TECHNOLOGY

Amadeus, as a leading travel commerce platform in the region, is on a rapid plan of dispersing all relevant information to their stakeholders. Jauhar Abdul Gafoor, Director Sales – Abu Dhabi, Al Ain & Oman at Amadeus Gulf, shares the latest offerings. TT Bureau Q Could you share the market …

The awards started in Jeddah on February 20, followed by Riyadh on February 22 and Dammam on February 28, 2017. TT Bureau With Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism industry increasingly in the spotlight as a driving sector for growth in the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 economic diversification strategy, the event also …

Loyalty and Payments Solutions Company — Infinia Services and Solutions has launched its geo-location based mobile application, Dubuy. TT Bureau Dubuy is a smartphone application which can function on both Android and iOS formats for travellers to Dubai. Tourists can browse for merchant categories, apply filters and find locations near …

Rehlat joins a growing number of agencies in Kuwait / Middle East to choose Sabre’s online technology solutions. Bader Al Bader, President and Founder, Rehlat Travel, stated, “It’s only been a couple of months since we launched our operations on Sabre, but we have already seen the positive impact on …

UDrive, a Dubai-based pay-as-you-go rental service launched the ‘UDrive for free’ campaign, offering residents and visitors to Dubai free membership for one month as well as a complimentary one hour free drive, that is inclusive of parking and fuel costs. With UDrive, commuters can drive a car from anywhere to …

Travelport and Saudi Arabia-based Al Hashim Travel have announced a new, exclusive, long-term agreement, which will let the agency benefit from the industry leading merchandising and desktop technology, Travelport Smartpoint. TT Bureau Travelport and Al Hashim Travel have announced a new, exclusive, long-term agreement. Al Hashim Travel is located in …

RezLive.com, a product of Travel Designer Group, has appointed African Origin Travels and Sports Tourism as its exclusive General Sales Agent (GSA) for Ghana. Jaal Shah, Group Managing Director, RezLive.com, says, “Our increasing presence in Africa region will help us boost trade from the region which will eventually generate good …

IndiGo Airlines went live on Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform in India on November 24, as part of an agreement between the two parties that was signed in September this year. Nisha Verma Celebrating the launch of IndiGo’s fares and ancillaries to all travel agencies on Travelport’s integrated platform, Aditya Ghosh, …

The Traveler Experience Platform integrates a suite of travel technology products in a consumer-grade mobile experience delivering self-service in-transit travel bookings, itinerary management, payments, expense integration, and safety capabilities to the connected business traveller. TT Bureau Forty-seven years after man first landed on the moon, there is finally a single …

As we begin the year, our thoughts naturally turn to what lies ahead — clearly a lot! The dynamism of our industry coupled with an ongoing technology evolution ensures that no entity/trend will be the end-all or be-all. Here we analyse certain factors that could swing the pendulum in the …