Online travel agencies expected to face competition for airline contracts - claim.(contracts between airlines and online travel agencies due for renewal, industry forecast)(Brief Article)

From: Airline Industry Information | Date: February 2, 2006 | Copyright information

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Online travel agencies are expected to have to show their worth as almost all contracts between US-based airlines and online travel agencies are due for renewal this year.

The situation is likely to cause new competition for the online travel agencies such as Expedia Inc, Sabre Holdings' Travelocity and Cendant Corp's Orbitz, and industry experts have reportedly said that online market is in for hard times. Companies like these are the end points for global distribution systems (GDS) but according to Reuters ...

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