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Three GDS, Three Payment Strategies: Why Travelport Won’t Own the Money It Moves
On Sabre’s Q1 2026 earnings call, CEO Kurt Ekert described the company’s ambition in the payments space plainly. Sabre, he said, is focused on acting mainly as an orchestration layer
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How Travel Management Companies Really Choose an NDC Aggregator
The pitch decks all look the same. Faster integration, broader content, cleaner servicing. What differs, once an aggregator
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AVIATION DISTRIBUTION
How airlines sell, distribute, price, and commercialize air travel
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY
Technology shaping how travel is sold, managed, and delivered
NDC Was Never About Going Direct. The Market Is Finally Proving It.
For almost a decade, the airline industry has treated NDC and direct distribution as if they were the
PAYMENTS & FINTECH
Payments and financial infrastructure powering travel commerce
Three GDS, Three Payment Strategies: Why Travelport Won’t Own the Money It Moves
On Sabre’s Q1 2026 earnings call, CEO Kurt Ekert described the company’s ambition in the
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,
