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GDSs welcome Lufthansa distribution competition - but it must play by the rules

By Kevin May | September 14, 2015

The European Commission has a "duty" to intervene in the ongoing Lufthansa GDS surcharge saga, a complaint to the regulator has charged. The European Travel & Technology Services Association, w Read More

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Grab your popcorn - Lufthansa CCO versus Business Travel Coalition chairman

By Kevin May | September 11, 2015

To say the debate over the Lufthansa GDS surcharge has been rather heated would be a bit of an understatement. It is, in fact, perhaps one of the most polarising debates in travel technology for ma Read More

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Amadeus' three pillars for China

By Viewpoints | September 10, 2015

Amadeus is one of the many international firms building up its presence in China in response to the gradual liberalization of travel technology and distribution. NB This is a guest article by Rites Read More

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Lufthansa begins GDS surcharge, claims direct connectivity gaining interest

By Kevin May | September 1, 2015

European carrier Lufthansa has not bowed to any of the industry pressure of recent months and today introduced its controversial GDS levy. Every booking made via an intermediary using a global dist Read More

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Agencies threaten Lufthansa with GDS fee injunction, but secretly worry over domino effect

By Kevin May | August 19, 2015

With the introduction of the Lufthansa GDS surcharge less than fortnight away, details are emerging of some of concerns and threats being made behind the scenes. Yesterday, a group of European onli Read More

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China joins list of countries avoiding Lufthansa GDS fee

By Kevin May | August 17, 2015

Two of the five most populous countries on earth have now joined the list of those exempt from a GDS fee to be imposed by Lufthansa. Brazilian travel agencies, which won a reprieve from the Euro 16 Read More

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Travelport predicts 50 per cent of global carriers will use its merchandising platform

By Kevin May | August 4, 2015

Travelport is estimating almost half of the world's airlines may eventually join a core component of its Merchandising Platform. CEO and president Gordon Wilson says over 110 carriers have now sign Read More

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Aeroflot moves to cut costs, scraps credit card payments via GDSs

By Kevin May | July 24, 2015

Nowhere near on the scale of recent shenanigans involving Lufthansa, but another major carrier is trying to make life difficult for some intermediaries. Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has changed i Read More

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Lawyers seize on an alleged PowerPoint gaffe by a GDS representative

By Sean O'Neil | July 17, 2015

In New York this week, a set of 21 airline passengers filed suit against Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport, the world's three largest global distribution systems (GDSs) for airline tickets. The class Read More

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Lufthansa accused of not understanding business travel (or ignoring needs of corporates)

By Kevin May | July 17, 2015

Lufthansa Group has been invited to talks with a group of 100+ business travel agencies and corporate buyers to iron out issues surrounding the controversial GDS tax. The "high-level industry deleg Read More

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Lufthansa claims it is on solid legal ground over GDS tax move

By Kevin May | July 14, 2015

No surprises that Lufthansa's announcement in early-June that it would be imposing a Euro 16 levy on bookings made via GDSs has turned into one of the big issues of the year. The move has been labe Read More

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A defining moment for measuring ancillary revenue?

By Martin Cowen | July 14, 2015

IdeaWorks has released a summary of its latest look at airline ancillary revenues, saying that it will change its definition to include fare families. The headline findings from 2014 come as little Read More

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Travelport acquires Mobile Travel Technologies for Euro 55 million

By Kevin May | July 8, 2015

UPDATE: In a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, NYSE-listed Travelport discloses the purchase price for Mobile Travel Technologies at Euro 55 million. In total the company spent $ Read More

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Travelport nails China coup with Alitrip link-up

By Martin Cowen | July 6, 2015

Alibaba Group's standalone travel business Alitrip has signed "a content and data partnership agreement" with Travelport. The deal has a number of strands. In terms of content, there is an option f Read More

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Amadeus claims Lufthansa has lost the trust of the industry

By Kevin May | July 3, 2015

Amadeus has slammed Lufthansa for its "aggressive and unilateral" decision to impose a tax on tickets sold via global distribution systems. The attack comes in a letter obtained by Tnooz to Amadeus Read More

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