Does Direct Connect Benefit Travelers?

Jorge Padilla and Salvatore Piccolo ()
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CSEF Working Papers from Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy

Abstract: Direct connect refers to a business practice that has become fashionable again in the travel industry after a period of irrelevance. Airlines provide direct access to their sales systems to travel retailers, who can thus avoid dealing with traditional indirect distribution intermediaries, such as GDS aggregators. Although this practice is often advertised as pro-competitive, we show that it may actually harm consumers, especially in very competitive environments.

Keywords: Agency Model; Direct Connect; Distribution Channels; Travel Industry. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L42 L50 L81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-10-22
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Journal Article: Does direct connect benefit travellers? (2020)
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