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Search for the term: "Display Bias" in the context of Airline GDS's (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_distribution_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob
by ramses0 9y ago
Search for the term: "Display Bias" in the context of Airline GDS's (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_distribution_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_distribution_system)
```A global distribution system (GDS) is a network operated by a company that enables automated transactions between travel service providers (mainly airlines, hotels and car rental companies) and travel agencies. Travel agencies traditionally relied on GDS for services, products & rates in order to provision travel-related services to the end consumers. A GDS can link services, rates and bookings consolidating products and services across all three travel sectors: i.e., airline reservations, hotel reservations, car rentals.```
https://www.tnooz.com/article/american-airlines-sues-sabre-over-display-bias-and-booking-fee-increase/ https://www.tnooz.com/article/american-airlines-sues-sabre-o...
http://fortune.com/2016/12/21/american-airlines-15-million-antitrust-sabre/ http://fortune.com/2016/12/21/american-airlines-15-million-a...
```The case concerned fees that Sabre and other travel reservation systems collect from airlines to display flights for booking.
At trial, Chuck Diamond, a lawyer for American Airlines, contended that Sabre used its power in the industry to “bully” airlines into paying unfair fees and signing unfair contracts that suppress competition and maintain its position.
The lawsuit claimed that provisions of a 2011 contract between US Airways and Sabre, including those governing what fares the airline makes available to a computerized network by Sabre used by travel agents, harmed competition.
The airline also contended that Sabre conspired with its competitors to not compete with each other for airline content like flight and fare information at the expense of consumers and innovation.```
...it sounds an awful lot _EXACTLY_ like this topic of discussion.
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s/travel service providers/information service providers/g