TMC & Distribution Features

According to Amon: NDC – less dung, more elephantBy Amon Cohen

Airlines must urgently show how buyers will benefit from NDC; right now only the downside is evident... KEEP READING

Distribution: New horizonsBy Matthew Parsons

The technology is slotting into place – but first the key players must join forces to work out NDC’s potential... KEEP READING

Hotel distribution: Swimming the channelsBy Catherine Chetwynd

Fragmented distribution makes hotel booking compliance a challenge, but there are ways to get your ducks in a row…... KEEP READING

Negotiating powerBy Molly Dyson

Is British Airways and Iberia’s agreement with GDSs to allow TMCs to avoid booking fees really about a move toward NDC, or is there more to it?... KEEP READING

Channel hopping: a look at NDCBy Rob Gill

New Distribution Capability promises to offer real choices for flight booking, but progress has been slow... KEEP READING

Analysis: distribution evolutionBy Mark Frary

The latest developments in airline booking highlight how TMCs must get smarter to ride the storm... KEEP READING

Paying for bookings via a GDS is putting the industry in a spinBy Amon Cohen

BBT columnist Amon Cohen discusses Lufthansa's controversial GDS fee... KEEP READING

GDS fees: Who pays the price?By Rob Gill

Lufthansa’s new GDS fee which comes into effect on September 1 has opened a new chapter in the debate on airline distribution... KEEP READING

Making sense of NDCBy BBT

Travel buyers need to get to grips with a new era of airline distribution being ushered in by NDC... KEEP READING