CWT To Go takes online and GDS bookings mobile for road warriors

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Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s mobile offering, a collaboration with Rearden Commerce, integrates online and GDS bookings and is now available for iOS, Android and Blackberry devices.

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Farelogix video: Full content deals bad for travel agencies

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Executives at global distribution systems lose years of sleep worrying whether they will sign airlines to full-content deals in the next round of negotiations, but, in a new video, Farelogix argues that these agreements actually are bad for travel agencies.

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GetThere enhances ticket-exchange capabilities for road warriors

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Corporate-booking tool vendor GetThere revamped its ticket-exchange capabilities for road warriors in partnership with ITA Software.

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Travel agencies, distributors endorse standards, but only a few airlines follow

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Distribution-wise, travel agencies and GDSs turned up the pressure.

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Corporations, agencies back airline merchandising, but distribution is another story

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The Business Travel Coalition and the American Society of Travel Agents got more than 200 corporations and travel management companies to back airline efforts to collect fees for checked bags and premium seats, but the signatories to a letter sent to U.S. carriers want to ensure that they — and not solely the airlines — get to choose the distribution channel where these ancillary services get fulfilled.

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Will American Airlines make travel agents, corporations pay for content?

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If you believe the Business Travel Coalition and industry rumblings, American Airlines is serious about proceeding with plans to make users — presumably travel management companies, corporations and global distribution systems — pay for content by leveraging its direct-connect business with Farelogix and perhaps other distributors.

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