April 2008 – Travel Technology Consulting Inc.

April 28, 2008

QuickMobile

Tweet I had the opportunity to attend the Dow Jones Wireless Innovation Conference last week in Redwood Shores, CA. The event is primarily designed to connect new mobile start-ups with funding, but the show had some interesting panels where today’s hot mobile topics where debated (e.g. open systems, Internet devices, LBS). More on panel discussions coming soon in later blog […]

April 18, 2008

Microsoft acquires Farecast

Tweet Yesterday’s disclosure that Microsoft had acquired Farecast was a surprise to many in the travel industry. Is this a new online travel initiative from the original creators of Expedia? Will Farecast be integrated into Microsoft’s Live Search? First a bit of background. I was first introduced to Oren Etzioni through my client Fetch Technologies. This was back in 2002 […]

April 7, 2008

Travelport and G2Switchworks

Tweet On Friday April 4, 2008 Travelport announced that they were acquiring from G2 Switchworks “certain software assets and intellectual property to be used in the development of a future Travelport agent desktop solution.” Given all the hype of GDS verses GNE over the last four years, what does this deal mean to alternative distribution? There are a number of […]