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TTG reported
here last week that British travel management company execs were headed to Atlanta for "showdown" talks with Delta over discounts apparently available on its Web site which are not provided through global distribution systems. GDS firms "are all supposed to have signed full-content agreements with Delta, meaning agents should always have access to the cheapest tickets," the publication reported. Here's Delta's explanation…
So the winner of this week's really bad website award goes to: SNCF.
I have not had the pleasure of using SNCF for a few years. So I thought it would be streamlined and efficient as France's top travel site.
Boy was I surprised.
Flash gone mad is the result.
I get a lot of stuff in my inbox. As a voracious reader I love to see what is happening and more importantly what makes people tick. So for me the "why" question is always fascinating.
Firstly I am not being an apologist for FR (Ryanair) or MOL. The issue of taking the Web site down seems to have irked a lot of people. It has to be remembered that FR is a bus company. It is not a fancy airline.
