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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

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Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus briefs - February 2011

By PhocusWire | February 28, 2011

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

Amadeus 2010 results - bitesize summary

By Kevin May | February 24, 2011

Amadeus released its full-year 2010 2010 results this morning. A quick overview is as follows: Read More

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Warning: Beware of corporate paralysis over airline distribution

By Viewpoints | February 24, 2011

Here we are, just over a month after Sabre announced that it will remove American Airlines displays from the Sabre GDS in August 2011. Read More

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American Airlines drops agent fare surcharge over Travelport row

By Kevin May | February 16, 2011

Another twist in the American Airlines-Travelport saga with news that the airline has axed the controversial fare surcharge it was imposing on agents. Read More

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US government delivers transparent warning to GDSs and online travel agencies

By Dennis Schaal | February 14, 2011

The U.S. Department of Transportation wrote a "display bias" letter to major global distribution systems and online travel agencies, warning them "not to engage in undisclosed display bias." Read More

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Full content vs full capability - the wrinkle in airline distribution

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | February 14, 2011

Much has been written about "full content" being the way that GDSs control their relationships with the airlines. Read More

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Travelport: Third of Opinions members do not use Travelport

By Kevin May | February 13, 2011

Travelport was keen last week to mention the number of members using its Opinions networking and review service - but there was a more interesting stat behind the scenes. Read More

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What will be the best consequence of a new airline distribution model?

By Viewpoints | February 11, 2011

Despite the temporary truce between American Airlines and its GDS providers, the prospect of a breakaway remains a very real possibility. Read More

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American Airlines sues Travelport and placates travel agencies on surcharge

By Dennis Schaal | February 1, 2011

While the viewing of American Airlines' flights is back to normal in the Sabre global distribution system, the airline has sued Travelport over display bias. Read More

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Outside view on American Airlines-GDS war: Brand loyalty and differentiation

By Glenn Gruber | January 31, 2011

I’ve been involved in the travel industry for about a year, so don’t have the evolution of airlines, GDSs and travel intermediaries that others have running through their veins. Read More

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