Distribution
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United Ponders the Future of Sales and Distribution in a New Post-Pandemic World
United has been very clear that running an airline post-pandemic is going to be very different than running one before. You can…
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The Cranky Flier Interview with Air Canada SVP Products, Marketing, and eCommerce Mark Nasr on Rolling Out NDC
Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Let me guess… you’ve been really jonesing for another piece about NDC…
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A Closer Look at American’s New Fare Structure
As planned, American yesterday pushed ahead with its rushed efforts to restrict the selling of lower fares through traditional third party channels.…
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American’s Reckless NDC Push Delivers a Blow to the Future of Travel Sales
We are now less than a week away from American implementing its plan to remove 40 percent of its fares from traditional…
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American Blows Up Its Sales Team, Launches a Risky War Against Corporate Accounts and Travel Sellers
American has decided that the way it sells travel through third parties and to companies in general is broken, and it has…
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American Sues Sabre to Stop Being Biased and Sloppy
It’s a time-honored tradition for American to spar with its former internal reservation system, Sabre. The Sabre global distribution system (GDS) was…
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Stuff I Want to Understand: Pedro Anderson On Future Potential Applications for Blockchain in Travel
Welcome back to the second part of my discussion with Pedro Anderson, Founder and CEO of Winding Tree, the company that has…
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Stuff I Want to Understand: Pedro Anderson Explains Blockchain's Place in Travel
There are some things in the world that I just don’t understand, and one of those things is blockchain. I mean, I…
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Hahn Air Issues the World’s First Ticket Using Blockchain… Does It Matter?
Blockchain! I know, I know. A lot of people are excited about blockchain, but nobody really seems to know why. It’s supposed…
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The Unlikely Union of Sabre and Farelogix
Let’s take a trip way back to February 2013. Right around the time that the American and US Airways merger was announced,…
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3 Links I Love: Sabre Warms to NDC, OneJet and WOW Air Face Trouble
This week’s featured link: Sabre Agrees to Pilot New Technologies With American Airlines and Other Travel Giants – Skift Distribution-giant Sabre spent…
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American Shuns Sticks, Tries Carrots to Woo Agencies Toward a Better Way of Booking
American rolled out a major new program on Friday that’s intended to encourage travel agencies/travel management companies to start booking flights differently…