Travel Technology Digest – September news round-up
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2025
11 September - HRG develops ‘one stop shop’ business travel portal 12 September - Lonely Planet website gets flight search…
Categories: Air
Ryanair boosts Barcelona routes
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2025
Ryanair is expanding its hub at Barcelona Girona airport by adding 17 routes for next summer. The no-frills carrier will…
‘Pipeline of potential acquisitions remains strong’ – W&O
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2025
Expanding luxury tour operating group Western & Oriental is continuing to look at further growth on the back of five…
Travelport shake-up sees Wilson head Galileo
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2025
Travelport's EMEA Asia and Pacific business group president and CEO Gordon Wilson is to become president and CEO of Galileo. He…
Focus agents gain fare manipulation application
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2025
Corporate and route-specific ‘CAT 35’ air fares will be able to be marked up and manipulated by Advantage business travel…
Cheapflights recruits UK marketing head from BA
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2025
Former British Airways head of digital Joe Sikorsky is joining travel price comparison website Cheapflights He is to take the…
BCD wins two accounts
Phil Davies - Sep 29, 2025
Travel management company BCD Travel has won the business travel accounts of American Standard and Kodak. Manufacturing firm American Standard…
Sweden’s Saab wins Rex deal
Graham Muldoon - Sep 29, 2025
Swedish aerospace and defence group Saab says it has won an order from Australian regional airline Regional Express for the…
Accor’s new Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel “opens”
John Alwyn-Jones - Sep 29, 2025
While Bangkok’s new international Suvarnabhumi airport opened officially yesterday morning with the touchdown at 03:02 of a Lufthansa cargo plane, nearby…
Mastersun/Masterski failure
Bev - Sep 28, 2025
The CAA has stepped in after the collapse of Surrey-based tour operator Masterplan Publishing. Masterplan, which traded as Mastersun and…
Ban on liquids on flights to be lifted
Phil Davies - Sep 28, 2025
Restrictions on liquids being taken onto flights are to be lifted. It means objects such as perfume and toothpaste will…
Ferries halt passenger decline
Phil Davies - Sep 28, 2025
Ferry companies have halted a five-year period of decline prompted by no-frills airline competition, new figures show. More than 24…
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