NDC API Versions: How One Standard Leads to Endless Interpretations

 While IATA officially defines NDC as a “data communication standard,” you’d be hard-pressed to find something more implementation-dependent than the NDC messaging schema. Today, 13 different NDC API versions coexist on IATA’s list of supported releases. Add the creative interpretations by airlines 

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Train Booking API Integration: Hands-On Experience Adding Rail to Corporate Travel App

 Europe has a dense, well-developed railway network that connects countries, major cities, towns, and rural areas. This makes trains highly accessible and convenient for many people. For online travel agencies (OTAs), travel management companies (TMCs), and other travel resellers, automating rail 

Agent-to-Human (A2H) Protocol Explained

 One area that's seen a lot of activity lately is agentic communication protocols. We’ve seen several of these emerge in a short time, including the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A), and the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), with each defining a standard way for AI agents 

How to test and evaluate AI models Based on Our experience

How to Test and Evaluate AI Models: Based on Our Experience

 Testing and evaluating AI models is one of the most critical steps in building reliable AI systems. A poorly tested model can block legitimate transactions, discriminate against certain groups of users, make flawed medical recommendations, or quietly degrade for weeks before anyone notices. The 

BSP: IATA's Billing and Settlement Plan Explained

 Whether you’re a leisure travel agent or a corporate TMC that deals with air tickets, you almost can’t avoid working with IATA’s Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP). In this post, we delve into the nuts and bolts of the BSP, unraveling everything you need to know – in plain English. What is BSP? The 

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Top Hotel Groups, Chains, and Brands: Number of Rooms, Revenue, and Loyalty Programs

 A few major hotel groups dominate the global hotel industry , each commanding a significant market share. In this article, we explore the competitive landscape of the world’s largest hospitality players — looking at the brands they operate, the strategies they use to grow, and how they compare 

MCP Servers for Developers: GitHub MCP, Playwright MCP

 The Model Context Protocol (MCP), released by Anthropic in November 2024, standardizes how AI systems interact with external tools. Today, many platforms are creating servers to expose their functionalities and data to AI agents using MCP instead of relying on custom one-to-one connections. In 

Corporate Travel Policy: How to Create and Enforce

 The 2025 GBTA and ASTA Business Travel ROI study indicates that companies with a structured, well-governed approach to business travel report up to 30 percent higher revenue. It also revealed that a strong travel policy becomes an important performance driver. Today, a travel policy isn't a dusty 

Becoming an AI-Driven Company: Our Journey and Experience

 Future-forward companies are always looking for ways to improve their processes, boost efficiency, and stay ahead of the curve. One way to achieve this is by adopting AI in different areas of the business. But AI transformation is anything but straightforward—it’s an ongoing journey full of 

Flight Booking Process: Structure, Steps, and Key Systems

 When a person books a flight, less than 15 minutes pass between their starting to fill in the search form and a booking confirmation appearing in their mailbox. From the airline side, it involves many events and systems to issue a ticket and make sure that the right person will board the plane. In 

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New Distribution Capability (NDC) in Air Travel: Airlines, GDSs, and Impact on the Industry

 Two fundamental needs connect all airlines: revenue and passenger satisfaction. To satisfy customers, carriers seek ways to learn more about their clients and provide a set of additional services like baggage insurance or onboard food. Those services, also called ancillaries, are offered for 

Open Pricing Strategy for Hotel Revenue Management: Concept, Advantages, Tools, and Implementation Steps

 As a hotel revenue manager, one of your key responsibilities is creating a pricing strategy tailored to the property and its market. Many hotels still rely on a fixed pricing strategy that uses a tiered pricing system based on room types. However, this strategy fails to consider the demand and 

How Attribute-Based Shopping Will Change Hotel Booking

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Nobody likes paying for things they don’t need. If something is included in the price but the buyer hasn’t asked for it, it’s a questionable benefit and possibly a detriment. When searching for hotel rooms, parents 

ChatGPT Implementation in Travel: Unleashing the Potential of GPT Models in Real-World Projects

 There's no denying it: ChatGPT, OpenAI's groundbreaking AI, is the talk of the tech world. This impressive Large Language Model is altering the landscape across many sectors, with the travel industry emerging as a prime example of its transformational power. ChatGPT continues to reshape 

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Airbnb’s $200M Product Pivot: Reinvention or Overreach?

Airbnb once promised stays like a local – not a hotel guest. Now it’s adding services, experiences, and – yes, hotels.
So what exactly is Airbnb trying to be now? Is it evolving—or quietly turning into the very thing it once disrupted? And most importantly, will these moves unlock a new growth engine — or risk breaking the one that made the company successful?

Hidden Reason Travel Giants Are Buying Fintechs

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Why Corporate Travel is Still Stuck in the 90s

Corporate booking tools were meant to simplify business travel — but what if they’re the reason it feels so complicated? From legacy GDS architecture to NDC struggles and the rise of agentic AI, we break down what’s really happening behind the scenes. Are OBTs evolving — or quietly becoming obsolete? Watch to find out.

How AI Decides Your Insurance Price (It’s Not Just Age)

Insurance is an age-old business with a simple promise: when life goes wrong, we’ll help you make it right. For decades, that meant lengthy manual reviews and tons of paperwork. But today, AI is quietly rewriting that script. It’s shaving weeks off claims, spotting fraud patterns no human could see, and assessing risks with precision that was unimaginable just a few years ago.

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