INTERVIEW: Cendant SVP Kurt Ekert

United Airlines has signed a five-year participation agreement with Galileo, the global distribution system firm owned by Cendant, according to an announcement the companies made yesterday. Unlike the recently announced Worldspan agreements with American and Continental, the Galileo-United deal does not appear to contain components that would result in lower incentive payments to system users. Without specifically saying so, Cendant Travel Distribution Services senior vice president for supplier