Travel & Travel Technology News.Amadeus Amadeus signed a partnership with DOB DOB abbr. date of birth DOB abbreviation for date of birth; used in medical records. DOB Date of birth Systems, a provider of market intelligence solutions to the airline industry, under which DOB products will be integrated into the Amadeus offering in order to deliver a portfolio of data analysis solutions. Apr 28, 2006 Amadeus said Danish LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. Sterling is pioneering the Amadeus Ticketless Access product, "a technology solution [providing LCCs with] comprehensive access for the first time to sales through travel agents and corporate customers." According to the GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards provider, Amadeus Ticketless Access "enables up-to-the-minute fare and flight information from ticketless carriers to be displayed alongside those of full-service airlines" through GDSs. It also eliminates "an estimated [euro]3-[euro]5 ($3.70-$6.20) per booking in added technology costs currently faced by LCCs that distribute through this channel." Sterling VP-Business Development and IT Michael Hansen said, "We have often been outspoken critics of the costs associated with traditional GDSs. . .but Amadeus Ticketless Access is a truly pioneering tool to help us extend our reach and distribution. It is a genuine change in the industry." Apr 26, 2006 Malmo Aviation Malmo Aviation signed a five-year agreement with Unisys for outsourced management of the Swedish airline's information technology operations Information technology operations, or IT operations, are the superset of all processes and services that are both provisioned by an IT staff to their internal or external and used by themselves, to run themselves as a business. . Apr 28, 2006 Sabre Holdings, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines Sabre Holdings announced agreements with United Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The latter signed a seven-year, full-content agreement with Sabre Travel Network Sabre Travel Network (STN) is the line of technology developed by Sabre Inc. that services travel agencies directly. Sabre Travel Network began when the Sabre Computer reservations system was installed in Briarcliff Manor, New York in 1960. to make all published fares and inventory available to Sabre subscribers, including published fares that the airline sells through any third-party distributor Third-Party Distributor The name given to institutions that sell or distribute mutual funds to investors for fund management companies without direct relation to the fund itself. and through its reservation offices and website. In addition to the Sabre agreement, Delta also signed a new marketing agreement with Travelocity and a participation agreement with Travelocity's Site59 unit. Sabre signed a similar agreement with United good for five years. UA had signed five-year, full-content agreements with Worldspan and Galileo the previous week. Apr 24, 2006 SITA SITA said it had revenue of $1.56 billion last year as it moves toward consolidation of its business units that were separated several years ago. SITA INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. revenues rose 13% to $726 million while SITA SC revenues totaled $828 million. Apr 25, 2006 |
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