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Articles tagged “global distribution systems”

Business Travel

Sonder Targets Business Travel by Partnering With Expedia’s Egencia, TripActions and Others

Sonder has been misunderstood by some. It offers both short-term rental and traditional hotel lodging, and it has mostly appealed to leisure travelers, not business people, so far. The startup's outreach to business travelers could change all that.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Sonder Targets Business Travel by Partnering With Expedia’s Egencia, TripActions and Others

Airlines

Sabre Calls American Airlines a ‘Jilted Suitor’ in Response to Suit Over Delta Deal

The American versus Sabre lawsuit touches on bigger questions of how to fairly display ticket prices to agencies and consumers. Most tech providers and regulators must face these questions as airlines unbundle and repackage more airfares and upsells.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Sabre Calls American Airlines a ‘Jilted Suitor’ in Response to Suit Over Delta Deal

Online Travel

Tripadvisor Plus Creates Less Friction and Lower Costs for Hotels

Adding channel managers to bypass global distribution systems Amadeus and Sabre isn't a super-duper game-changer for Tripadvisor Plus, but less friction and lower fees can lead to greater traction.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Tripadvisor Plus Creates Less Friction and Lower Costs for Hotels

Coronavirus

Sabre and Amadeus Escape Unscathed From European Commission Antitrust Probe

The commission's inference is that it's more a case of a lack of evidence, rather a compliance with the antitrust rules. Another case into computerized reservation systems is ongoing.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

Sabre and Amadeus Escape Unscathed From European Commission Antitrust Probe

Online Travel

Amadeus Will Consider a Travel Tech Acquisition in the Next Year

The best bets on where Amadeus would acquire a business are hotel and airport tech and software services. But pricey valuations of many target companies are eye-watering right now.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Amadeus Will Consider a Travel Tech Acquisition in the Next Year

Online Travel

Sabre Says New Delta Contract Rewarding Extras Like More Legroom Is Model for Future

Sabre and its peers are finally accepting airline demands that distribution contracts should have incentives to build technology that boosts the upselling of travelers. The industry frames the move as providing value to flyers because it makes bundled services easier to buy.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Sabre Says New Delta Contract Rewarding Extras Like More Legroom Is Model for Future

Online Travel

7 Takeaways From Tripadvisor’s Confidential Pitch Deck to Hotels

It's hardly an accident that Tripadvisor is transitioning toward a direct-to-consumer business model after years of Google's hotel-comparison search eating into Tripadvisor's business.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

7 Takeaways From Tripadvisor’s Confidential Pitch Deck to Hotels

Online Travel

Amadeus Wins British Airways Parent Over to Its New Way of Selling Fares

Amadeus's deal with International Airlines Group shows a path forward in the contentious contract disputes it has had with many airlines over distribution costs and methods. The technology giant's earnings report on Friday was broadly in line with expectations.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Amadeus Wins British Airways Parent Over to Its New Way of Selling Fares

Online Travel

Sabre’s Hotel Tech Services Proving More Resilient Than Core Airline Distribution

It must be heartening to Sabre to win Louvre, Europe's second-largest hotel group, as a customer of its central reservation system. But Sabre didn't notch significant hotel enterprise wins in recent pre-Covid years. So it will need to sign other hotel groups in 2021 to sustain momentum.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Sabre’s Hotel Tech Services Proving More Resilient Than Core Airline Distribution

Announcements

Get Ready for the Skift Future of Online Travel and Distribution Summit on February 17

Join us as we kick off 2021 with our first sector-specific summit this February, exploring the fast-paced world of online travel and distribution. Hear from Skift editors and analysts as they dissect pendulum swings and hear what leaders have in store for this year.

Brian Quinn, Skift | 3 years ago

Get Ready for the Skift Future of Online Travel and Distribution Summit on February 17