Screenshots of Farelogix’s desktop product shows how agents mights sell ancillaries distributed directly by the airlines via the New Distribution Capability (NDC).
What NDC-style flight booking might look like for agents [SCREENSHOTS]
May 16, 2013 By 1 Comment
American Airlines allows certain Klout users to enjoy free lounge service
May 10, 2013 By 2 Comments
American Airlines has partnered with social influence benchmark tool Klout to allow users to enter its Admiral Club lounge free for a day.
Was hotel marketing always this complicated? Part Three of Three – The marketer reinvented
April 26, 2013 By 2 Comments
Building a direct revenue channel has become paramount to any other marketing effort. And the hotel website is a critical component to selling room nights, preserving rate, and building market share.
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Was hotel marketing always this complicated? Part Two of Three – GDS consolidation and rise of OTAs
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
At the onset of the new decade (1990) it became apparent that travel agents were caught in a price battle between the remaining four global distribution systems and the airlines.
Was hotel marketing always this complicated? Part One of Three – Birth of the GDS
April 23, 2013 By 2 Comments
What was hotel marketing like before the internet? Most marketers would agree these were simpler times.
Sabre distances itself as American Airlines weathers storm of systems outage
April 17, 2013 By 5 Comments
Sabre has moved to put some space between it and a major systems failure at American Airlines that forced the carrier to ground flights yesterday
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Branded fares: American Airlines and Frontier have kickstarted a revolution
April 5, 2013 By 2 Comments
A guest article by Jay Sorensen of IdeaWorksCompany on how branded fares are generating profits for airlines. Frontier Airlines attributes a 22% revenue increase to the branded fare approach.
Sendmybag wants to be the must-have luggage concierge for travelers
April 4, 2013 By 6 Comments
Losing items of baggage when traveling, especially during the airport-airline-airport part of a trip, is one of the most dispiriting and frustrating problems a traveler can face.
More white doves of peace as Orbitz and American Airlines settle dispute
April 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The so-called New American has certainly arrived and is busily ending its long-running court battles with various parts of the industry – the latest being online travel agency, Orbitz.
Just in time: Amadeus signs agreements with British Airways and Iberia after eleventh hour talks
April 1, 2013 By 5 Comments
Cutting it very fine at Amadeus and IAG, umbrella company containing British Airways and Iberia, with the pair renewing their distribution deal at the last minute.
