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Amadeus outage hit other GDSs as airline systems crashed

By Kevin May | January 31, 2012

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. Read More

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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - January 2012

By PhocusWire | January 31, 2012

Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during January 2012 - all here, in one easy read. Read More

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Unbundling is evil - there must be a better way

By Linda Fox | January 31, 2012

GRS - that's the new acronym being adopted to describe global distribution systems and their evolution - admittedly by the GDS themselves. Read More

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Amadeus technology outage hits major airline systems and agency bookings

By Kevin May | January 30, 2012

Amadeus says a major system failure which is understood to have affected thousands of passengers on Monday has been rectified. Read More

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Is it time for a global HotelWiki to assist the industry (and consumers) with hotel distribution?

By Viewpoints | January 25, 2012

There is a certain helplessness creeping in around online hotel distribution which is worrying hotels in Europe and worldwide. Read More

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NFC check-in and boarding coming to an airport near you - soonish

By Linda Fox | January 23, 2012

A smoother, less stressful airport process might be within reach thanks to technology developed by SITA Lab and Orange Business Services Read More

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Why the mechanics behind travel distribution will blow your mind

By Kevin May | January 18, 2012

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. Read More

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Travelport: IPO still a consideration, admits mistakes made with introduction of Agility

By Kevin May | January 18, 2012

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. Read More

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Amadeus strengthens hotel offering via HRS distribution deal

By Linda Fox | January 17, 2012

Amadeus has significantly boosted its hotel porfolio via a deal with corporate accommodation specialist HRS. Read More

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Amadeus report shows travellers willing to trade personal information for less travel stress

By Linda Fox | January 10, 2012

A new study from Amadeus plots how technology could change the way we travel between now and 2020. Read More

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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - December 2011

By PhocusWire | December 22, 2011

Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during December 2011 - all here, in one easy read. Read More

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IATA found in breach of regulations over use of PaxIS, Europe data to be removed

By Kevin May | December 16, 2011

A rather big and messy storm of a story has taken another twist in Europe after IATA was found in breach of flight data regulations on its PaxIS product. Read More

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The case for a new airline distribution model [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Viewpoints | December 8, 2011

Today, airlines distribute and sell their products in two ways: through their websites/call centers (direct channel) or through travel agents and online travel sites (indirect channel). Read More

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Long distance rail passengers crave seamless experience

By Linda Fox | December 2, 2011

Seamless travel comes top of the wishlist for long-distance international rail journeys when it comes to elements passengers would like to reserve beforehand Read More

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Why video conferencing will not kill business travel

By Viewpoints | December 1, 2011

An important meeting. Five locations. Three time zones. With an eye on travel costs, we tried to complete two days’ worth of packed agenda into a money-saving video conference. Read More

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