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Sabre and American Airlines trade shots over system withdrawal

By Dennis Schaal | May 11, 2011

The battle for the hearts and minds of Sabre and American Airlines customers entered a new phase yesterday when Chris Kroeger, Sabre's senior vice president of marketing, penned an email to customers... Read More

Amadeus Q1 2011 results - bitesize summary

By Kevin May | May 9, 2011

Amadeus released its first quarter 2011 results this morning. A quick overview is as follows: Read More

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European rail promise as technology standards project begins

By Kevin May | May 9, 2011

Another stab at developing technology standards to make rail distribution easier in Europe has officially started, following approval by the European Commission in Brussels. Read More

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Looking at airline distribution as part of an overall travel industry strategy

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | May 2, 2011

While much of the battle in distribution has been commercially motivated, there is also the question of core development that needs to be addressed. Read More

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Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus briefs - April 2011

By PhocusWire | April 29, 2011

Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during April 2011 - all here in one easy read. Read More

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Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire aka The Travel Industry

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | April 28, 2011

Can the modern travel industry be compared to a classic 1950s movie starring Marlon Brando? Read More

US Airways cites Expedia deal, Sabre suit among accomplishments

By Dennis Schaal | April 26, 2011

If there were any doubt, US Airways made its stance on merchandising and partnerships very clear in its announcement today about its first quarter of 2011 financial results. Read More

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US Airways to travel agents: We're leveling the playing field with Sabre

By Dennis Schaal | April 22, 2011

US Airways penned an email yesterday to travel agency and corporate customers, following its antitrust lawsuit against Sabre, arguing that the litigation is intended "to change the system and level the... Read More

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How rail is evolving and why travel websites need to be ready

By Kevin May | March 21, 2011

At an off-the-record gathering of leading European online travel execs last summer the group was asked if rail was a priority in their mid to long term planning. Read More

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Sabre investigates major SynXis outage

By Kevin May | March 18, 2011

Technicians at Sabre are looking for the cause of a failure of the SynXis reservation system this week, paralysing 10,000 hotels from taking bookings via the GDS. Read More

US Airways in press release spat with partner Sabre

By Dennis Schaal | March 3, 2011

The ink was hardly signed in the new US Airways and Sabre full-content agreement when the airline publicly took Sabre to task in -- of all things -- a press release. Read More

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Sabre, Travelocity to get US Airways Choice Seats

By Dennis Schaal | March 1, 2011

Sabre and Travelocity signed full-content agreements with US Airways, with the proviso that they will get access to the airline's Choice Seats ancillary service. Read More