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IATA names Saadia Zahidi first female Director General, succession set for November
The International Air Transport Association has appointed Saadia Zahidi as its next Director General, the first woman to lead the trade body in its history. The appointment was confirmed by
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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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Etihad Is Building Africa From the Outside In
Africa’s Airlines Are Not Competing in the Same Race
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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
While Everyone Covered the AI Angle, Checkout.com and Agoda Quietly Solved a Harder Settlement Problem
On July 1, Checkout.com announced a new partnership with Agoda, the Booking Holdings-owned OTA that
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,
