The Transportation Department wants to renew regulations of computer reservation systems, while the Department of Justice is opposed. Jay Cochran explains that computer reservation system rules have been completely overtaken by market events and new technologies.
A piece in yesterday’s Fort Worth Star Telegram reports that CRS giant Sabre wants to be deregulated but wants websites like Orbitz to be regulated. And, funny enough, Orbitz thinks that Sabre needs regulatory oversight…
Meanwhile travel agents are getting together in Las Vegas to sound the death knell. (Well, actually to talk about their problems, but it’s unclear they can actually do anything about their problems.)
