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DOT questions MIDT. (News).

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 09-JUN-03 		Format: Online - approximately 777 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Washington, D.C. - The airlines' use of booking data received what one participant called a "curious" amount of attention from the U.S. Department of Transportation during a hearing last month with industry officials. The oneday meeting, in which regulators asked questions and heard arguments on its global distribution system regulations, featured no statement from a corporate travel representative.

Nevertheless, master of ceremonies and DOT deputy assistant secretary for aviation Michael Reynolds-citing a key issue for the likes of American Express and the National Business Travel Association-asked eight times about the booking data that DOT requires GDS companies to offer participating carriers.

DOT is considering limitations on the data as part of an effort, with the...

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