In the highly charged world of airline direct-connect , travel agencies wonder if they would have to establish direct-connects to dozens of airlines and whether the agency workflow will get stymied.
Just recently back from a sabbatical in Nepal, where he went to get “centered,” the Farelogix Jim Davidson character answers questions about GDS bypass direct-connect versus GDS pass-through direct-connect, content fragmentation, third-party online booking tools, codeshares and interlining, agency workflows, and integration with mid- and back-office systems.
The video is clearly promotional for Farelogix, but it does take on distribution issues of wider interest.
Here it is:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ik7Rqg41_s
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