Amadeus and Microsoft on Thursday announce a global strategic partnership that will harness cloud technology to innovate and explore new products and solutions and create smoother travel experiences in the future. The partnership will combine Microsoft trusted, secure cloud platforms…
Worldwide travel retail platform, Travelport, today launched a bold and distinct new visual identity, which has been created as part of the company’s first ever end-to-end rebrand. “Travelport has transformed”, said Greg Webb, Chief Executive Officer. “We are now fully focused…
Qatar Airways is pleased to soon become the first global airline to offer passengers 100 percent Zero-Touch technology for its award-winning Oryx One in-flight entertainment system across the A350 fleet as part of the airline’s latest COVID-19 safety measures. The…
The Indian Railway Tourism and Catering Corporation (IRCTC) has started its payment gateway IRCTC-iPay and it is now live for use by the train travellers. With the facility, passengers can now book tickets without any fuss in a matter of…
Indian Railway’s Catering and Tourism wing IRCTC has launched its online bus booking services as part of transforming the corporation as a one-stop-shop for all travel-related services, The service went live for the service of the nation on January 29, informed…
Singapore Airlines has recently launched Kris+ lifestyle app in India. The app offers the best in dining, retail, and entertainment discounts, enabling Krisflyer members to enjoy benefits even without flying. Kris+ is being introduced with 32 local partners across more…
Emirates airlines has started a digital app for COVID-19 updates and test verification partnering with International Air Transport Association (IATA). And by doing this, the airline has became among the first airlines to trial IATA Travel Pass. “Emirates becomes one…
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has installed a passenger tracking system – Xovis system with over 500 sensors at Terminal 3 to maintain social distancing. The airport has installed 513 sensors at nine places in T3, including in all check-in…
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Thursday got its first portable genome sequencing laboratory for testing the new Covid-19 strain. The lab was set up by SpiceHealth and government research institute CSIR-IGIB on Thursday. On November 23rd, SpiceHealth had successfully launched…
Air India Express has introduced robotic technology to clean and disinfect its aircraft interiors at Delhi’s IGI airport. This is the first of its kind technology in India. The airline said that the robotic device will disinfect the aircraft seats,…
In order to accelerate the development of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) service on Monday for the Delhi Metro’s Airport Express Line via video conferencing. “The inauguration of the first driverless metro train…
Delhi airport’s Terminal 3 has introduced a new passenger tracking system to reduce waiting time and ensure social distancing. “The Xovis passenger tracking system (PTS), a queue management system, displays live waiting time, taken at various processes like check-in, security check…
As the Indian travel industry comes together to chart a path towards recovery, Google has launched Travel Insights with Google. A website that provides demand trends to sector participants, be they a chain of hotels, a small travel startup, or…
Singapore Airlines is making its NDC offers available to travel sellers through the Amadeus Travel Platform. Travel agents worldwide connected to the Amadeus Travel Platform will soon be able to shop, book, and pay for all Singapore Airlines offers made…
Sabre Corporation announced that Gulf Air has recently implemented Sabre’s branded fares technology – enhanced merchandising capabilities that allow travel agents using the Sabre global distribution system (GDS) to access the full breadth of airlines’ branded fares. With this implementation,…
