Tag: Lufthansa
With Planned Acquisition In Germany, American Express Global Business Travel Challenges Lufthansa Group
Lufthansa Group and American Express Global Business Travel don’t see eye-to-eye on distribution. Now, GBT brings more to the table. Announced Tuesday, its planned acquisition…
Lufthansa Outlines NDC Benefits, And Non-NDC Detriments, For TMCs In Road Show
In the four years since announcing its new distribution strategy, Lufthansa has done a lot to try to convince the travel agency community of the…
TripActions CEO Cites Immaturity In Supplier Relations As Southwest Makes Vaguely Threatening Statement
[UPDATE, Feb. 7 2019: Delta and TripActions have reconciled with one another. More here.] As of December, Southwest Airlines was curious about how TripActions was…
BCD Travel Aims To Solve NDC Complications In Lufthansa Test
BCD Travel last week announced a multiyear agreement with the Lufthansa Group. As part of the deal, the travel management company secured a full-content commitment…
Lufthansa Greases NDC Rails With Agency Incentive, ‘Exclusive’ Ancillary Sales
Lufthansa Group in January will begin paying travel agencies one euro each time their customers fly on a ticket booked through an NDC-enabled channel. In…
UATP To Enable U.S. TMCs As Issuers
UATP for the first time will allow travel management companies to issue their own payment accounts. The program is starting in the United States as…
TMCs Get To Work On NDC
Some travel management companies are coming to grips with the New Distribution Capability, and they’re not going it alone. Global distribution systems, agency networks, tech…
