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Travelport, Amadeus and Thomas Cook - threesomes no longer working

By Kevin May | February 1, 2010

Travelport is celebrating what it calls "a huge win" after securing exclusive rights to connect Thomas Cook offline retail travel agencies to airline data via the Galileo GDS - but who is the loser? Read More

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eBay says flights, cruise, package holidays are next, admits previous deals failed

By Kevin May | January 28, 2010

One of the most glaring omissions from the coverage of the hotel partnership between eBay and Octopus Travel in recent weeks is how far the auction giant is willing to go in travel. Read More

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Are Tom Klein of Sabre and Gordon Wilson of Travelport birds of a feather?

By Dennis Schaal | January 21, 2010

Tom Klein - heir apparent? Sabre Holdings announced today that Klein, who had been executive vice president of Sabre's GDS and airlines solutions businesses, was appointed president of the company. In... Read More

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Travelport IPO: Committed to Orbitz, Gordon Wilson CEO-in-waiting, GDSs should join the party

By Kevin May | January 19, 2010

Two of the burning questions for Travelport ahead of its planned listing on the London Stock Exchange have already been answered - its ongoing strategy for investment in Orbitz and succession planning... Read More

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Travelport issues documents for listing on London Stock Exchange

By Kevin May | January 18, 2010

Confirmed news this morning that Travelport has - true to the speculation reported yesterday - will list on the London Stock Exchange. A copy of the list documents required for an IPO in London indicate... Read More

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Travelport appears to be gearing up for a big week

By Kevin May | January 17, 2010

Travelport is refusing to comment rather than denying outright reports claiming it will this week announce its widely rumoured stock market floatation (IPO). A Travelport official gave the inevitable... Read More

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Not Apple or Google, I'm A PC says Amadeus boss

By Kevin May | January 14, 2010

Tim Russell, UK & Ireland managing director of travel technology and GDS supplier Amadeus, says his company is most similar to Microsoft than the arguably more glamorous Apple or Google. Tnooz thought... Read More

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Would Travelport IPO deliver Orbitz to Expedia?

By Dennis Schaal | December 18, 2009

A fresh report from Bloomberg that Travelport is plannning a $3.2 billion public offering in the U.K. set off speculation that the company could divest its 48% stake in Orbitz Worldwide in the process... Read More

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Travel technology, climate change and apathy - not a pleasant mix

By Valyn Perini | December 8, 2009

Amadeus recently announced a partnership with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to provide the GDS’s customers information about their air travel carbon emissions. Given the negative... Read More

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British Airways and Amadeus close to signing new GDS agreement

By Kevin May | December 8, 2009

Information is beginning to leak out that travel technology provider and global GDS Amadeus and British Airways are ready to sign a new multi-year, full-content deal. The Madrid-based firm will be the... Read More

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Will Gordon Wilson be Travelport's next CEO?

By Dennis Schaal | November 11, 2009

I get paid, in part, to speculate, so here goes: First, the facts. The board of Travelport Ltd. named Gordon Wilson deputy CEO of the company, effective Nov. 5. Wilson, 43, who's been with the company... Read More

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JetBlue gets more corporate with high-yield GDS distribution

By Dennis Schaal | November 11, 2009

In the days of Web-only fares on airline websites in the U.S., traditional travel agents moaned that airlines were basically screwing themselves with this kind of supplier-direct discounting because the... Read More

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The push-pull of the Orbitz-Travelport relationship

By Dennis Schaal | November 6, 2009

Jeff Clarke, the chairman, president and CEO of Travelport and also the chairman of Orbitz Worldwide, was explaining why Travelport opted to invest $50 million in Orbitz. In a Travelport conference call... Read More

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Travelport to take massive writedown of GTA, but will invest in Orbitz

By Dennis Schaal | November 5, 2009

Travelport's predecessor company, Cendant, acquired Gullivers Travel Associates for $1.1 billion in April 2005. But Travelport says next week it intends to write-down its GTA businesses, including... Read More

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Travelport Agencia: More to come

By Dennis Schaal | October 21, 2009

Whenever a new tech product comes out, you always wonder whether it lives up to its promises. I wrote several months ago about the rollout of Travelport's Agencia desktop for Canadian travel agencies.... Read More

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