iSeatz, which provides private label travel solutions, and Viator Inc., the parent company of Viator.com, a resource for researching and booking more than 5,500 trip activities and experiences at the best prices, have announced a strategic partnership.

Travelport has renewed a long-term agreement with TravelPlan Partners trading as FCm Travel Solutions Ireland and Abbey Travel, in the Republic of Ireland. Travelport will continue to provide leading travel management company FCm Travel Solutions Ireland and specialist tour operator Abbey Travel with access to the Galileo platform in a new long-term agreement, building on a 20-year working history with the group.

Amadeus has launched “Active Valuation,” a new IT solution that enables airlines to maximize revenues across multiple channels. A host of major airlines, including Lufthansa, Air Baltic, Singapore Airlines, TAM and Etihad, are “Active Valuation” contracted customers.

The Mexico Tourism Board launched the Visit Mexico iPhone application -- the first iPhone travel application to provide nationwide coverage. Users can select to receive information from six regions and all 32 states, in addition to receiving in-depth information about 27 top tourist destinations. The app includes several features, such as online news and weather, interesting activities, videos and Google Map links for top destinations.
 

Travelport has partnered with several new carriers to provide an efficient, online passenger check-in facility for travelers with Apollo, Galileo and Worldspan-created itineraries. Royal Brunei, Royal Jordanian, Gulf Air and the LAN Group are among the latest airlines to implement Travelport’s ViewTrip Online Check-In service, adding to the growing list of carriers from around the world who are leveraging the tool to streamline their passenger check-in process.

IgoUgo.com has relaunched its website to put more focus on making trip planning and sharing a social networking experience. The site, which has 540,000 members sharing experiences from more than 9,000 travel destinations and more than 1 million travel reviews and listings, has been rebuilt to simplify planning and sharing. “We wanted the site experience to better reflect that IgoUgo is a great community of expert travelers who have been where you want to go, and who are sharing positive advice for your trips,” said Aditi Gokhale, IgoUgo general manager.