GLG News by Online Travel Agency and Industry Experts (North America)

Iberia is one of the owners of Amadeus, currently the #1 Global Distribution System in the world.  TPG most recently purchased Sabre, the #1 Global Distribution System in the largest GDS market in the world, the US.TPG also has an interest, through its venture arm, in G2Switchworks, one of the...

All four GDS companies are now operating on a similar playing field, all owned by private equity companies.Cost cutting and surfacing operating efficiencies is generally the order of the day for the companies purchased by private equity firms.  The industry is watching with a careful eye to see...

On the B2B side, this will make the combined entity the #1 player in the global GDS space, based on both revenues and billable bookings, the traditional measure of success in the GDS world.  Once the merger is approved by regulatory authorities, the combined entity will have 63,000 travel agency...

The relationship between airlines and their distribution channels called Global Distribution Systems go back four decades. Although the relationship changed significantly during this time, all changes took place in the last ten years with the most significant one happening in 2006.

1) Muni WiFi is another political football that creates a new private-verses-public battle2) Large companies are seeking Muni WiFi as a last mile solution for other technologies including WiMax3) Free, for the 1 millionth year in a row, is not a business model

For over a quarter of a century, travel agencies have used the Global Distribution Systems (GDS), including Sabre, Worldspan, Galileo and Amadeus for access to airline inventory.BCD is the world's 5th largest travel agency, and the 4th largest brick and mortar agency in the US.  They are responsible...

Yesterday's hostile bid by USAir for Delta has significant implications on the GDS business.  Today USAir uses the Sabre system as it's inventory and operational system.  Delta has its own system, Deltamatic, which is hosted and operated by Worldspan.  Should USAir succeed in its bid...

If you know your audience and know your target, you will know which networks and programmers to advertise with (without the need for a third party commercial rating system validation).  

After a summer of "beating" by the airlines in contract negotiations, the GDS' are finally getting some much deserved recognition as a channel.Last week JetBlue's CEO David Neeleman hailed the GDS channel for the opportunity to attract new customers to the airline and more importantly, to extract higher...