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14 MAR 2011 |
Game for a Cause!
Posted in Your Ideas by AirPlus Editor Win an iPad in this year’s 3rd Annual March Madness online tournament! Last year we raised almost $3,000 for the Care&Share organization and purchased a trailer to bring fresh drinking water to these children in India. We say Thank You to all in the industry who supported us in this cause! And this year, AirPlus International, Inc. is at it again – although we’ve upped the stakes! This year’s winner of our online tournament will receive a new Apple iPad (32GB with WiFi)!
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25 FEB 2011 |
Expense On the Go
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team Mobile expense reporting is gaining traction in nearly 50 percent of companies. Mobile travel management tools continue to create a lot of buzz in the industry, whether in the form of itinerary managers, flight delay/cancellation notification, mobile hotel check-in or other newsworthy technologies. These service-oriented applications are great for travelers, but they do not necessarily support enterprise travel management, with data, compliance assurance or other benefit for the travel program. To that end, the managed program would likely need configurable travel shopping, booking and expense reporting tools on a mobile platform.
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26 JAN 2011 |
Distribution Scuffle or Industry Re-Shuffle?
Posted in Blog, The Wire by AirPlus US Team A face-off between American Airlines, Orbitz, Expedia and Sabre is causing a row in the travel industry and calling into question the future of airline content distribution. Tension has been building since December 2010, when American pulled its listings from online travel site Orbitz over a charge dispute. In a gesture of solidarity, Expedia delisted American content and, analysts say, the airline is now attempting to cut out the GDS systems entirely. Southlake, TX-based GDS provider Sabre fought back in January by doubling distribution fees and disfavoring American flights in its search results, saying it is “taking actions to protect its interests and those of its customers by supporting airlines who value the transparency and efficiency of the proven system we provide,” but a Fort Worth court temporarily barred the GDS provider from continuing that action. Read more
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