The name Travicom is enough to make even hard nosed folk in travel tech glisten with nostalgia, momentarily at least.
Travicom was billed as the world's first multi-access reservation system, eventually supporting distribution in the UK for 49 airlines around the world including British Airways, TWA, PanAm, Qantas, Air Canada and Cathay Pacific.
Created in 1976 by reservation system provider Videcom, 11 years later it was handling around 97% of airline business trade bookings in the UK alone.
Unfortunately the company later became embroiled in a scrap with Sabre when the US-based distribution system tried to enter the European marketplace and was angered at the stranglehold Travicom supposedly had on agents.
Travicom was eventually replaced by a new platform called Galileo in the UK - a system and company which ended up in the hands of Cendant, and later Travelport.
Here, arguably at the peak of its powers in 1984, is a promotional video for Travicom. Add names of anyone identified (try and look beyond the big glasses and classic haircuts) to the comments section below :)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxr8HxgMOpE