Central Reservation System
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Spanish Data Firm 'Investigating' Questionable Release Of Corp. Travel Info
… subject to restrictions under the European CRS Code of Conduct. These are MIDT booking ..... manager said. The key section of the 2009 CRS Code of Conduct is Article 7. Although ..... use of the distribution facilities of a CRS by a subscriber [travel agent] established …
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CWT Debuts Non-GDS Hotel Booking Platform
… booking at independent hotels not available through global distribution system channels. Buyers can load contracted rates into the CRS by CWT tool and access them through online booking systems or CWT agents. "In the past, when certain hotels were not available …
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Interview: VDR's Hans-Ingo Biehl
… but the buyer side was not? I wish the consumer side of the argument had been heard more intensively during the review of the CRS Code of Conduct . There are a lot of distribution issues going on at the moment and we have some strong views on transparency …
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Despite Court Victory Over Sabre, IATA Faces PaxIS Challenges
The International Air Transport Association claimed victory over Sabre in an Ontario court this month, but IATA's controversial booking database PaxIS, which was the subject of the dispute, faces another imminent threat. The European Travel Agents and Tour Operators Association told The Beat
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Nearly All German Corporates Sign Controversial Lufthansa Contracts
… source said. “It was confirming a practice which was there before. Lufthansa put it in because of the European Commission CRS Code of Conduct. Buyers made a stand on the issue because of their emotional resentment of Lufthansa.” The source went on …
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New Preferred President Ueberroth Plans For Hotel Portfolio Growth
… assurance program. Preferred recently completed its switchover to Sabre Hospitality Solutions’ SynXis central reservation system , Ueberroth said. The two companies also will be working together on marketing and branding services.
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New Lufthansa Performance Clauses Irk European Buyers
… that power." Lufthansa introduced the data authorization clause in recent months in response to the revised European Union CRS Code of Conduct, published in March 2009. The revised code said GDSs only could include data from TMCs and clients if specifically …
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Legal Ruling To Halt IATA's PaxIS Use Of Amadeus Information
… IATA to continue to refuse to comply with its obligations under the recently revised CRS Code of Conduct to mask the identify of travel agencies and corporate purchasers for data derived from any CRS ," said BTC chairman Kevin Mitchell.
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International Air Transport Association will exclude Amadeus ticketing information from IATA's PaxIS booking data product
… Mitchell stated, "No reason remains for IATA to continue to refuse to comply with its obligations under the recently revised CRS Code of Conduct to mask the identity of travel agencies and corporate purchasers for data derived from any CRS ."
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Accor Links Res System To Both Travelport GDSs
… single XML connection between the hotel company's central reservation system and the global distribution firm's Galileo and Worldspan ..... availability for all hotels coming from Accor's own central reservation system , right from the initial hotel search request," Travelport …
