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Jeff Clarke
Travelport CEO addresses a handful of technology issues and questions about running multiple systems.
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Entering 2006, travel industry constituents expected significant changes in distribution economics. The impact of those changes only materialized this fall. Now ...
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As expected, merger discussions among U.S. airlines intensified in recent weeks, following a US Airways proposal to acquire and integrate Delta Air Lines. This week ...
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Further developing its acquisition strategy, TRX last week said it would buy data consolidation and reporting rival Hi-Mark Software in a roughly $20 million deal ...
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security extended to Dec. 29 the comment period on its controversial Automated Targeting System. DHS last month revealed that for the past four years it has been scoring the security risks of millions of international travelers, drawing criticism from privacy groups, business travel advocates and other affected parties.
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Expedia Corporate Travel launched new policy control features, flight search tools for European clients and reporting capabilities for travel management in multiple regions. It also extended by four years its agreement with TRX, covering "all current and future points of sale for Expedia" and "relieving [TRX] of any further call center obligations for Expedia in the United States and United Kingdom." Expedia uses TRX's transaction processing services through the Correx, Tranxact and Selex products "for corporate and leisure travel in the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, Germany and Italy."
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American Express agreed to acquire electronic payment and invoice company Harbor Payments and plans to launch a suite of "source-to-settle electronic solutions" for corporations looking to cut costs, reduce paper processing and improve compliance. As a result, American Express "will significantly broaden its expense management services" for commercial card clients. The new services will be available next year in the United States ahead of a global rollout.
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel's new version of CWT Freedom now "automatically delivers travel itinerary information," including updated flight status, to Microsoft Outlook and mobile devices. The functionality will be expanded next month to travelers using IBM Lotus Notes. CWT said the system now works with "all" global distribution systems and "all" online booking tools, as well as its Symphonie platform.
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New York's Tzell Travel Group bought All Star Travel Group in Los Angeles.
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The Defense Travel Management Office delayed bidding on a solicitation for travel management services, according to the Federal Times. The publication cited questions from potential bidders on pricing structures.
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The industry is reconfiguring, and that may lead to differences in how the wires lay, but the business functions will remain the same. You need to be able to make a ticket, sell it, process and capture all the data, and you need big, robust systems to do all that and warehouse the inventory.
Prism Group president Michael Whitesage, discussing recently proposed transactions involving global distribution system operators
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