It was not long that putting a search tool into a Facebook application was considered something of a landmark issue – but things are moving quickly now.
Travelport shows off Facebook flight search and booking system prototype
March 5, 2012 By 4 Comments
American Airlines and Travelport make peace through late 2012
March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Put the possibility of booking surcharges and content dropping off the face of the earth on hold — American Airlines and Travelport GDS have extended their content agreements through “late 2012,” the companies say.
United Airlines grapples with communications strategy with this weekend’s reservations systems and website cutovers
March 1, 2012 By 2 Comments
This weekend will be a momentous one for the merged United and Continental airlines, HP and Travelport, but the airline’s customers may not yet be fully aware of the extent of the changes and the potential short-term pitfalls.
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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:
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?
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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.
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 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.
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
