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Posted Oct 30, 2011

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Travel management companies are open to the idea that airlines will pay them to merchandize, but not if it requires them to start paying for distribution technology to enable it. At least, this was the message from a couple of TMC executives speaking at The Beat Live last month, and please do comment below if you disagree (or agree!).
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Posted Oct 24, 2011

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The ancillary fee discussion between the airlines and the global distribution systems (GDSs) is centered on the following premise, as viewed by the airlines ...
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Posted Aug 31, 2011

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Posted Jul 29, 2011

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Travel management companies are offering customers all the airfares and optional services an airline can muster. Tech firms are facilitating it. The economics make room for all parties. Even corporate buyers have returned to their day jobs.
This is not 2011.
At some point, though, one would think optional services will be available. So what will that look like? How will it change things? At The Beat Live Sept. 19-21, we'll put aside the day's clashes and imagine the other side. Former airline distribution executive Al Lenza joins current airline distribution executive Graham Wareham of Air Canada, United merchandizing strategy director Maria Walter and Airline Information co-founder Roger Williams to discuss The Future Of Airline Merchandizing in the corporate market.
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The Future Of Airline Merchandizing will cap a busy Sept. 20 at The Beat Live, including a keynote by Amadeus EVP for Commercial Philippe Chérèque, interview of Carlson Wagonlit Travel President for Suppliers, Products and Technology Andrew Winterton and 'Hot Seat' quizzing of Concur Chairman and CEO Steve Singh.
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Posted Jul 21, 2011

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Many don't think so, at least not any time soon. On one hand, you have to offer up kudos to AA for leading the way to personalizing and merchandising their products while pushing for new API/direct connections - it is innovative, others are likely to follow. On the other hand, AA is clearly taking plenty of "heat" from corporate customers, GDSs and other TMCs.
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Posted Jul 21, 2011

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Gains in ancillary revenue have slowed considerably at United Continental Holdings, growing year over year by less than 1 percent during the second quarter on a pro-forma basis.
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Posted Jun 15, 2011

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AirPlus has cracked the code on reporting airline ancillary fees.
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Posted May 27, 2011

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Ancillary fees -- from airlines, hotels and car rentals -- are getting more attention these days. And for good reason: travel and meetings managers want to get their hands on some idea of measurement of ancillary fees so that they can manage them.
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Posted May 17, 2011

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I just returned from the Travel Distribution Summit Europe 2011, which was attended by some of the biggest, coolest companies—Google, Facebook, Foursquare and… Farelogix (insert wry smiley face emoticon here).
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Posted Apr 5, 2011

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Remember the good ol' days of air travel? You know, back in 1995 when things were easy. We didn't have to deal with all these ancillary fees - we could just check our bag and get a delicious Saran-wrapped piece of "chicken," and all for "free." Everything was included and CHEAPER! Remember that?
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