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  2. Computer reservation system - Wikipedia

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    Most airlines have outsourced their CRSs to GDS companies, [1] which also enable consumer access through Internet gateways. Modern GDSs typically also allow users to book hotel rooms, rental cars, airline tickets as well as other activities and tours.

  3. Global distribution system - Wikipedia

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    GDS holds no inventory; the inventory is held on the vendor's reservation system itself. A GDS system will have a real-time link to the vendor's database. For example, when a travel agency requests a reservation on the service of a particular airline company, the GDS system routes the request to the appropriate airline's computer reservations ...

  4. Government Digital Service - Wikipedia

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    The strategy was proposed in a report called "Directgov 2010 and beyond: revolution not evolution" prepared by Martha Lane Fox, the founder of lastminute.com.In an interview, Francis Maude, minister with responsibility for GDS spoke about "powerful oligopolies" and the reliance on a single supplier as a cause of high-profile failures in public sector IT, such as NHS Connecting for Health.

  5. Worldspan - Wikipedia

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    Worldspan is a provider of travel technology and content and a part of the Travelport GDS business. It offers worldwide electronic distribution of travel information, Internet products and connectivity, and e-commerce capabilities for travel agencies, travel service providers and corporations.

  6. Airline reservations system - Wikipedia

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    Travel agencies and other indirect distribution channels access the same GDS as those accessed by the airline reservation systems, and all messaging is transmitted by a standardized messaging system that functions on two types of messaging that transmit on SITA's high level network (HLN).

  7. Sabre (travel reservation system) - Wikipedia

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    Sabre Global Distribution System, owned by Sabre Corporation, [1] is a travel reservation system used by travel agents and companies to search, price, book, and ticket travel services provided by airlines, hotels, car rental companies, rail providers and tour operators.

  8. Galileo GDS - Wikipedia

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    Galileo is a computer reservations system (CRS) owned by Travelport.As of 2000, it had a 26.4% share of worldwide CRS airline bookings. [1] In addition to airline reservations, the Galileo CRS is also used to book train travel, cruises, car rental, and hotel rooms.

  9. Pseudo city code - Wikipedia

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    Some GDS systems have a "training pseudo" where agents cannot make live bookings. These restrictions also allow airlines to negotiate fares with a company and restrict it to an individual company. Only those agencies within that pseudo-city code will be able to access and sell the fare. GDS examples are Galileo, Sabre, Amadeus.