It was seven or eight years in the making, but Google’s ITA Software now has its Passenger Service System in production with an airline, albeit a relatively small one, regional carrier Cape Air.
Google now providing airline reservations system to regional carrier Cape Air
March 1, 2012 By 12 Comments
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – February 2012
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during Feburary 2012 – all here, in one easy read.
Amadeus fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results – at-a-glance summary
February 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Amadeus released its fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results today. A quick overview is as follows:
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Southwest Airlines decision on Sabre or Amadeus for reservations system? Goes for extension with Sabre
February 23, 2012 By 2 Comments
Southwest Airlines renewed for several years its contract to have Sabre provide some of the airline’s reservations system services.
Web will never beat offline travel agents – impact is just a flesh wound
February 23, 2012 By 5 Comments
Readers of the New York Times Frugal Traveler column were treated to a walk down memory lane recently in a piece headlined: Is the Best Travel Search Engine Around the Corner?
Is mobile the biggest technology challenge facing the travel industry?
February 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
Walking the floor of last week’s Business Travel Show threw up a number of interesting developments which were less about innovation and more about services to help travellers on the go
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Amadeus outage caused by technical failure during upgrades at Erding data centre
February 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Details have emerged as to the reason for a technical failure at Amadeus two weeks ago which affected the systems behind dozens of airlines.
Travelport debuts ViewTrip mobile trip management tool in UK, global roll-out to follow
February 6, 2012 By 8 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.
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.
