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Three GDS, One Problem: Hotel Content Fragmentation Becomes the New Battleground
London, 28 July 2026. HBX Group and Sabre announced a strategic partnership today that will bring HBX Group’s global accommodation portfolio, around 250,000 properties, into Sabre Mosaic Marketplace. The two
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Everyone Said AI Would Kill the Travel Agent. The Smart Ones Are Using It to Win.
The obituary has been written many times. First it was the internet. Then it was the OTA. Then
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
AVIATION DISTRIBUTION
How airlines sell, distribute, price, and commercialize air travel
Etihad Is Building Africa From the Outside In
Africa’s Airlines Are Not Competing in the Same Race
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY
Technology shaping how travel is sold, managed, and delivered

MENA Airfares Rose 46% in Six Months. Distribution Speed May Explain Who Kept Booking Share.
Average business airfares across the Middle East and North Africa climbed from $389 in January to $567 in
PAYMENTS & FINTECH
Payments and financial infrastructure powering travel commerce

Riyadh Air Builds the Payments Layer to Match Its Distribution Infrastructure
Riyadh Air’s latest product launch is less a loyalty story than an architecture story. RX
MARKETPLACES & PLATFORMS
Platforms connecting travel supply, demand, and distribution

Three GDS, One Problem: Hotel Content Fragmentation Becomes the New Battleground
London, 28 July 2026. HBX Group and Sabre announced a strategic partnership today that will
AFRICAN FOCUS
Travel distribution, technology, and commerce across Africa

Emerging Market Distribution Isn’t Behind. It’s Stratified.
The default framing in global distribution conversations treats emerging markets as a single lagging category,




















