Here’s our roundup of the people, product and partner news from the global travel industry this week.
This roundup was created with the assistance of ChatGPT.
BCD Travel joins NDC FastTrack
BCD Travel has joined the New Distributions Capability (NDC) FastTrack program, a cross-industry initiative to speed adoption of NDC and modern retailing. The company will participate as both a user and technology partner, leveraging its travel commerce platform to address barriers to scalable NDC adoption. The move aligns with BCD’s broader retailing strategy focused on transparent, accessible airline content and improved servicing for corporate clients.
Boom, Beyond
Boom, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property management system, has integrated with Beyond, a revenue management platform for short-term rentals. The partnership connects Beyond’s AI-powered pricing engine directly to Boom’s AI-driven operations, enabling automatic rate updates across distribution channels. The integration should simplify workflows, improve pricing precision and reduce manual work for property managers, the companies said.
Cloudbeds’ partner program
Cloudbeds launched its “Preferred Partner Program” recognizing vendors with proven adoption reliability and business impact. The program is designed to help hotels identify vetted technology and speed implementation. Partners are chosen through a data-driven model that weighs customer adoption and growth, integration quality and support. The inaugural class includes 10 companies: Amadeus, Flexipass, FLYR, IDeaS, Lightspeed, Mirai, Operto, Revinate, Siteminder and Toast.
Sabre, Ethiopian Airlines and Sabre, Vibe
Sabre said Ethiopian Airlines will adopt SabreMosaic Airline Retailing to speed its shift to offer-order retailing with dynamic pricing, personalized offers and modern distribution. The deal adds NDC IT support and real-time offer management powered by Sabre IQ and Travel Data Cloud.
And Sabre said U.K.-based Vibe renewed a multi-year agreement, extending access to the SabreMosaic Travel Marketplace through a single connection. Vibe will adopt MultiTicket to find cheaper two one-way combos, reducing fragmentation and streamlining operations for agencies.
Arrivia, Spirit Airlines
Arrivia partnered with Spirit Airlines to launch Free Spirit Cruises, a booking platform for Free Spirit members and credit card holders. Live now, the site offers discounted cruise fares and lets travelers earn Free Spirit points on each booking. The program is meant to extend Spirit’s value focus to cruises and adds new earn and redeem options within Free Spirit.
Travelier names Mario Gavira CMO
Travelier named Mario Gavira CMO. The global travel tech group operates seven brands offering bus, train and ferry booking platforms in 124 countries. Gavira was previously vice president of global growth and brand at Kiwi.com and held senior roles at eDreams Odigeo, Liligo.com and Opodo. He will lead global marketing, scale growth and advance customer-centric innovation.
Tourism and Events Queensland, Klook
Tourism and Events Queensland struck its first global partnership with Klook, launching a multi-million-dollar campaign across six Asian markets from January to June 2026. The effort uses Klook’s digital reach and creator network to push “That Holiday Feeling,” drive bookings and support the state’s long-term Destination 2045 tourism plan.
SITA
SITA and Amadeus, under the patronage of the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO), have partnered to improve accuracy and transparency in flight emissions data. The collaboration links SITA’s Eco Mission, which uses real aircraft performance data, with the Amadeus Travel Impact Suite, which aggregates emissions information from multiple standards.
Qatar Airways has also deployed SITA’s next-generation SD-WAN across 350+ outstations, replacing legacy networks with intelligent, software-defined routing. The companies said the rollout improves speed, resilience and cybersecurity for critical operations while enhancing passenger digital services.
PredictX’s AI tool
PredictX has rolled out Revere, an AI-driven alert system for travel managers. The tool lets users set up data-driven alerts for things like policy compliance, unusual spending or potential expense fraud.
Users can describe what they want to track in natural language, and the AI agent handles the setup, confirms details and delivers alerts via PredictX’s analytics and DetectX platforms. Alerts can trigger actions like emails or Slack messages, and can be paused or adjusted easily.
SAP Concur’s agentic AI
SAP Concur’s Joule copilot now includes AI agents that act autonomously to execute tasks and automate complex processes. Key agents include: a booking agent, which guides travelers through policy-compliant itineraries; a receipt analysis agent, which auto-populates and verifies expense details; a meeting location planner agent, which optimizes meeting times and locations; and an expense report validation agent, which checks submissions for accuracy and policy compliance.
Agents are rolling out through 2026, aiming to streamline travel and expense management while reducing manual work.
