Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during Feburary 2012 – all here, in one easy read.
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – February 2012
February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Gullivers founder David Babai returns with group trip wholesaler G2 Travel
February 6, 2012 By 3 Comments
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.
Travelport debuts ViewTrip mobile trip management tool in UK, global roll-out to follow
February 6, 2012 By 6 Comments
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
February 1, 2012 By 4 Comments
Few agents currently view airline ancillaries as an opportunity to charge or increase fees according to a survey from Travelport
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.
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Why the mechanics behind travel distribution will blow your mind
January 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
Global distribution systems are crunching and processing travel data at astonishing scales and speed, but travellers would not have any sense of how it is done.
Booking.com and Expedia battle for travel agents in Rooms and More
January 18, 2012 By 12 Comments
Booking.com and Expedia do battle for hotel share around the globe, and they and about 10 other aggregators are upping the competition as they compete for travel agency bookings in the new Travelport Rooms and More.
Travelport: IPO still a consideration, admits mistakes made with introduction of Agility
January 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Travelport says a listing of the business on the public markets is still “an option for the future” although such a move is not a active part of its overall strategy.
Can a global distribution system be cool?
January 17, 2012 By 5 Comments
Officials at global distribution systems — Travelport, Sabre and Amadeus — rave about their turbo-charged zTPF mainframes as they still at times labor to introduce products that consumers long have taken for granted. But, can GDSs still be “cool?”
