Articles tagged “gds”

Does Blackstone have an ethics policy related to doing business in Iran and other countries with international sanctions? Or is private equity and ethics a contradiction in terms?

The issues involved in the American Airlines case have been brewing for YEARS. It's high time that a court decides these antitrust issues.

Things could remain quiet for a little while until either American Airlines or Travelport blinks, and then all hell will break loose -- again.

Real corporate responsibility begins when companies go beyond mere "compliance" with regulations against outcast airlines and governments.

The article takes a useful look at ancillary fees and how airlines handle them differently, but it errs in portraying dynamic pricing as necessarily bad, and it downplays the shortcomings of GDS and travel agency displays.

The vacation rental switch will be used by professionally managed properties for wider distribution and this would give travelers more reliable options when staying in vacation homes.

Travelports' woes demonstrate the challenges ahead for its GDS peers Sabre and Apollo. One day -- and that day will be soon -- a new generation of online travel agencies and smarter airline websites will render their current services obsolete.

American Airlines looks like the clear winner in its settlement with Sabre as the antitrust issue clearly took a back seat to using the courts to ram through a better deal for the airline.

Amadeus is much more than a global distribution system provider, and the airline IT solutions side of its business is growing much faster than the still-larger travel agency side.

After years of bickering, marketing spin and battles for the hearts and minds of travel agents, American Airlines and Sabre settled their protracted dispute apparently after airing their dirty linen out in the open was too much to take.