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Yatango plans world's first MVNO OTA, signs Sabre and EAN

By Sean O'Neil | June 22, 2015

Yatango, a startup in Australia, is the world's first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) to say it will create an online travel shopping portal. A MVNO leases access from the mobile voice and d Read More

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Lufthansa and the GDS surcharge - risky or inspired?

By Pamela Whitby | June 15, 2015

The big news of the past few weeks is that Lufthansa Group (LHG) has stuck two fingers up at the global distribution systems. From September this year it plans to add a Euro 16 surcharge to any boo Read More

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Lufthansa to add surcharge to every booking made via the GDS

By Kevin May | June 2, 2015

The "value of the GDS" debate has returned with a bang, with Lufthansa introducing a levy on all bookings made via a GDS after announcing a new commercial strategy. The Euro 16 surcharge will apply Read More

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Amadeus secures Bangladesh Airways, Travelport gets Air Lituanica and AirAsia, and more...

By PhocusWire | May 27, 2015

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DISTRIBUTION in tourism and hospitality for May 2015. Wednesday 27 May 2015: Amadeus secures Biman Bangladesh Airways The cont Read More

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Sabre presser on Abacus: More details on $411M deal

By Sean O'Neil | May 14, 2015

Sabre held a conference call with investors and the media to give details on its $411 million acquisition of Abacus International, a global distribution system (GDS) in Asia Pacific. The deal is su Read More

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Sabre confirms $411 million Abacus takeover [ANALYSIS]

By Sean O'Neil | May 14, 2015

Sabre has announced that it is taking full ownership of Abacus International at a cost of $411 million. Since 1998, Sabre has had a 35% stake in Abacus. It is buying out the shares of the other own Read More

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American Airlines aims for July switchover of US Airways system

By Sean O'Neil | May 12, 2015

American Airlines is hoping to port over US Airways' reservation systems during a three-month period that is expected to start in July. American uses Sabre, one of three major global distribution s Read More

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Ryanair: In 2014, we got our shit together - we caught up

By Pamela Whitby | May 7, 2015

Yes, Ireland’s notorious low-cost carrier wants to be the Amazon of the retail world and has learnt quickly that the customer must come first. Kenny Jacobs, chief marketing officer of Ryanair hasn’ Read More

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Ryanair completes distribution hat-trick with Sabre agreement

By Linda Fox | May 6, 2015

Ryanair fares and additional services will now appear in the Sabre global distribution system following an agreement between the two companies. The deal completes Ryanair's return to the GDS table Read More

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Sabre keeping schtum on $500m deal

By Martin Cowen | May 5, 2015

Sabre's potential $500 million acquisition is still a possibility, CEO Tom Klein told analysts during its Q1 earnings call today. When asked directly, Klein batted away the question. "No we can't Read More

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US Airways to judge: We'll accept $20 and Sabre's antitrust guilt

By Sean O'Neil | April 28, 2015

US Airways has told the judge presiding over its antitrust case against Sabre Holdings that it would be willing to limit the monetary damages it seeks to a mere $20 in exchange for having a bench tria Read More

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Time for lots of coffee - THack comes to Seattle

By Kevin May | April 16, 2015

Tnooz is bringing its global hackathon series to the Seattle developer community over the weekend of April 18-19 2015 at Impact Hub. THack @ Seattle is open to individual developers and teams of up Read More

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A closer look at Sabre's new SkyTeam RTW bookings

By Sean O'Neil | April 1, 2015

Sabre is the first global distribution system (GDS) to launch functionality aiming to streamline the booking of round-the-world airfares from any of the global airline alliances. Sabre has made rou Read More

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US Airways taps Nobel-prize winner to testify against Sabre

By Sean O'Neil | March 31, 2015

A US federal antitrust lawsuit brought by US Airways against Sabre is still on its path to a jury trial in New York. An April meeting has been set to schedule dates for the trial. US Airways allege Read More

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Sabre teases $500 million acquisition again (but don't expect it when originally planned)

By Kevin May | March 30, 2015

A deal for Sabre to spend $0.5 billion to acquire a fellow travel technology company appears to have been delayed for a few months. All indications so far are that Sabre will finally consummate its Read More

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