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Jury sides with US Airways against Sabre in GDS antitrust trial of the century

By Sean O'Neil | December 20, 2016

The jury has returned its verdict in US Airways's $134 million antitrust lawsuit against travel technology giant Sabre. The airline, obelow owned by American Airlines Group, persuaded a jury in a U Read More

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Pressure on China to open up air distribution to foreign systems

By Kevin May | December 2, 2016

The US secretary of commerce has called on China to reconsider its position on the ban on overseas Global Distribution Systems from operating in the country. Penny Pritzker, in what is likely to be Read More

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Are GDSs fit for purpose? A checklist

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | November 24, 2016

In recent months we have seen several airlines ratchet up their rhetoric against the global distribution systems (GDSs), namely, Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, and Travelsky. In particular some airlin Read More

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ATPCO incoming CEO pledges important role in future of airline distribution

By Kevin May | November 15, 2016

In an industry full of insidery type organsations and protocols, ATPCO is one of the most important but rarely discussed elements in the food chain. The Airline Tariff Publishing Company has its ro Read More

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Travelport predicts an automated and hi-tech future for travel agencies

By Kevin May | November 3, 2016

Travelport says travel agencies have a future - but one that is likely to see them operate in a vastly different way to how they do now. The comments from the company's president and CEO, Gordon Wi Read More

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Running the gamut of innovation, corporate travel style

By Linda Fox | November 3, 2016

With a sector so full of policies and process, it's hard to imagine innovation and corporate travel in the same sentence. But, travel executives from the corporate world were recently forced to rea Read More

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VIDEO: The evolution of mobile travel: Where to invest next?

By PhocusWire | October 27, 2016

Mobile travel is no longer a race to the functionality finish, adding the latest feature into a basic app just to have the "shiny new thing." Today, mobile strategy in travel is about engaging and Read More

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IATA predicts airline distribution revolution by 2021

By Kevin May | October 27, 2016

IATA is forecasting a fundamental overhaul of airline distribution within five years, shifting to what it calls an "active distribution" model. In a major report for the global aviation industry or Read More

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Introducing a strategic framework for the evolution of mobile travel

By Sponsored Content | October 11, 2016

How we socialise, communicate, do business and travel has been dramatically changed by mobile and we live in a "mobile culture’ that did not exist five years ago. NB: This is a viewpoint by Brendan Read More

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How will advances in payments tech drive value for the travel industry? [VIDEO]

By Sponsored Content | September 28, 2016

Uber has redefined the B2C payment experience for consumers and, over time, that expectation of simplicity and ease of use will also impact B2B payments, according to Anthony Hynes, managing director Read More

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Ancillary revenue study features GDS agreements

By Martin Cowen | September 20, 2016

The CarTrawler Ancillary Revenue Yearbook by IdeaWorks Company has been released in full and includes, for the first time, a look at each of the airline's relationships with Amadeus, Travelport and Sa Read More

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GTA acquires hotel distribution and destination management provider MTS Globe

By Kevin May | September 20, 2016

Hotel distributor GTA has expanded network of services with the acquisition of fellow provider MTS Globe, with a view to growing its beach, city and long-haul destinations. Terms of the deal have n Read More

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Travelport updates how it describes its growth strategies

By Sean O'Neil | September 16, 2016

Travelport, which went public in 2014, said on Thursday in a financial filing in the US that one of its New York-based shareholders, Angelo, Gordon & Co will be selling 7,986,979 shares in the com Read More

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Indian airline giant Indigo makes GDS move, Travelport benefits

By Kevin May | September 15, 2016

Low-cost carrier Indigo has signed its first deal to sell fares through the global distribution systems - with Travelport getting the nod to help. The India-based airline has so far followed other Read More

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Lufthansa distribution goal at least two years away

By Kevin May | September 12, 2016

Lufthansa claims its vision for a radically overhauled new distribution strategy for the group could be in place by 2019. The airline is currently one year into what it says is a step-by-step appro Read More

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