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Travel agencies have always been a key pillar of the business travel industry, as have GDSs. Despite declarations of their decline, they have been able to evolve and adapt. Our Group is working with these players to shape the future of business travel, providing them with new technologies to meet the needs of corporate customers …
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« As a CEO in a sector that combines hospitality and technology, innovation and forward-thinking strategies have always been at the heart of my approach. We’ve already integrated a lot of automation into our business travel missions, we now need to go further by incorporating machine learning and advanced AI into our operations. To do this, …
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When you belong to the world of tourism, it would be unforgivable not to be delighted that France, and in particular its capital, will be the showcase for the whole world in 2024. As part of the tourism community, it’s exciting to look forward to France, especially Paris, being in the spotlight for the …
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« Oscar Wilde said that a cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. In 2023, CDS Group was awarded the gold trophy for Growth Companies in the the category of BtoB services with more than 70 million euros, awarded by the Ficade group. I would like to come …
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In a post-Covid business travel recovery environment, online booking tools are facing a host of new demands from corporate clients, TMCs and end users alike. OBTs, which have become indispensable in the business travel industry, are required to improve their technological performance, the completeness of the content they offer and their ability to organize it …
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The 3rd edition of the Grand Live du Voyage d’affaires, organized and financed by CDS Group in partnership with IFTM Top Résa, took place on 19 January 2023. Three years and not a single wrinkle! 25 guest speakers, 7 hours of non-stop live coverage and nearly 2000 registers… This is what strengthens our commitment to …
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« Like the double helix of DNA, we are witnessing in business travel, since the end of the pandemic, a cross movement with two closely related dimensions. On the one hand, a technological revolution that affects the way services to business travelers and corporate clients will now be delivered to better meet their evolving needs. On …
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« Despite a context that remains difficult, the voluntary commitments of our sector in environmental and social matters must be reinforced. Not only are CO2 emissions rising impressively – even if passenger transport is far from being the first cause -, but the demands of our customers are increasing in these areas as well because of …
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Viva Techology, the largest European Tech and start-up fair, took place in Paris a few days ago hybridly, mixing virtual and face-to-face, alongside numerous digital services. This reinvention of trade shows, and more particularly technology dedicated ones, sets the tone for the ups and downs that business travel will experience. In the upcoming years, our …
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