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Posted Dec 7, 2011
Farelogix is inviting 15 to 20 corporate travel buyers "who are proven industry thought leaders" to a new forum in January to address what they "need to do [their] job more effectively as relates to the changing face of airline products, technologies, travelers, and managed travel programs." At least one invited buyer is not sure of whether to attend for fear of legitimizing the effort.
Posted Dec 2, 2011
December 1, 2011 Dear Sabre:
We read with interest the November 29 article in The Beat where [Sabre Travel Network president] Greg Webb stated, "Corporations and agencies have told me it's a must-have to be able to display all content from all carriers flying a certain route in an easily understandable way." He continued, "I can't show Air Canada one way, WestJet another way and United a third way because it becomes an unusable user experience."
With all due respect, if it was ever true that it was an unusable user experience it is certainly no longer the case.
Posted Jul 29, 2011
Okay, okay. The last thing I wanted to do today was to write a blog post. I’ve been in 5 different cities, eaten at least 5 meals on airplanes, lost my iPhone in NYC this week, and now I’ve got a leak in my house. I was ready for some R&R. Then I read this blog post at The Beat.travel. Just fantastic. Look, I know I’m sounding like a broken record here, but I’m always in favor of honest, open debate, but it’s got to be honest. For the reasons stated above, clearly I’m not it the best of moods, and maybe that’s why it’s really sticking in my craw, but I just really feel the need to respond to this one.
Posted Feb 22, 2011
After several months of searching for the holy grail of direct connect solutions, I've come to the following conclusion. "Direct connect in a can" doesn't exist. At least not in any form close to reality. So what's an agency, corporation, or traveler to do if AA evaporates from the global distribution systems? Unfortunately, in the short term, the answer is one that a lot of folks won't like (except for AA).
Posted Dec 2, 2010
The following is a Farelogix response to "Distribution Execs Opine on Transparency, Economics" as published by The Beat on Nov. 18, 2010.
I attended the recent PhoCusWright Conference, where the underlying theme was Chaos. Certainly we don't need more chaos in our industry, but as always, PhoCusWright put on a very good show. I did the usual networking and listening to the many pundits and sponsored speakers, but one in particular hit home with me: Jeff Clarke, CEO of Travelport, made a number of industry observations and statements during his interview presentation.
Posted Nov 11, 2010
The Open Axis Group, the not-for-profit industry organization promoting XML-based airline distribution connectivity has produced a video and whitepaper in an effort to persuade the indirect channel (TMCs, Corporate Booking Tools & GDS) to adopt their XML schema to access airline content including ancillary services.
Posted Nov 5, 2010
Farelogix is a travel distribution technology services company that provides distribution solutions to travel suppliers (mostly airlines) and travel agencies. We have a vested interest in growing our company by creating innovative and low-cost technology solutions. We believe in fair, healthy and legal competitive practices. We even enjoy a good fight now and then. Farelogix is in business to create value for our customers and maximize the return for our investors. We charge our customers fees for using our technology services. Farelogix offers a number of products and services as Open Source and free of charge (primarily to promote industry technology modernization), as well as our for-fee products and services ... and contrary to all the rumors, "I am not a witch!"
Posted Jul 13, 2010
Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways, plus the Airline Tariff Publishing Company, announced the formation of their Open Airline XML Integration Standard group to "promote a standardized XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution." The group named as executive director Jim Young, a travel distribution veteran who helped found the industry's existing XML standards body, now called OpenTravel.
Posted Oct 7, 2009
I landed in the Middle East on Tuesday morning (local time) and my Blackberry awoke to a surge of messages about an article published by Tnooz about the DOJ making calls to certain Farelogix customers. After reading the article, I felt compelled to respond to the comments made by the Sabre representative.
To the Sabre comment about the “evolution of the Farelogix business model to one of content fragmentation,” I offer the following three points:
Posted Feb 26, 2009
RECAP: Sabre Travel Network claims nearly 100 participants in its authorized developer program, which requires fees for certain services. The program recently lost a member when Sabre expelled Farelogix for "actively encouraging fragmentation." American Airlines wants Sabre to play nice because AA said Farelogix is "developing" merchandizing technology for diversified airfares and ancillary products. Pioneered by the likes of Air Canada and Ryanair, such unbundled pricing is found on an increasing number of airline Web sites. Sabre, too, is working to enable such functions in its agency interfaces and thus far has activated a limited set of fare flavors with a short list of airlines. That list as of this week includes United Airlines, which is offering the extra-legroom Economy Plus seats to users of Sabre's MySabre and Turbo Sabre interfaces. In the midst of all this, a column by the head of a third-party developer that works with Farelogix raised ire in the GDS community. Travelport responded last week with a piece in The Beat and here's a comment from Amadeus ...
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