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American Airlines sues blogging ex-employee and alleged moles
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American Airlines sues blogging ex-employee and alleged moles
By Dennis Schaal | April 16, 2012
This isn't exactly of CIA-KGB proportions, but American Airlines has sued an ex-employee who publishes The Sky Steward blog and unidentified current airline employees who allegedly are conspiring with... Read More
WestJet divide -- Airline taps Datalex to replace Sabre on website
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WestJet divide -- Airline taps Datalex to replace Sabre on website
By Dennis Schaal | April 5, 2012
WestJet cut over its reservations system and website to Sabre in 2009, but has decided to replace Sabre for the WestJet.com piece and will use technology from Dublin-based Datalex instead. Read More
What Else? White House travel tech, Lonely Planet, Dolphin-CWT, PriceTravel, SITA
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What Else? White House travel tech, Lonely Planet, Dolphin-CWT, PriceTravel, SITA
By PhocusWire | March 30, 2012
OTA heads visit the White House, Lonely Planet ramps up affiliate presence, Dolphin Dynamics and CWT target cruise, PriceTravel targets Colombia, SITA wins... A round-up of other stories from across the... Read More
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - March 2012
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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - March 2012
By PhocusWire | March 29, 2012
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during March 2012 - all here, in one easy read. Read More
Sabre starts mediation with American Airlines and Travelport to begin in May
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Sabre starts mediation with American Airlines and Travelport to begin in May
By Dennis Schaal | March 22, 2012
Travelport revealed it will enter court-ordered mediation with American Airlines in May and separately Sabre disclosed it has already begun the process with the airline. Read More
American Airlines and Travelport make peace through late 2012
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American Airlines and Travelport make peace through late 2012
By Dennis Schaal | March 5, 2012
Put the possibility of booking surcharges and content dropping off the face of the earth on hold -- American Airlines and Travelport GDS have extended their content agreements through "late 2012," the... Read More
Google now providing airline reservations system to regional carrier Cape Air
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Google now providing airline reservations system to regional carrier Cape Air
By Dennis Schaal | March 1, 2012
It was seven or eight years in the making, but Google's ITA Software now has its Passenger Service System in production with an airline, albeit a relatively small one, regional carrier Cape Air. Read More
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - February 2012
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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - February 2012
By PhocusWire | February 23, 2012
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during Feburary 2012 - all here, in one easy read. Read More
Amadeus fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results - at-a-glance summary
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Amadeus fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results - at-a-glance summary
By PhocusWire | February 23, 2012
Amadeus released its fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results today. A quick overview is as follows: Read More
Southwest Airlines decision on Sabre or Amadeus for reservations system? Goes for extension with Sabre
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Southwest Airlines decision on Sabre or Amadeus for reservations system? Goes for extension with Sabre
By Dennis Schaal | February 23, 2012
Southwest Airlines renewed for several years its contract to have Sabre provide some of the airline's reservations system services. Read More
Web will never beat offline travel agents - impact is just a flesh wound
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Web will never beat offline travel agents - impact is just a flesh wound
By Viewpoints | February 23, 2012
Readers of the New York Times Frugal Traveler column were treated to a walk down memory lane recently in a piece headlined: Is the Best Travel Search Engine Around the Corner? Read More
Is mobile the biggest technology challenge facing the travel industry?
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Is mobile the biggest technology challenge facing the travel industry?
By Linda Fox | February 17, 2012
Walking the floor of last week's Business Travel Show threw up a number of interesting developments which were less about innovation and more about services to help travellers on the go Read More
Amadeus outage caused by technical failure during upgrades at Erding data centre
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Amadeus outage caused by technical failure during upgrades at Erding data centre
By Kevin May | February 16, 2012
Details have emerged as to the reason for a technical failure at Amadeus two weeks ago which affected the systems behind dozens of airlines. Read More
Travelport debuts ViewTrip mobile trip management tool in UK, global roll-out to follow
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Travelport debuts ViewTrip mobile trip management tool in UK, global roll-out to follow
By Kevin May | February 6, 2012
Travelport is joining the mobile party this week, unveiling its own take on mobile travel management services with ViewTrip, an application for smartphones. Read More
Amadeus outage hit other GDSs as airline systems crashed
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Amadeus outage hit other GDSs as airline systems crashed
By Kevin May | January 31, 2012
The extent of a significant technology failure at Amadeus yesterday is beginning to unravel, as other systems across the industry are now known to have been affected. Read More
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