Amadeus has partnered with start-up Forward Data to launch “Forward Keys,” a business intelligence tool for hotels and Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs), based on data supplied by Amadeus. It provides demand forecasting and market performance monitoring.

Forum Tel is now making it more convenient and affordable to use a mobile phone during international travel. Forum Tel is a global mobile communications provider for the travel, tourism and hospitality industries and their customers. The company is dedicated to alleviating the high costs and hidden fees associated with traditional international phone usage by offering travelers access to a low cost, reliable cellular voice and data service delivered on a high-quality, quad-band world phone. With Forum Tel, travelers save as much as 80 percent on roaming and long distance charges while earning distribution partners a robust commission.

Avis Budget Group has formed a new partnership with JetBlue Airways. The new agreement, effective November 10, will provide TrueBlue members the opportunity to earn TrueBlue points from Avis and Budget rentals.

Fly.com now lists baggage fees for major airlines. Fees appear within the search results of Fly.com. “Non-stop flights from New York to Ft. Lauderdale this December on American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways currently cost just $100 one way,” said Justin Soffer, vice president and general manager of Fly.com.

As part of a continued effort to use customer feedback as the key driver in product improvements and innovations, ARC has rolled out a new version of its Memo Manager product, MM3. This latest version of Memo Manager is built on a new platform that improves the efficiency and usability of the application. Customers will notice less clicking and pop ups, better groupings of memos and easier navigation between pages.

ITA Software, Inc., is providing its OnTheFly airfare shopping mobile app to Android. As with the OnTheFly app currently available for Apple iPhone and iPod touch, OnTheFly for Android offers comparison shopping features including flexible airport selection, intuitive travel date selector and fine-grained control over search parameters.