Amadeus vs Travelport vs Sabre: Explaining Main Global Distribution Systems

There’s a dozen GDSs in the world, but 98 percent of the market is shared between the big three - Sabre, Amadeus, and Travelport - companies with different histories, geographic coverage, and technical capabilities.

0:00 Southwest isolation from GDSs
1:21 How Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport dominate travel distribution
3:41 Comparing three core GDSs
5:16 GDS APIs
6:30 NDC (New Distribution Capability)
8:37 Applying for GDS acceptance
10:10 GDSs are here to stay

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Sources:

[ 1 ] https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_largest_airlines_in_North_America
[ 2 ]
https://www.flightglobal.com/southwest-launches-lawsuit-in-its-battle-to-stop-orbitz-/37311.article
[ 3 ] https://www.phocuswire.com/Southwest-sends-legal-warning-to-TripIt-which-complies#:~:text=Users%20of%20TripIt's%20premium%20service,to%20the%20itinerary%20management%20service.
[ 4 ] https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/041315/how-much-revenue-airline-industry-comes-business-travelers-compared-leisure-travelers.asp
[ 5 ] http://investors.southwest.com/news-and-events/news-releases/2019/08-05-2019-114522485
[ 6 ] https://developer.sabre.com/product-catalog
[ 7 ] https://developers.amadeus.com
[ 8 ] https://www.travelport.com/products/travelport-universal-api
[ 9 ] https://lhgroupairlines.com/ndc/
[ 10 ] https://www.phocuswire.com/Lufthansa-to-add-surcharge-to-every-booking-made-via-the-GDS

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Convoy Lines (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Truck_Stop/Convoy_Lines)
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