Travel Technology Update

27/08/2013

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In one of the more bizarre deals struck since the birth of the online travel industry, Travelocity Global and Expedia Inc. signed a strategic marketing agreement whereby Expedia will provide its technology, inventory and customer service to Travelocity’s U.S. and Canadian websites. Travelocity will…

23/08/2013

Expedia to provide technology to power Travelocity’s North American websites

Expedia Inc. and Travelocity Global entered into a strategic marketing agreement under which Expedia will power the technology platforms for Travelocity’s existing websites in the U.S. and Canada under a new “exclusive” long-term strategic marketing agreement.

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02/08/2013

IATA told the U.S. Transportation Department that it is “time to act” on its request for approval of Resolution 787, which created the foundation for its New Distribution Capability. “Enough is enough,” it said in a response to the American Antitrust Institute’s request for another extension of the…

15/07/2013

The European Commission’s Mobility and Transport Directorate appointed a consortium comprised of Amadeus, BeNe Rail, IATA, Thales, UNIFE and Zeppelin University to develop and validate a model for a multimodal, pan-European passenger transport information and booking system. The appointment of the c...

04/06/2013

TTU Today - 04 June 2013

An advisory body to the European Commission on data protection and privacy has told IATA that its New Distribution Capability project “raises a number of privacy and human rights concerns, in particular those related to the profiling of individuals.” The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, kno...

21/05/2013

TTU Today - 21 May 2013

In the airline world, the passenger was for decades reduced to a first and last name. Today, “the customer is a rich object that has needs,” Gianni Cataldo, general manager and vice president for the Americas at Datalex. “OpenTravel 2.0 helps us take that one step forward.” Cataldo, who also is vice...

07/05/2013

From our 07 May 2013 issue

In the airline world, the passenger was for decades reduced to a first and last name. Today, “the customer is a rich object that has needs,” Gianni Cataldo, general manager and vice president for the Americas at Datalex. “OpenTravel 2.0 helps us take that one step forward.” Cataldo, who also is vice...

23/04/2013

Travelport’s Airline Merchandising Platform, unveiled at the CAPA Airlines in Transition conference near Dublin, was designed to “meet airlines wherever they are” in the merchandising universe, according to Derek Sharp, managing director of global distribution and sales. The platform allows airline...

08/04/2013

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Amadeus entered the airline passenger loyalty arena with the acquisition of Hitit Loyalty, a division of Istanbul, Turkey-based Hitit Computer Services. Amadeus said it will use the acquisition to drive a new IT revenue stream by adding and enhancing loyalty capability to optimize the attraction an...

26/03/2013

From our most recent issue - 26 March 2013

United Airlines is rolling out an application programming interface developed by Farelogix. The existence of the API was revealed by Priceline, which announced that it had signed a new long-term agreement with United Airlines, with plans to implement the United Technology Application “as the primar...

12/03/2013

From our latest issue - 12 March 2013

IATA filed an application with the U.S. Transportation Department for approval of its Resolution 787, the agreement that establishes the framework for its New Distribution Capability. IATA said that under the “Provisions for Conduct of IATA Traffic Conferences,” it is required to file with the dep...

26/02/2013

Our lead story - 26Feb 2013

The chairman of the Business Travel Coalition widened his opposition to the American-US Airways merger to include a broad attack on IATA’s New Distribution Capability, calling it “brazen,” “shocking” and “toxic.” Kevin Mitchell planned to testify on Feb. 27 before the U.S. House subcommittee on reg...

12/02/2013

The latest from Travel Technology Update

Sabre called IATA’s New Distribution Capability “an agreement among the airlines to withhold content by not publicly filing their content.” In a counterclaim to the long-dormant antitrust lawsuit filed by US Airways, Sabre said, “IATA mistakenly believed that antitrust violations done under the aus...

03/02/2013

From our current issue:

Sabre called IATA’s New Distribution Capability “an agreement among the airlines to withhold content by not publicly filing their content.” In a counterclaim to the long-dormant antitrust lawsuit filed by US Airways, Sabre said, “IATA mistakenly believed that antitrust violations done under the aus...

15/01/2013

From our new issue - 01/15/2013

American Express said it will eliminate about 5,400 jobs this year, reducing overall staffing by 4% to 6%. The deepest cuts will be felt in its Global Business Travel unit, which currently employs about 12,000 people. “Online servicing is the preferred channel,” Kenneth I. Chenault, chairman and c...

11/12/2012

From the 11DEC issue of TTU:

The year 2012 was marked by moves to push airline distribution in a new direction, away from “commoditization” and toward a new model that is not simply tied to the selling of seats. At first glance, the settlement of American Airlines’ antitrust lawsuit against Sabre, approved by American’s bankru...

27/11/2012

From the latest issue of Travel Technology Update

The Business Travel Coalition launched a petition to urge the Obama administration to force airlines to provide ancillary fee information to all sales channels. The petition was posted on the “We the People” platform on the White House website, which allows any American to create and post a petiti...

13/11/2012

From the November 13 issue of TTU.

Sabre’s settlement agreement with American Airlines contains “an agreed upon period during which American will only negotiate with Sabre regarding a new passenger processing system,” according to documents filed in the carrier’s bankruptcy court. “The parties are currently negotiating American’s us...