Sabre and American Airlines extend contract deadline to end of September

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First it was Aug. 31, then Sept. 6 and now Sabre says its contract with American Airlines has been extended until the end of September.

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How Pegasus Solutions-VRMA vacation rental switch negotiations collapsed

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Now that year-long negotiations with the Vacation Rental Managers Association have collapsed, Pegasus Solutions says it is continuing to develop a vacation rental switch and will bring it to market on its own.

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Not friends, but American Airlines wants Sabre status update

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With a June 2 tipping point looming, American Airlines filed a request for a status conference with the Texas court handling its litigation with Sabre.

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American Airlines visiting travel agents with direct-connect contract push

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American Airlines employees have been visiting travel agents in several states over the last few weeks carrying several documents — nondisclosure agreements about their discussions and direct-connect licensing contracts.

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Enterprise car brands to be absent on Orbitz after negotiations impasse

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First American Airlines left Orbitz Worldwide websites in December and now sister brands National Car Rental and Alamo are slated to bid adieu April 1, although the issues appear to be disparate.

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Do ITA Software negotiations undercut Google promises?

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Reports on negotiations between the U.S. Department of Justice and Google on its proposed $700 million acquisition of ITA Software may call into question some of Google’s pledges to ITA’s customers.

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Google-ITA Software deal: Google negotiating conditions on deal

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Google is reportedly talking to the Department of Justice, negotiating conditions on its proposed $700 million acquisition of ITA Software, in a bid to forestall a DOJ move to block the deal.

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American Airlines and Sabre call temporary truce until June

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Sabre and American Airlines agreed to shelve their pending litigation until June 1, 2011, in the hopes of reaching a new GDS contract, which is slated to expire in September 2011.

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American Airlines-GDS negotiations have come up empty so far

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American Airlines says it invited the major global distribution systems to tie into its new direct-connect technology and negotiated with them for more than a year.

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The GDS wars, broken models and metasearch issues — JetBlue-style

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In the last round of GDS negotiations in 2007, airlines such as American Airlines and Delta Airlines stridently warned that they would pull out of major GDSs if the carriers didn’t get their way.

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