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Why the mechanics behind travel distribution will blow your mind

By Kevin May | January 18, 2012

Global distribution systems are crunching and processing travel data at astonishing scales and speed, but travellers would not have any sense of how it is done. Read More

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Booking.com and Expedia battle for travel agents in Rooms and More

By Dennis Schaal | January 18, 2012

Booking.com and Expedia do battle for hotel share around the globe, and they and about 10 other aggregators are upping the competition as they compete for travel agency bookings in the new Travelport... Read More

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Travelport: IPO still a consideration, admits mistakes made with introduction of Agility

By Kevin May | January 18, 2012

Travelport says a listing of the business on the public markets is still "an option for the future" although such a move is not a active part of its overall strategy. Read More

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Can a global distribution system be cool?

By Dennis Schaal | January 17, 2012

Officials at global distribution systems -- Travelport, Sabre and Amadeus -- rave about their turbo-charged zTPF mainframes as they still at times labor to introduce products that consumers long have... Read More

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Amadeus strengthens hotel offering via HRS distribution deal

By Linda Fox | January 17, 2012

Amadeus has significantly boosted its hotel porfolio via a deal with corporate accommodation specialist HRS. Read More

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TUI uses Yammer to bring private social network to agents and operators

By Kevin May | January 6, 2012

Interesting idea from TUI Travel to embrace web tools to improve relationships between its tour operating brands and retail travel agents, using private social network Yammer. Read More

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Travelport makes changes to Agility package for agencies in Americas

By Kevin May | January 2, 2012

Interesting news emerging from the world of agency distribution as it appears some Travelport customers have won a concession over the introduction of its Agility scheme. Read More

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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - December 2011

By PhocusWire | December 22, 2011

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

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Travelport stands firm on introduction of Agility despite pressure from agent groups

By Kevin May | December 22, 2011

Travelport has no intention of delaying the start date for implementation of Agility, a programme to introduce new desktop features and connection charges to agents. Read More

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IATA found in breach of regulations over use of PaxIS, Europe data to be removed

By Kevin May | December 16, 2011

A rather big and messy storm of a story has taken another twist in Europe after IATA was found in breach of flight data regulations on its PaxIS product. Read More

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Sabre litigation, backed by 100 lawyers, could be resolved before American Airlines reorganizes

By Dennis Schaal | December 9, 2011

How will the American Airlines bankruptcy filing impact the airline's disputes with Sabre and Travelport? Read More

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The case for a new airline distribution model [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Viewpoints | December 8, 2011

Today, airlines distribute and sell their products in two ways: through their websites/call centers (direct channel) or through travel agents and online travel sites (indirect channel). Read More

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Jizo claims major distribution first for travel search, opens up Russia

By Kevin May | December 5, 2011

Fledgling startup Jizo is claiming a significant role in the evolving world of airline distribution this week by becoming the first travel search engine to get access to Russian airlines. Read More

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Travelport prepares agents for platform overhaul, launches Agility and subscription fees

By Kevin May | December 1, 2011

Travel agencies connected to the Travelport-run GDSs were notified this week of significant changes to the core platform and their commercial terms from 2012. Read More

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Tnooz-Travelport Webinar: VIDEO - The hotel shopping dilemma

By PhocusWire | November 30, 2011

Searching and booking accommodation have never been more complicated, especially as new channels emerge and existing ones evolve. Read More

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