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• Travel agents began pushing for a system that could automate their side of the process by accessing the various ARSes directly to make reservations.
    • American Airlines Executive Robert Crandall proposed creating an industry – wide computer reservation system.
    • To be a central clearing house for U.S. travel
    • 1976 ..United began offering its Apollo System to travel agents…It would allow the agents to book tickets on United’s competitors…The marketing value of the convenient terminal proved indispensible…SABRE, PARS and DATAS were soon released to travel agents as well…Video com International with British Airways, British Caledonian launched travicom
 TRAVICOm>>The world’s first multi- access reservations system ( wholly based on Videocom Technology).>>Forming a network providing distribution for initially two and subsequently 49 subscribing international airline
Includes:
    • British Airways
    • Pan American
    • World Airways
    • Qantas
    • Singapore Airlines
    • Air France
    • Lufthansa
    • Air Canada
    • Cathay Pacific
    • JAL
 1987 It allowed agents and airlines to communicate via a common distribution language and network, handling 97% of UK airline business trade bookings.>The system went on to be replicated by videocom in other areas of the world including the Middle East ( DMARS), New Zealand, Kuwait , Ireland, Carribean, United States and Hongkong.
TRAVICOM Was a trading name for travel Automation Services Ltd.>>Chose to participate in the development of the Galilieo system.>>Travicom changed its trading name to Galilieo UK and a migration process was put in place to more agencies from travicom to Galilieo.,
1980. >>European Airlines also began to invest in the field initially by deploying their own reservations systems in their homeland.>> consortium led by Air France and West Germany’s Lufthansa developed AMADEUS.
1993. Delta, Northwest Airlines and Trans World Airlines  formed Worldspan.
1993 Another...