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Worldspan is a technology company that specializes in travel related software and systems. Its primary system is commonly known as a GDS (Global Distribution System) that is software used by travel agents and travel related websites to book airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, etc. Worldspan also develops and maintains the Deltamatic system which is used exclusively by Delta Air Lines for reservations and operations. A computer reservations system, or CRS, is a computerized system used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to travel. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... A travel agency is a store where individuals or families go to buy travel packages. ... A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis and especially for tourists. ... Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race An automobile is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... Delta Boeing 757-232 at Los Angeles International Airport in August 2003, showing the livery the airline instituted in 2000. ...


Worldspan's headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia in the U.S.A. Nickname: The Horizon City, Hotlanta, The Big Peach, A-Town, The ATL Official website: http://www. ...


Worldspan is a member of SITA. Sita Devi SITA ...


History

Worldspan was formed in early 1990 by Delta, Northwest Airlines, and Trans World Airlines to operate and sell its GDS services to travel agencies worldwide. In mid-2003, Worldspan was sold by its owner airlines to Citigroup Venture Capital and Toronto Teachers Pension Fund. Northwest Airlines (IATA: NW, ICAO: NWA, and Callsign: Northwest) is an airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, with three major hubs in the United States: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, and Memphis International Airport. ... A T&WA Douglas DC-3 is prepared for takeoff from Columbus, Ohio in 1940. ...


Worldspan has been outsourcing to India for 4.5 years.


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Worldspan Shifts IT Strategy To Focus On Tech Products - Technology News by InformationWeek (654 words)
Worldspan L.P., as part of a broad company strategy to focus more resources on developing technologies for its airline and hotel clients, is moving to a software-as-a-service model for three of its internal systems.
Worldspan CIO Sue Powers says the dramatic shift in strategy stems from a goal to squeeze more efficiency out of IT, so that she can shift resources to developing new products for clients.
Worldspan plans to wrap up its CRM migration in March, after which it expects to recoup the costs of the move within a year, and then see a 50% reduction in CRM-related costs, Powers says.
Worldspan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (214 words)
Worldspan is a technology company with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia that specializes in travel related software and systems.
Worldspan also develops and maintains the Deltamatic system which is used exclusively by Delta Air Lines for reservations and operations.
Worldspan is a member of SITA and has the IATA airline designator of 1P.
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