Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during Feburary 2012 – all here, in one easy read.
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – February 2012
February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Travelport debuts ViewTrip mobile trip management tool in UK, global roll-out to follow
February 6, 2012 By 6 Comments
Travelport is joining the mobile party this week, unveiling its own take on mobile travel management services with ViewTrip, an application for smartphones.
Amadeus outage hit other GDSs as airline systems crashed
January 31, 2012 By 1 Comment
The extent of a significant technology failure at Amadeus yesterday is beginning to unravel, as other systems across the industry are now known to have been affected.
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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – January 2012
January 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during January 2012 – all here, in one easy read.
Unbundling is evil – there must be a better way
January 31, 2012 By 6 Comments
GRS – that’s the new acronym being adopted to describe global distribution systems and their evolution – admittedly by the GDS themselves.
Amadeus technology outage hits major airline systems and agency bookings
January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Amadeus says a major system failure which is understood to have affected thousands of passengers on Monday has been rectified.
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Is it time for a global HotelWiki to assist the industry (and consumers) with hotel distribution?
January 25, 2012 By 12 Comments
There is a certain helplessness creeping in around online hotel distribution which is worrying hotels in Europe and worldwide.
NFC check-in and boarding coming to an airport near you – soonish
January 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
A smoother, less stressful airport process might be within reach thanks to technology developed by SITA Lab and Orange Business Services
Why the mechanics behind travel distribution will blow your mind
January 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
Global distribution systems are crunching and processing travel data at astonishing scales and speed, but travellers would not have any sense of how it is done.
Travelport: IPO still a consideration, admits mistakes made with introduction of Agility
January 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Travelport says a listing of the business on the public markets is still “an option for the future” although such a move is not a active part of its overall strategy.
