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

By PhocusWire | October 29, 2011

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

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Review of GDS regulations in Europe faces delay

By Kevin May | October 25, 2011

A European Commission review of the regulatory framework overseeing the role the global distribution systems has hit its first stumbling block: a predictable delay in gathering responses. Read More

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Can we de-commoditize air travel once and for all?

By Evan Konwiser | October 20, 2011

Why is air travel such a commodity? After all, it’s often one of the most durable memories of a trip. Read More

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Airline ancillary revenue champs packing quite a punch

By Dennis Schaal | October 19, 2011

Airline ancillary revenue around the world increased 43% to $32.5 billion in 2011 and the most active practitioners get nearly one-fifth of their operating revenue from such fees. Read More

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And now Amadeus enters into truce with American Airlines

By Dennis Schaal | October 17, 2011

Following agreements by Travelport and Sabre, Amadeus has now entered into a "medium-term" contract to extend its full-content agreement with American Airlines. Read More

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Tnooz-Amadeus FREE Webinar: The impact of the always-connected traveler

By PhocusWire | October 13, 2011

The mobile device is now part of everyday life and becoming the hub for all traveler activity, replacing PC, telephone, kiosk, boarding pass. Read More

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In a perfect Direct Connect world it should be love at first sight for airlines and agencies

By Viewpoints | October 13, 2011

In my keynote at this week’s CASMA conference in Beijing, I wanted to create a vision of what an airline that is serious about Direct Connect (DC) as a distribution option should work toward. Read More

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Amadeus takes hotel search to the Extreme

By Linda Fox | October 5, 2011

Amadeus is using its internal test bed to experiment with an advanced hotel search engine along the lines of the extreme search technology it unveiled for flights in 2009. Read More

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Travelport wins full backing to extend debt plan to 2016

By Kevin May | September 29, 2011

Relief all round at Travelport after securing unanimous support to alter the terms of its PIK (payment in kind) loan, effectively giving the company until 2016 to repay its debts. Read More

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

By PhocusWire | September 29, 2011

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

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Why saying a hotel is non-GDS is a complete nonsense

By Viewpoints | September 26, 2011

When is a hotel not a hotel? A simple question, to which the answer would normally be: "When it isn't a hotel." But welcome to marketing speak and obfuscation in travel. Read More

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Amadeus in major restructuring, creates three new units, two top execs leaving

By Kevin May | September 23, 2011

Travel tech giant Amadeus is overhauling its commercial divisions to establish three new units covering distribution, IT and new business. Read More

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Travelport moves to extend debt repayment to 2016, but parent could face Chapter 11

By Kevin May | September 23, 2011

Travelport Holdings (parent of Travelport Ltd) will have until 2016 to repay its payment in kind (PIK) loan after reaching an agreement in principle to extend the loan. Read More

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Patriotic effort wins THack Boston

By Dennis Schaal | September 19, 2011

Amadeus used its own hotel API and others from SilverRail, Goby, Google and Facebook to create a sports fans travel recommendations website, to take top honors at THack Boston. Read More

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Google offered helping hand by Skyscanner to take Flight Search global

By Kevin May | September 14, 2011

Many of those outside the often inward-looking bubble that is US online travel have always considered the more intriguing part of Google entering travel to be the global play. Read More

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