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Proprietary Data Show Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport Processed More than 1.1 Billion Worldwide Transactions in 2008 SHERMAN, Connecticut, January 14 – Travel industry research authority PhoCusWright released the first-ever comprehensive study of the Global Distribution Systems (GDSs) that provide much of the electronic infrastructure behind airline, hotel, car rental, and other travel transactions.... 

Following discussions with and presentation by Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi at the PhoCusWright Conference, we came away with several financial implications for the travel industry:   1) Efforts in Europe, 2) Cyclicality of the business model, and 3) Developments with the Global Distribution Systems (GDS). Europe Expedia has lagged in Europe relative to Priceline in large part due to less inventory...