core technology systems. “We want Philippine Airlines to stand shoulder to shoulder with the world’s best…

The Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), yesterday organized ‘Incredible 2.O’ - the Next Trillion Dollar Opportunity. Speaking at the inaugural session, Deep Kalra, Chairman & Group CEO – makemytrip.com and Vice-Chairman of IAMAI said, “Online tourism industry is evolving at a faster pace…

With the International Air Transport Association (IATA) expecting 7.2 billion passengers to travel in 2035—a near doubling of the 3.8 billion air travelers in 2016—passenger volumes show no sign of slowing down. CrowdVision, Amadeus Ventures’ latest investment, is helping airports manage the growth, so travelers…

Sabre announced a new agreement with Flight Centre Travel Group to provide its industry-leading distribution services as well as the new Sabre Red Workspace to Flight Centre travel agents in Australia and New Zealand. This new agreement comes following continued growth and success of Flight…

MakeMyTrip and OYO announced their partnership whereby OYO’s chain of hotels across India, Malaysia and Nepal will be listed and available for booking on MakeMyTrip across its popular OTA brands MakeMyTrip and Goibibo. The partnership will add momentum to India’s rapidly growing travel sector by…

10 years ago, Airbnb co-founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia inflated 3 airbeds in their San Francisco apartment and started what has become a global phenomenon in travel. Today, Airbnb is one of the world’s largest accommodation platforms with 4.5 million places to stay in…

Travelport unveiled its product roadmap to extend its content offering to airline customers using the International Air Transport Association (IATA) New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard. This will enable travel agency customers to access such content via Travelport’s platform. In December 2017 Travelport was the first,…

Goomo, one of India’s leading Omni-channel travel tech companies has acquired WagonBee, one of India’s largest B2B vehicle rental marketplaces. WagonBee is a B2B car rental marketplace for travel agents and suppliers, enabling them to rent a vehicle of their choice from over 5,000 registered…

Lufthansa InTouch, responsible for managing customer service across the Lufthansa Group, has again selected SITA to manage its service center communication network and key infrastructure elements, ensuring that more than 11-million customers are connected to service agents every year. SITA will continue to manage and…

Sabre Corporation has announced a new global distribution partnership with Eastar Jet, in line with the airline’s vision to go beyond Asia and popularise air travel by creating a reasonable cost air travel solution for Asia Pacific passengers. Effective first quarter 2018, Eastar Jet will…