GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – February 2012

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Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during Feburary 2012 – all here, in one easy read.

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Vayant goes sub-second with new flight search technology

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Airfare shopping specialist Vayant Travel Technologies is claiming sub-second search results via its FastSearch solution, unveiled at Travel Technology Europe this week

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Have travel agents been left high and dry by mobile?

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There used to be a myth that travel agents are lazy and while the myth may persist, it couldn’t be further from the truth.

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Gullivers founder David Babai returns with group trip wholesaler G2 Travel

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Six years is a long time to be away from the travel industry, but GTA founder David Babai has decided to come back for another go despite making his fortune in 2005.

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Travelport debuts ViewTrip mobile trip management tool in UK, global roll-out to follow

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Travelport is joining the mobile party this week, unveiling its own take on mobile travel management services with ViewTrip, an application for smartphones.

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Travelport research shows agent confusion in airline ancillary market

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Few agents currently view airline ancillaries as an opportunity to charge or increase fees according to a survey from Travelport

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Five of the most important things every travel brand should be doing right now

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It’s not unusual to hear people say that over the past few years travel companies worldwide have witnessed tremendous change in the industry.

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Amadeus outage hit other GDSs as airline systems crashed

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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

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Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during January 2012 – all here, in one easy read.

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Unbundling is evil – there must be a better way

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GRS – that’s the new acronym being adopted to describe global distribution systems and their evolution – admittedly by the GDS themselves.

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