The GDSs countered that some ancillary services are all but universal, even essential, among them baggage fees and seat assignments (some airlines charge passengers to reserve any seat, not just a ...

At a time when base commissions have hit zero, amid the undeniable trend pushing the point of sale away from the cryptic global distribution system interfaces and toward the Internet, the next ...

ATLANTA -- Representatives of the four GDSs formed a united front at the ResExpo 2005 conference here, as they came out swinging to debunk the promises of the GDS new entrants and to defend their ...

One of the more transformational events taking place in the airline industry today is the increasingly tense situation between airlines and the Global Distribution Systems that are their "partners" in ...

Amadeus last week said it would raise supplier segment pricing at a lower-than-usual 2 percent rate effective Jan. 1, 2002, signaling welcome news for suppliers seeking any break they can get. Wall ...

There's no question that GDSs have had to change with the times. Travel agents today expect them to provide more Internet assistance, fares they can pull up seamlessly and a plan of action for the ...

At this week’s Eye For Travel conference, executives from Sabre, Galileo, Amadeus and Worldspan stood up to claims that GDSs would not stand the test of time. Debate moderator, Mike Fill, a partner at ...

The latest round, a move by Air Canada to withhold some of its most attractive fares from the GDSs and so from corporate travel departments, comes as the industry is still trying to digest an ...

WTM Special Report: Under fierce criticism over the level of their booking fees, GDSs said they were under review but fell short of promising a drop in fees. Speaking on the first day of the ...

When the first global distribution systems (GDS), such as American Airlines Inc.’s Sabre, came on the scene, they pioneered the use of computers in large-scale commercial applications and the ...

The DOD’s Combat Commands (COCOMs) present unique sales challenges and opportunities to the COTS community. They can be complex both in their funding processes and in how they integrate and operate ...