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Travel tech giants desperately seeking multi-skilled individuals for new breed of job

By Linda Fox | July 20, 2015

Developers are often associated with poorly lit rooms, locked away deemed unfit for human company, but Sabre says it requires more of its employees these days. It's an interesting development and c Read More

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Lawyers seize on an alleged PowerPoint gaffe by a GDS representative

By Sean O'Neil | July 17, 2015

In New York this week, a set of 21 airline passengers filed suit against Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport, the world's three largest global distribution systems (GDSs) for airline tickets. The class Read More

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Lufthansa accused of not understanding business travel (or ignoring needs of corporates)

By Kevin May | July 17, 2015

Lufthansa Group has been invited to talks with a group of 100+ business travel agencies and corporate buyers to iron out issues surrounding the controversial GDS tax. The "high-level industry deleg Read More

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Lufthansa claims it is on solid legal ground over GDS tax move

By Kevin May | July 14, 2015

No surprises that Lufthansa's announcement in early-June that it would be imposing a Euro 16 levy on bookings made via GDSs has turned into one of the big issues of the year. The move has been labe Read More

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A defining moment for measuring ancillary revenue?

By Martin Cowen | July 14, 2015

IdeaWorks has released a summary of its latest look at airline ancillary revenues, saying that it will change its definition to include fare families. The headline findings from 2014 come as little Read More

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US Airways gets the October bench trial against Sabre it wanted

July 13, 2015

A US district judge in New York has scheduled US Airways' antitrust case against Sabre Holdings to go to bench trial on October 26. Sabre had instead sought a jury trial, which might have worked ag Read More

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Hack to the future: dev and tech travel trends beyond the flux capacitor

By Sean Arena | July 13, 2015

I’ve just returned from our largest and most inspiring hack event to date, Destination Hack: London – held at the Impact Hub Westminster in Central London. NB: This is an analysis by Sean Arena, ex Read More

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Sabre SynXis tests Google Hotel Ads on new commission (not pay-per click) model

By Sean O'Neil | July 8, 2015

Sabre Hospitality Solutions is testing a tool that would let hotels get direct bookings from Google organic searches on a commission model instead of pay-per-click. The financial model is significa Read More

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Amadeus claims Lufthansa has lost the trust of the industry

By Kevin May | July 3, 2015

Amadeus has slammed Lufthansa for its "aggressive and unilateral" decision to impose a tax on tickets sold via global distribution systems. The attack comes in a letter obtained by Tnooz to Amadeus Read More

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Distribution giants start making good on travel intelligence gaps

By Linda Fox | July 1, 2015

Amadeus has unveiled a travel intelligence service to provide the agent community with insight into business growth and potential market opportunities. Central to the Agency Insight service is the Read More

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Sabre closes Abacus deal - CEO Robert Bailey goes as Sabre moves in

By Kevin May | July 1, 2015

The $411 million deal by Sabre to take full ownership of Asia-Pacific global distribution system Abacus was officially sealed today. Sabre had a 35% stake in Abacus before the long-awaited agreemen Read More

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Sabre CEO Tom Klein takes on Lufthansa on distribution fees, talks Wyndham deals

By Sean O'Neil | June 30, 2015

Sabre CEO Tom Klein spoke to industry stock analysts at a Nasdaq investor conference today. Klein laid out the investment case for Sabre, and we have highlights from that below. But first, Klein Read More

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SiteMinder pockets ICG, Swiss clocks in with Travelport, Hotelzon drives with Cabforce, and more...

By PhocusWire | June 30, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for June 2015. Tuesday 30 June 2015: SiteMinder pockets ICG Software for distribution T Read More

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The travel industry must accept freedom in distribution

By Viewpoints | June 24, 2015

If you go out to buy a new car the dealer will tell you the cost for the basic vehicle. Then they let you select the extras, such as sat-nav and sunroof, so you only pay for exactly what you want. Read More

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Work with the developer community to REALLY understand what makes them tick

By Viewpoints | June 24, 2015

Sabre Dev Studio is one year old. It is an open developer platform for those in and outside of the industry to easily access and integrate travel into their solutions via Sabre technology. Sabre ha Read More

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