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Amadeus-Travelport flirt with merger, but now let's get serious

By Dennis Schaal | October 19, 2009

The Times reported that Amadeus and Travelport, which operate three of the four major global distribution systems, have abandoned merger talks and will pursue separate public offerings in Madrid and... Read More

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Sabre pushes cubeless, but CEO opts for a cube

By Dennis Schaal | October 18, 2009

Sabre has been marketing cubeless, a social networking platform and knowledge base, to corporations inside and outside the travel industry, but now, it turns out, chairman and CEO Sam Gilliland has... Read More

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Sam Gilliland says HEY! Maybe add Sabre to that GDS public offering party

By Kevin May | October 18, 2009

There is clearly something in the air in GDSland, perhaps fuelled by the apparent green shoots of recovery appearing in the ground. Now it's the turn of Sabre to shed a small chink of light on its... Read More

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Winter capacity cuts will affect GDS revenues - or will they?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | October 14, 2009

It has become an interesting conundrum that the GDS market for airline segments has been seeing cuts that outpaced the capacity and traffic cuts from the airlines. Some of this is obvious but some is... Read More

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Amadeus moving closer to IPO, Madrid likely location for listing

By Kevin May | October 14, 2009

GDS and technology giant Amadeus is marching headfirst toward a massive public offering of the business after appointing a number of major US banks to coordinate the process. Dow Jones [closed network]... Read More

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Tech boss says airline systems are close to breaking point

By Kevin May | October 9, 2009

Amadeus UK and Ireland boss Tim Russell didn't hold back when he said recently that the airline sector had a major problem on its hands because the fundamental technology on which it operates is old and... Read More

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Knowing nothing about travel helped, says Orbitz employee Number 5

By Dennis Schaal | October 1, 2009

In 2000, Roger Liew became employee No. 5 of Orbitz, the airline-owned website that was to launch the following year. In the seemingly irrational world of travel technology, with its mainframe... Read More

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TravelTainment builds Microsoft Surface application for travel agents

By Kevin May | September 30, 2009

TravelTainment, the Amadeus-owned technology brand, is well known for its focus on research and development - an area of the business championed by its enthusiastic chief executive, Andrew Owen-Jones.... Read More

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Is $1bn a realistic figure for a Kayak IPO?

By Dennis Schaal | September 25, 2009

Suddenly, with the credit and stock markets thawing a bit, a slew of travel companies may be talking to investment bankers and testing the IPO waters. Consider that the Boston.com reported that Kayak is... Read More

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