NYU Study: Direct Hotel Channels Lose Corporate Share To GDSs, OTAs

According to NYU/HEDNA research sponsored by GDS firms, GDS channels have outpaced direct hotel channels during the past couple of years.

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NYU Study: Direct Hotel Channels Lose Corporate Share To GDSs, OTAs

Hotel bookings by business travelers since 2023 shifted to corporate travel management companies and online travel agencies at the expense of bookings

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Q&A: Sabre Chief Product And Technology Officer Garry Wiseman

Sabre EVP Garry Wiseman delves into the company's AI-powered tools enabling autonomous agents to handle travel tasks through new APIs and a Model Context Protocol server.

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Q&A: Sabre Chief Product And Technology Officer Garry Wiseman

Sabre last month announced AI-powered tools that enable autonomous agents to handle complex travel tasks through new APIs and a proprietary Model Context

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Travelport Hires Veteran Online Travel CEO Mangelaars As COO

Travelport did not comment on John Elieson, who currently holds the COO and deputy CEO titles. John Mangelaars spent four years as Skyscanner CEO.

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Travelport Hires Veteran Online Travel CEO Mangelaars As COO

Travelport appointed former Skyscanner CEO John Mangelaars as chief operating officer, the company confirmed on Wednesday. He starts Sept. 15. The company

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Former TMC Execs O'Malley, Qualantone Form Advocacy Firm

New advocacy firm's modus operandi is to take on players whose actions, "rooted in self-interest," conflict with tenets of managed travel.

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Former Travel Management Company Execs O'Malley, Qualantone Form Advocacy Firm

Last year, former travel management company executives Kevin O'Malley and Mike Qualantone created a company, New M.O., to advocate for the interests of

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Q&A: Sabre CEO Kurt Ekert On Content, Pricing And Artificial Intelligence

The Company Dime co-founder Jay Campbell last week interviewed Sabre CEO Kurt Ekert via videoconference. Among other issues, Ekert talked about supplier

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EXKLUSIV: Die US-Regierung ließ Reiseunternehmen jahrelang einen russischen Hacker ausspionieren und dessen Aufenthaltsorte melden. Kritiker fordern, die Regierung müsse die Öffentlichkeit besser über diese Art der Überwachung informieren, zumal milliardenschwere Privatfirmen an der Schnüffelei beteiligt sind.

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