Hourglass Part II
Hourglass Part II – After Lunch
Topics of Discussion:What To Do About The Lufthansa Situation
The Latest GDS Lawsuit
NDC
Hotel Third-Party CC/V-Pay Billing Solutions
New Overtime Rules?
Competitive Intelligence
Some other stuff
Anything else you want to talk about
What’s your plan?
Who said“Lufthansa will change business travel for the better”
in The Beat?
New class action lawsuit: Gordon et al vs Amadeus et al
I. INTRODUCTION
“Extortion plus bribery works.” — Sabre internal PowerPoint slide titled, “Why do airlines distribute through Sabre?”
1. “Extortion plus bribery works” aptly describes the business model Defendants use to maintain a market for their antiquated airline flight and fare information aggregation platforms.
NDC
Not your Daddy’s CRS
New Overtime Rules
On July 6, the U.S. Department of Labor published changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations that could substantially increase the number of office workers, professionals
and other white-collar employees entitled to receive overtime pay.
Do you have employees making between
$23,660 and $50,440 who you currently exempt
from overtime?
www.dol.gov/whd/overtime/NPRM2015/
Hotel Third-Party CC/V-Card Billing Partnerships
GBTA Educational SessionsDuty of Care (10)
Virtual Cards (3)
Sharing Economy (3)Mobile (2)
Millennials (2)
Big Data (1)
THE REALLY REALLY BIG DEBATE
Ben Carson Dennis Kasich Lindsey Graham Rick Santorum
Bobby Jindal Donald Trump Marc Rubio Rand Paul
Carly Fiorina George Pataki Mike Huckabee Scott Walker
Chris Christie Jeb Bush Rick Perry Ted Cruz
Jim Gilmore