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Travelport extends IBM agreement through 2014 with zTPF

By Dennis Schaal | April 7, 2010

Travelport extended a "multi-million dollar" system architecture and software agreement with IBM through the end of 2014. Read More

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A tale from the Middle East - starring airlines, agents and a GDS

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | March 25, 2010

Digging into the Travelport numbers released last week, there are a few nuggets that should be evaluated. Read More

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With Amadeus IPO plans now public will Travelport try again?

By Dennis Schaal | March 24, 2010

The bottom line in Amadeus' announcement yesterday that it will attempt a public offering on the Spanish Stock Exchanges in the first half of the year is this: UK private equity firms BC Partners and... Read More

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WestJet to sell seat assignments through Travelport

By Dennis Schaal | March 24, 2010

WestJet, the Canadian low cost carrier, signed a multiyear full content agreement with Travelport GDS, and Travelport says "in the future" the airline will distribute its prereserved seats through the... Read More

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Travelport's Clarke sounds optimistic, but in wait-and-see mode

By Dennis Schaal | March 17, 2010

Travelport President and CEO Jeff Clarke sounds optimistic about 2010, but made comments which might be interpreted to make the company appear to be cautious about a renewed attempt at an IPO. Read More

Travelport 2009 results - top-line summary

By Kevin May | March 17, 2010

Travelport released its 2009 full-year results this morning. A summary is as follows: Read More

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The GDS wars, broken models and metasearch issues -- JetBlue-style

By Dennis Schaal | March 11, 2010

In the last round of GDS negotiations in 2007, airlines such as American Airlines and Delta Airlines stridently warned that they would pull out of major GDSs if the carriers didn't get their way. Read More

Seven minutes with Olaf Gueldner, MD Travelport Europe

By Kevin May | March 11, 2010

Olaf Gueldner, manager director and president of Travelport in Europe, answers three key questions about the business and the wider GDS sector. Read More

Travelport dumps TravelClick as the GDS world watches

By Dennis Schaal | March 10, 2010

Travelport's announcement that it is bringing all of its GDS advertising business in-house -- and it is the first major GDS to do so -- is a fairly momentous development because it breaks TravelClick's... Read More

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Orbitz adds Gerstner to board, makes ebookers shortfall payments

By Dennis Schaal | March 4, 2010

Orbitz Worldwide added travel industry veteran Brad Gerstner to its board of directors, and Gerstner says he took the post to support CEO Barney Harford's mission to transform Orbitz into "a global... Read More

GDSs unite for aid scheme, Bill Clinton, Spike Lee and Samuel L Jackson approve

By Kevin May | March 4, 2010

Amadeus, Travelport and Sabre have briefly tossed their differences aside to come together to back the launch of a fundraising programme to help support global health projects. Read More

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When travel technology companies also turn into marketing firms - Travelport and Avvio

By Kevin May | March 1, 2010

Two almost simultaneous bits of news emerging today showing how traditional travel technology firms have turned to disciplines in media to establish new revenue streams. Read More

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Travelport lets Middle East agents get chatty with TravelChat

By Dennis Schaal | February 22, 2010

Travelport GDS is offering a secure instant-messaging system, TravelChat, to Worldspan and Galileo travel agents in the Middle East. Read More

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Will Travelport IPO reappear in New York?

By Dennis Schaal | February 22, 2010

If European-U.S. rivalries played a role in Travelport withdrawing its IPO in London, some in the U.S. investment community believe Travelport may be thinking about resurrecting its public offering in... Read More

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Amadeus reviewing options over IPO

By Kevin May | February 19, 2010

Amadeus could be set to join the list of travel companies to suspend plans for a public listing as investors continue to remain nervous about the wider financial marketplace. Read More

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