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Greece’s Philoxenia Show Draws in the Crowds – Photo Report by GTP

This year’s Philoxenia event, held 13-16 November, attracted a record number of attendees, recording a 54 percent increase of participants compared to last year and demonstrating the event’s dynamic penetration of the international market, organizer TIF-Helexpo said.

Travelport Shows Commitment to Travel Industry in Thessaloniki, Greece

Recognizing the importance of the Northern Greek travel industry, Travelport recently held an event in Thessaloniki and showed its commitment to understanding and meeting the specific needs of travel agents in the region.

Heraklion Port Authority Awarded for Best Practices in Greece Event Launch

Crete’s Heraklion Port Authority was awarded for its public management at this year’s "Disrupt, Startup, ScaleUP" conference held at the Athens Concert Hall on 15-16 November, officially launching Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Travelport and TravelClick Expand Partnership

Travelport has expanded its partnership with TravelClick. The expanded relationship will allow TravelClick to sell advertising products to hotels for display to the 67,000 Travelport connected travel agency customers around the world.

Malindo Air to Distribute Through Travelport for First Time

Travelport recently announced a new multi-year, full content agreement with Malaysia-based hybrid carrier, Malindo Air.

Cabforce Launches Globally Through Travelport Marketplace

Travelport and Cabforce, the Finland-based provider of taxi and airport booking solutions to the travel industry, recently celebrated the global launch of Cabforce through the Travelport Marketplace e-commerce platform at the 2014 PhoCusWright conference.

Travelport and BCD Travel Sign New Multi-Year Global Agreement

Travelport recently recently entered into a long-term global agreement with travel management company BCD Travel, which operates in more than 100 countries globally and services about 30 percent of the top 100 largest companies in the world ranked by total annual airline volume.

Amadeus: “Lean Thinking” Can Improve Travel Services

A new study launched recently urges travel businesses to adopt and apply the principles of "lean" thinking across IT and operations, in order to create an industry that can better detect, understand and respond to customers’ increasingly complex and changing needs.

Enhanced Version Of Travelport Smartpoint Launched

Travelport has launched a new version of Travelport Smartpoint, its industry-leading agency desktop technology aimed at making booking travel easier and more profitable for travel agencies.

Amadeus-Ryanair GDS Deal Goes Live

Ryanair content is now available to travel agents via the Amadeus GDS system, for the first time in over a decade.

Travel Management Companies Offered Innovative Virtual Card Payment Solution By eNett And Cornerstone

eNett and Cornerstone are offering TMCs access to Virtual Account Numbers (VANs) via a new integrated hotel direct billing solution that automatically relays payment instructions and data to the hotel.

Greeks With Startups Are Invited To “Get In The Ring” & Battle For €1 Million

Get in the Ring: The Investment Battle is a worldwide competition for the most promising startups to secure their investment of up to €1,000,000. The aim is to bring the most promising entrepreneurs from around the world in contact with investors, customers, and potential partners.

Amadeus Hellas Launches IRISena-Based Mobile App For The Information Update Of Its Customers

Amadeus Hellas has chosen IRISena communication and promotion platform as its new B2B communication channel with its customers.

Ryanair Partners With Amadeus For Travel Agency Distribution

Ryanair has launched a new GDS partnership with Amadeus that will allow Amadeus-affiliated travel agents across Europe to distribute the airline’s low fares and full ancillary services content for the first time in over a decade.

Travelport Expands Agreement With Carlson Wagonlit Travel

Travelport and Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), one of the world’s leading travel management companies, recently announced an expanded multi-year, global agreement.

Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines Selects Travelport To Distribute Its Content Globally

Pegasus Airlines, Turkey’s low cost carrier, has signed a multi-year agreement with Travelport and has become the latest fast-growing, low cost carrier to participate in the company's Travel Commerce Platform.

Travelport And Alitalia Sign Full Content Agreement

Travelport recently announced the renewal of its multi-year full content agreement with Alitalia, Italy’s leading carrier.

Webinar Video – Preparing Your Business To Meet Traveler Trends In 2020

Travel agencies and tour operators need to become more nimble and knowledgeable to continue to meet the needs of future customers.

Tips For Startups: How To Build Relationships With Reporters

Public relations is an essential piece of every startup's strategy. It's crucial for startups to build credibility, gain users, and receive venture capital funding. Reporter relationships are the key to landing coverage in technology and niche industry publications.

Thomas Cook Signs Deal To Monitor Hotels Via Social Monitoring

Tour operator Thomas Cook has agreed a multi-year deal with online reputation management company TrustYou to keep a check on the online reputation of more than 45,000 hotels from its portfolio.