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Articles tagged “gds”

Skift Originals

American Airlines and Sabre settle dispute after wild disclosures in court

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.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

DOT advisory panel dodges airline fee issue

Airlines shouldn't play games and must fully disclose their fees on airline websites and in advertising, but to require airlines to sell their wares through travel agencies would be a huge step backward.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

American claims in antitrust trial Sabre organized boycott and declared war

American Airlines and Sabre are finally getting their day in court. With secret memos, claims of bias and ulterior motives, there's going to be a lot of dirt exposed.

Andrea Ahles, Fort Worth Star-Telegram | 11 years ago

American claims in antitrust trial Sabre organized boycott and declared war

Airlines

Frontier website policies lead to fight with Travelport

Once again, a global distribution system, in this case Travelport, goes to bat for itself and travel agents, trying to thwart airlines from freely doing business and providing incentives to their own customers.

Skift | 12 years ago

Skift Originals

Online travel agency trade association rebrands

The rebranding positions the association to portray itself as the voice of travel technology, although it only represents only a portion of one sector, the intermediaries.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

China opens its ticket-selling market to foreign airlines for the first time

The easing of GDS restrictions in China is a huge development for the GDSs themselves and international airlines. The overture undoubtedly will be tightly controlled as China continues to open up more broadly to the rest of the world.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Will the American Airlines ruling force the parties to sit down and talk it out?

Sabre and Travelport clearly have used their market power to stymie American Airlines. It would be interesting to find out from the courts how they ultimately view the antitrust allegations -- but the parties could settle long before that happens.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Will the American Airlines ruling force the parties to sit down and talk it out?

Airlines

Court smacks down Travelport in American Airlines case, says it doesn’t speak for consumers

Add a win to AA Direct Connect's column as one of the leading GDSs is told that an airline doesn't need to go through it to reach consumers.

Andrew Harris, Bloomberg | 12 years ago

Hotels

Every part of the world saw better hotel rates this May than last year

Despite the debt crisis and other uncertainty, both business and leisure consumers paid more money for their hotel rooms this May.

Skift | 12 years ago