In years to come industry commentators will remember where they were the day Travolution announced its intention to move into the GDS space by teaming up with start-up Lirpaloof.com.
After at least six months in the planning, when most people actually thought we were continually bleating about our Awards and Summit, myself and Travolution publishing director Simon Ferguson have been in top-level discussions with Lirpaloof.com to launch what we believe could be the first serious challenge to the stranglehold of the major GDSs.
Much has been made of the so-called mini or Smart-GDSs, but Travolution-Lirpaloof.com’s plan, known as Project Baba, will revolutionise the process further.
The partnership will draw on the skills of both companies: Travolution will be able to work with its vast array of contacts within the airline industry to negotiate favourable distribution rates for fares.
Lirpaloof.com will use its superior technology, developed initially for the Blackberry market, to run the complex […]
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