Distribution Upheaval Comes Slowly — Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report
Photo Credit: Travel distribution is changing, though still relies on decades-old systems. Some in the industry, including American Airlines, are trying new approaches. In this photo, an American Airlines plane is shown at Miami International Airport. Miami-Dade Aviation Department
Skift Take
The global travel marketplace is ripe for evolution; we're still only at the early stages.
The Skift Corporate Travel Innovation Report is our weekly newsletter focused on the future of corporate travel, the big fault lines of disruption for travel managers and buyers, the innovations emerging from the sector, and the changing business traveler habits that are upending how corporate travel is packaged, bought, and sold.
This week, we took an in-depth (like almost 9,000 words in-depth) look at the way travel is distributed, the giant global distribution systems that dominate, and the disruptors that are trying to bring about change — albeit at a snail's pace.
Senior writer Andrew Sheivachman points out that the topic is highly relevant to corporate travel. Travel management companies are invested in the status quo, but any changes could have a big impact on how business travel is booked.
As one source in the story said: "We need to radically change and rethink how we innovate. We need to decrease the feedback time betw
