Author: Jay Campbell
Explainer: Full Participation Is Not Full Content And Why It Matters
At the end of 2020, Sabre and Southwest Airlines announced they had come to terms on a “full participation” agreement. Some might not be clear…
Short’s Sells Corporate Business To Direct Travel
Short’s Travel Management sold its corporate portfolio to Direct Travel for an undisclosed sum. Short’s retains its athletic travel management business line. In a Tuesday…
McKinsey Highlights Travel As Poster Child For Outsourcing
In a November paper that otherwise favored optimizing indirect procurement over outsourcing it, McKinsey & Co. suggested companies consider outsourcing travel procurement. It’s debatable whether…
Lufthansa-Sabre Announcement Sounds Like A Start But Begs Questions
An agreement announced this week between Lufthansa Group and Sabre, parties with a contentious and litigious shared history, implied a mutually beneficial path forward for…
Some Things Happened In Airline Distribution This Year, Part Two
There’s a line of thinking that says the pandemic is widening a gap between Amadeus and its key rivals, Sabre and Travelport. Not only was…
Client Fees As A Percentage Of The Airfare? National Travel Is Trying It
National Travel’s Ted Lawson has read the industry headlines and considered the arguments. His 40-plus years in travel management (after seven in air travel and…
Some Things Happened In Airline Distribution This Year, Part One
With reaction, assessment and recovery on their minds, corporate travel professionals understandably did not focus closely on airline distribution developments this year. Inasmuch as they…
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