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Worldspan bags Worldchoice
Worldchoice has selected Worldspan as its preferred GDS.
The agent consortium boasts around 700 agent members in the UK. They will be able to choose from a number of Worldspan products, including Intercative World Files and Power Products. Agents will also be able to sign up for Total Rate, a program which was launched last month, and allows agents to book web fares and no-frills fares.
The deal is particularly lucrative to Worldspan because the GDS could benefit from the potential alliance between Worldchoice and two other consortias; the Travel Trust Association and MidConsort. The new alliance, which would be called the Independent Travel Agents’ Alliance would include 1,400 agents.
Read our previous stories:
21-Jan-2003 Comment by Jeremy Skidmore: Travel agent link-up the way forward
10-Jan-2003 Worldspan offers free automated refunds
03-Dec-2002 Worldspan seeks redundancies
25-Nov-2002 Comment: Agent consortia should join, says Jeremy Skidmore
14-Nov-2002 Worldspan will keep US Airways, for the moment
05-Nov-2002 Worldspan threatens US Airways
01-Nov-2002 Worldspan agents will have no-frills access next month
08-Jul-2002 Worldchoice conference venue announced
16-May-2002 Trudy Redfern joins Worldchoice
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