Amid several economic indicators being released this week, American Airlines released results of a recent online survey of more than 1,100 American Airlines Business ExtrAA® travel managers of small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs).
Travel companies, be it for suppliers or intermediaries, have had to take some hard decisions regarding their distribution strategies over the past few months. Be it for the airline-OTA relationship, or the efforts being made to increase transparency in the room booking process, there is no dearth of such noteworthy developments in the marketplace.
The companies have been tangling over how American distributes its fare and schedule information. The dispute escalated earlier this month when Sabre said it would downplay search results from American on the screens that travel agents use. A Texas judge blocked Sabre's move on Jan. 10.
FairSearch.org Created to Protect Competition, Transparency and Innovation in Travel Search
Revenue management has been in the hospitality spotlight since the mid 1980's; a gift from American Airlines. American successfully created, what was then called yield management, in order to compete with the deeply discounted fares of People Express airlines. The problem was fairly simple; how can we offer lower rates, to be more competitive, without reducing our total revenue 'yield'?
Rumors are flying that Google could be preparing to purchase one of the most influential travel software firms in the world.