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Amadeus outage caused by technical failure during upgrades at Erding data centre
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Amadeus outage caused by technical failure during upgrades at Erding data centre
By Kevin May | February 16, 2012
Details have emerged as to the reason for a technical failure at Amadeus two weeks ago which affected the systems behind dozens of airlines. Read More
Gullivers founder David Babai returns with group trip wholesaler G2 Travel
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Gullivers founder David Babai returns with group trip wholesaler G2 Travel
By Kevin May | February 6, 2012
Six years is a long time to be away from the travel industry, but GTA founder David Babai has decided to come back for another go despite making his fortune in 2005. Read More
Travelport debuts ViewTrip mobile trip management tool in UK, global roll-out to follow
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Travelport debuts ViewTrip mobile trip management tool in UK, global roll-out to follow
By Kevin May | February 6, 2012
Travelport is joining the mobile party this week, unveiling its own take on mobile travel management services with ViewTrip, an application for smartphones. Read More
Travelport research shows agent confusion in airline ancillary market
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Travelport research shows agent confusion in airline ancillary market
By Linda Fox | February 1, 2012
Few agents currently view airline ancillaries as an opportunity to charge or increase fees according to a survey from Travelport Read More
Amadeus outage hit other GDSs as airline systems crashed
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Amadeus outage hit other GDSs as airline systems crashed
By Kevin May | January 31, 2012
The extent of a significant technology failure at Amadeus yesterday is beginning to unravel, as other systems across the industry are now known to have been affected. Read More
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - January 2012
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GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - January 2012
By PhocusWire | January 31, 2012
Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during January 2012 - all here, in one easy read. Read More
Why the mechanics behind travel distribution will blow your mind
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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
Booking.com and Expedia battle for travel agents in Rooms and 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
Travelport: IPO still a consideration, admits mistakes made with introduction of Agility
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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
Can a global distribution system be cool?
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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
Amadeus strengthens hotel offering via HRS distribution deal
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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
TUI uses Yammer to bring private social network to agents and operators
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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
Travelport makes changes to Agility package for agencies in Americas
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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
GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus - December 2011
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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
Travelport stands firm on introduction of Agility despite pressure from agent groups
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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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