Apollo
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Travelport in Canada is providing automation to help Apollo travel agents streamline ticket exchange calculations
at no extra charge and without cryptic commands. The solution allows "flexibility to make changes prior to exchange commitment by navigating forward and backward through the exchange process" and "can be used as a calculator tool to quote cost-of-change to the customer," Travelport announced.
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United Airlines will cut over its reservation system to HP's Shares from Travelport's Apollo on the evening of March 2
"and will be on one system when we begin operations on March 3," according to an airline spokesman. Travelport chairman Jeff Clarke said he was "proud that Travelport has done a fantastic job of working with HP to make the transition over." Despite the blow of losing the United business, Clarke
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Travelport announced that Rearden Commerce signed a deal to use its Universal API for a single connection to Apollo , Galileo and Worldspan
According to Travelport, Rearden has three separate connections. Unifying them "will provide us with greater operational efficiencies and the ability to redeploy valuable IT resources to other areas of the business," according to Rearden vice president of product management Todd Kaiser. "In the
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Adelman Travel Group deployed a 'proprietary' data consolidation tool that provides 'real-time' global data,
… transforms flat file data to XML data," rather than relying on global distribution system software, though it can interface with Apollo , Galileo and Sabre, "with other GDS companies in progress." Adelman indicated the tool can be implemented by partner travel …
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The TMC formerly known as River City Travel renewed its Apollo agreement for a long term
after changing its name to Tzell Travel Group Northwest. Portland, Ore.-based River City has been a Tzell "branch" since 2008, according to a company statement. Tzell largely is a Sabre user, but according to the Northwest division, its legacy management team "makes decisions and changes on the
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Omega World Travel later this year will implement the Amadeus One desktop product
… manage GDS volume amongst different suppliers and optimize revenues." Omega's primary GDS is Sabre, but it also uses Apollo and Worldspan from Travelport. Amadeus noted that Amadeus One is "open for business" with "full U.S. market availability …
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ENett International, the payments provider majority-owned by Travelport, announced plans to launch in the fourth quarter a service fee processing application
in the United States for Apollo and Worldspan users. Promising lower fees, better data, more flexibility and faster reconciliation than services provided by …
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Travelport Enables Agent Access To All Air Canada Content
… agencies with a new desktop solution that accesses all Air Canada's branded "fare families." As a result, those agencies using the Apollo global distribution system now can offer clients various options from the carrier's a la carte
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Travelport Reports Declines, Sees Stability Ahead
… investments the company plans to undertake this year, including the global rollout of its e-pricing system to Galileo and Apollo subscribers. The company also is focusing on building out international markets, including the Middle East, where it launched …
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Travelport GDS and Accor replaced the Pegasus Solutions switch with an OpenTravel-compliant XML direct connection
between the hotel reservation system and both the Apollo and Worldspan global distribution systems. The deal lets the lodging firm cut switch fees while GDS users benefit from faster …
