Ep. 12 - Brief History of Travel Distribution & Ticketing: From Sabre to the Super Bowl: How Travel Distribution is Shaping a $9 Trillion Industry
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Join host Mario Bauduin as he takes you on a thrilling journey through the history and evolution of travel distribution in this episode of Tickets to Travel. With over 20 years in the trenches of online travel and live entertainment ticketing, Mario unravels the chaos, brilliance, and, yes, the occasional questionable decision that have defined this $9 trillion global industry. From Sabre's clunky 1980s reservation systems to Priceline’s genius acquisition of Booking.com, discover how flights, hotels, and activities became the holy trinity of online travel—and why live event tickets remain the wild, wild west.
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