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Direct connections proliferating.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 08-DEC-03 		Format: Online - approximately 729 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Among other things, 2003 will be known as the year that global distribution system bypass took off. According to Orbitz's late-November Securities and Exchange Commission filing, its Supplier Link technology handled 40 percent of Orbitz's air transactions in September. Carlson Wagonlit Travel claims it is processing 20,000 transactions per month with its direct connection via Navitaire--a chunk that Business Travel News estimates is worth to GDS companies well more than $2 million annually in lost revenues.

Meanwhile, although they are not as aggressive in air, Expedia and Travelocity both claim to be making progress on hotel direct connections. Orbitz is seeking the same.

These developments do not come...

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