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BRB...As promised, JetBlue.com will 'be right back' -- hopefully

By Dennis Schaal | January 29, 2010

Update: JetBlue.com, the airline's website, was apparently operational again Saturday by 3 p.m. EST. As promised, JetBlue's website, JetBlue.com, went quiet this afternoon as the airline transitions... Read More

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JetBlue braces for wild weekend with Sabre cutover, works on onboard food sales

By Dennis Schaal | January 28, 2010

This upcoming weekend will be a really big one for JetBlue because it expects a degree of disruption and delays as it transitions its internal reservations systems from Navitaire to SabreSonic Customer... Read More

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Are Tom Klein of Sabre and Gordon Wilson of Travelport birds of a feather?

By Dennis Schaal | January 21, 2010

Tom Klein - heir apparent? Sabre Holdings announced today that Klein, who had been executive vice president of Sabre's GDS and airlines solutions businesses, was appointed president of the company. In... Read More

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JetBlue to turn on Sabre in late January, but consumers still rule

By Dennis Schaal | January 18, 2010

The JetBlue reservations system is slated to cut over from Navitaire to SabreSonic Jan. 29, a move the airline says will bring enhanced capabilities for travel agents through the Sabre, Travelport and... Read More

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Not Apple or Google, I'm A PC says Amadeus boss

By Kevin May | January 14, 2010

Tim Russell, UK & Ireland managing director of travel technology and GDS supplier Amadeus, says his company is most similar to Microsoft than the arguably more glamorous Apple or Google. Tnooz thought... Read More

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Amadeus in-sources customer tech support, Sabre lands LAN

By Dennis Schaal | January 5, 2010

So much for outsourcing. Using in-house staff, Amadeus opened customer service centers in San Jose, Costa Rica, and Buenos, Argentina, to support travel agencies in 39 countries in the Americas.... Read More

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Sabre consolidates leadership in GDS, travel agency business

By Dennis Schaal | December 15, 2009

Sabre appointed Greg Webb president of Sabre Travel Network, which is the company's global distribution and travel agency business. Sabre spokeswoman Pam Wong says Tom Klein, group president of Sabre... Read More

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Travel technology, climate change and apathy - not a pleasant mix

By Valyn Perini | December 8, 2009

Amadeus recently announced a partnership with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to provide the GDS’s customers information about their air travel carbon emissions. Given the negative... Read More

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British Airways and Amadeus close to signing new GDS agreement

By Kevin May | December 8, 2009

Information is beginning to leak out that travel technology provider and global GDS Amadeus and British Airways are ready to sign a new multi-year, full-content deal. The Madrid-based firm will be the... Read More

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Databanks at dawn: The curious case of STA Travel, Sabre and Amadeus

By Kevin May | December 8, 2009

Travel technology beasts Sabre and Amadeus are at the centre of rather bizarre war of words - except one is gagged from saying anything. Two weeks ago Amadeus issued a press release to say it had won a... Read More

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Sabre restructures business units, forms hospitality division with mobile offerings

By Dennis Schaal | December 2, 2009

Privately held Sabre Holdings -- heretofore organized into Sabre Travel Network, Travelocity and Sabre Airline Solutions -- introduced a new business division, Sabre Hospitality Solutions, over the... Read More

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JetBlue gets more corporate with high-yield GDS distribution

By Dennis Schaal | November 11, 2009

In the days of Web-only fares on airline websites in the U.S., traditional travel agents moaned that airlines were basically screwing themselves with this kind of supplier-direct discounting because the... Read More

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Google, Sabre see mobile ads as a moveable feast

By Dennis Schaal | November 10, 2009

Google's move to acquire AdMob, which serves targeted advertising on mobile devices, coupled with a new Sabre survey on mobile services, punctuate the direction of travel advertising. It's standard... Read More

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JetBlue could charge bag fee once Sabre's on-board

By Dennis Schaal | October 26, 2009

Southwest Airlines makes much out of its Bags Fly Free campaign, but JetBlue, which doesn't charge for the first bag, is relatively silent on the topic. One reason for JetBlue's lack of marketing about... Read More

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U.S. DOJ dials up Air Canada in Sabre-Farelogix probe

By Dennis Schaal | October 21, 2009

The U.S. Dept. of Justice inquiry into Sabre's termination of its developer's agreement with Farelogix in March and allegations of anti-competitive practices has headed into Canada. Graham Wareham,... Read More

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