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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
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - January 2012
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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - January 2012
By PhocusWire | January 31, 2012
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during January 2012 - all here, in one easy read. Read More
Why the mechanics behind travel distribution will blow your mind
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Why the mechanics behind travel distribution will blow your mind
By Kevin May | January 18, 2012
Global distribution systems are crunching and processing travel data at astonishing scales and speed, but travellers would not have any sense of how it is done. Read More
Travelport: IPO still a consideration, admits mistakes made with introduction of Agility
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Travelport: IPO still a consideration, admits mistakes made with introduction of Agility
By Kevin May | January 18, 2012
Travelport says a listing of the business on the public markets is still "an option for the future" although such a move is not a active part of its overall strategy. Read More
Start of American Airlines-Sabre antitrust case extended two months
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Start of American Airlines-Sabre antitrust case extended two months
By Dennis Schaal | January 13, 2012
With American Airlines bogged down in its reorganization efforts, a judge in a Texas state court has delayed the beginning of a jury trial in the airline's antitrust suit against Sabre for a couple of... Read More
TUI uses Yammer to bring private social network to agents and operators
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TUI uses Yammer to bring private social network to agents and operators
By Kevin May | January 6, 2012
Interesting idea from TUI Travel to embrace web tools to improve relationships between its tour operating brands and retail travel agents, using private social network Yammer. Read More
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - December 2011
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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - December 2011
By PhocusWire | December 22, 2011
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during December 2011 - all here, in one easy read. Read More
IATA found in breach of regulations over use of PaxIS, Europe data to be removed
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IATA found in breach of regulations over use of PaxIS, Europe data to be removed
By Kevin May | December 16, 2011
A rather big and messy storm of a story has taken another twist in Europe after IATA was found in breach of flight data regulations on its PaxIS product. Read More