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OTHER TECHNOLOGY STORIES. ■ The Vertical Group-owned websites on average 20% net savings per ticket.
■ OpenTravel, the industry distribution Bedbank.com and Bedbankski.com are The survey compared Sabre’s Bargain
standards development organisation, running a competition to win an iPod. Finder Plus, Amadeus’s Value Pricer and
celebrates its 10th anniversary at its 2009 The group’s Manchester-based agency, Travelport’s Galileo Optimal Shopper.
Advisory Forum, on April 20-22, in Seattle. Miss Ellies, has a new charter programme for
John Lambe, OpenJaw Technologies chief peak travel periods to popular destinations ■ A new version of B2B white-label product
technology officer, is vice-chairman of the from Manchester, Glasgow and Gatwick. TeMyra Agent has been launched. It now
OpenTravel board and urged agents to “place offers agents the ability to make seat and
increased focus on improving conversion ■ Dolphin Dynamics has extended the meal requests; and generate, print or send
rates and maximising revenue from range of air products available within its documents such as itinerary with an
potential customers”. Dolphin and FlightScanner platform integrated mail programme. Supporting call
following the completion of an XML-based centre agents can log in to all agencies with
link with TelMe Farebase. just one password.
The new service enables Dolphin’s agents HitchHiker provides all necessary hard
and operator customers to sell and package and software for TeMyra.net applications.
TelMe Air content in shops, call centres and
also via Dolphin’s internet booking engine ■ Sue Stempt, operations director at web
products. Dolphin Dynamics will add links technology specialist Ypsilon UK and
to more product suppliers throughout 2009. Ireland, said the company’s new flight
booking solution allows agents to compare
■ A survey by research group Topaz found and book more than 120 no-frills carriers.
the Sabre global distribution system is four Users of the Ypsilon Transfare fare filing
times more likely to find the lowest fare tool can specify preset departure groups and
than either Amadeus or Travelport for arrival points, such as northern England to
agents in Europe, Middle East and Africa. southern Spain. The Ypsilon engine also
Commissioned in late 2008 to compare allows mixing of content from many
low-fare search capabilities against all major sources, merging fares from consolidators,
GDSs, the study revealed that Sabre delivered GDSs, low-cost carriers and charter airlines.
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