The standard framing of Travelstart’s growth in South Africa treats it as a disruption story, an online platform eating into the market that traditional agencies once held exclusively. The reality
Travelstart has told partners that its Nigerian operation ceased local activity as of 31 July 2026. In a partner email, the company said the closure was part of a long-term
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
The pitch decks all look the same. Faster integration, broader content, cleaner servicing. What differs, once an aggregator is actually sitting in front of a travel management company’s procurement team,
On July 1, Checkout.com announced a new partnership with Agoda, the Booking Holdings-owned OTA that lists more than six million hotels and holiday properties across 39 languages and 27 markets.
Travelport has expanded its NDC capabilities by bringing Air Canada’s Flight Pass into Smartpoint and the TripServices API, allowing travel agencies to shop, book and service prepaid one-way flight credits
Kiruba Shankar needed an Etihad ticket. So he pointed Claude Code at the airline’s website and asked it to find the best option across a month of dates, four routes,
Travelport has formally launched TripServices, its cloud-native API platform designed to replace the fragmented, cryptic-based infrastructure that has defined GDS technology for decades. The announcement, made today, positions the company
By Chiheb Ouertani For several years, I have been part of conversations about airline distribution with travel agencies operating across very different markets: Europe, North Africa, West Africa and the
The travel industry has spent the last eighteen months building systems that can book flights, reserve hotels, and manage itineraries without a human in the loop. The infrastructure for autonomous
