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Posted Apr 8, 2011

GDS Volume Recovery Leveling Off

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Posted Sept 1, 2010

Year-Over-Year Changes In Total Travelport GDS Segments

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Posted Apr 24, 2008

The Beat Letters: Air Canada and Galileo

Re: [$$] FEATURE: Reality of Unbundled Faring's Challenges Taking Hold

The article failed to mention that Marc Rosenberg of Air Canada opened the TravelCom panel by stating that Travelport was further ahead than the other GDSs in delivering for Air Canada a merchandising desktop solution, Travelport Agencia, which enables travel agents to book all of its offerings that are available on the carrier’s Web site.

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Posted Feb 11, 2008

Expedia Further Stirs GDS Mix

[EDIT: We assumed wrong. The deal in Europe actually is with Worldspan.]

Expedia.com started using Travelport GDS in January for "select European points of sale." A spokesperson did not immediately respond to a question about whether the deal is with Galileo as opposed to Worldspan, but assuming it is, the agreement would represent Expedia's third new publicly announced GDS relationship over the past three years.