Articles tagged “gds”

Airlines

American Airlines CEO Defends Direct Selling Push in Face of Travel Agent Complaints

American Airlines's top boss Robert Isom feels confident in the carrier's evolving distribution strategy, the most assertive of all the carriers in the Americas. But some travel agents still feel bullied.

Selene Brophy | 4 weeks ago

American Airlines CEO Defends Direct Selling Push in Face of Travel Agent Complaints

Business Travel

American Airlines Hits Smaller Hubs With Steeper Airfares Through Legacy Channels

Erratic airfares will likely be a theme over the course of the year. The question is how damaging, reputationally speaking, will the settling down period be for American Airlines, compared to the financial gains — short or long term.

Matthew Parsons | 7 months ago

American Airlines Hits Smaller Hubs With Steeper Airfares Through Legacy Channels

News Blog

Copa Airlines Raises Global Distribution Surcharge to $18

Panama’s Copa Airlines is increasing its surcharge for tickets issued in Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport from $12 to $18 per direction. The fee hike takes effect from April 3, 2023 — coinciding with when American Airlines removes 40 percent of its own airfares from these same retail channels.  In both cases, the airlines are pushing…

Matthew Parsons | 8 months ago

Online Travel

Google Flights Could Shift Strategy After Heavy Layoffs

Why doesn't Google promote Google Travel as a one-stop shop? The layoffs at Google Flights show there's too much ad revenue in play on the Google.com side of the flights business to merit such an all-in approach.

Dennis Schaal | 10 months ago

Google Flights Could Shift Strategy After Heavy Layoffs

News Blog

South Korean Hospitality Tech Firm Onda Raises $10 Million

South Korean hospitality tech company Onda, announced on Thursday that it has raised $10 million in its Series-B funding round. Led by South Korea-based private equity firm TS Investment, the investors in this round included Industrial Bank of Korea as well as other South Korean investment companies like NAU IB Capital, Square Ventures, K Bridge…

Peden Doma Bhutia | 10 months ago

Airlines

U.S. Transportation Secretary Doesn’t Want a Repeat of Wednesday’s Failure

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at the U.S. airlines-grounding glitch, Hilton’s new brand, and Travelport’s optimism.

Rashaad Jorden | 11 months ago

U.S. Transportation Secretary Doesn’t Want a Repeat of Wednesday’s Failure

News Blog

Sonder Gets a Chain Code in Sabre and Amadeus to Push Move Into Corporate Travel

Sonder has been trying to up its footprint in corporate travel, announced that it now has a chain code, SS, in the Sabre and Amadeus global distribution systems. Business travelers at an airport. Source: Getty Images When travel agents are looking to book corporate clients in Sonder properties, having that chain code makes it easier…

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Business Travel

Sabre Blames Airline Delays for Losses

After a strong first quarter, the technology company has been snagged by the operational issues that plagued airlines and airports in June. It was all going so well, too.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Sabre Blames Airline Delays for Losses

Travel Technology

Sabre Signals Corporate Travel May Recover Quicker Than Some Expected

A corporate travel rebound is in the offing, says new data from tech firm Sabre. Bill Gates may have to eat his words, given his dire 2020 prediction about business travel.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Sabre Signals Corporate Travel May Recover Quicker Than Some Expected

Travel Technology

Amadeus Waves Off Concerns About Airlines’ Direct Distribution Push

Amadeus makes a plausible case that it will come out ahead after all the ongoing changes to how airlines distribute their tickets to travel agencies evolve.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Amadeus Waves Off Concerns About Airlines’ Direct Distribution Push