The GDSs countered that some ancillary services are all but universal, even essential, among them baggage fees and seat assignments (some airlines charge passengers to reserve any seat, not just a ...

Cashbacks, bonus miles, and mega prizes await as GDSS kicks off in Dubai Over 100 leading local and international brands are participating, offering deals on everything from fashion and beauty to ...

GDSs come under growing pressure to handle unbundled airline services Dan Luzadder The GDSs that perform trillions of computer tasks each day to put travelers in airline seats, hotel rooms or rental ...

Travel agents booking Emirates flights through traditional Global Distribution Systems from July will be charged a surcharge of up to US$25 (£18). The fees will be introduced on the same day the ...

For now, though, all major U.S. carriers continue listing in all four primary GDSs, GDSs continue to pay travel agencies incentives to attract or maintain business and travel agencies can still ...

Delta Air Lines and its dominant global distribution system Worldspan late last month announced a seven-year agreement through which the carrier will offer its full content to the global distribution ...

Boeing subsidiary Tapestry Solutions has been awarded a contract to sustain and modernise the US Air Force’s Global Decision Support System (GDSS). GDSS is the principal C2 software platform that ...

The latest round, a move by Air Canada to withhold some of its most attractive fares from the GDSs and so from corporate travel departments, comes as the industry is still trying to digest an ...

Having one person at your company make all the decisions is simpler, but not necessarily better than having a larger pool complete the task. Group decisions, whether by consensus or majority vote, can ...

When the first global distribution systems (GDS), such as American Airlines Inc.’s Sabre, came on the scene, they pioneered the use of computers in large-scale commercial applications and the ...

Dubai: Dubai’s biggest shopping extravaganza is back in full swing as Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) 2025 kicks off its second dedicated retail season, the Great Dubai Summer Sale (GDSS), with a ...