by Robert Solomon | Jun 14, 2014 | Airlines, B2B Software, Ecosystem, Industry Concentration, Travel |
An alert reader, Brett Owens, pointed out that I had compared Sabre and Travelport (two of the three major GDSs in the world) but failed to compare them to Amadeus, which is the largest of the three and is already public in the UK! I’m rectifying the situation...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 10, 2014 | Airlines, B2B Software, Pricing, Travel, Vertical Cloud |
In April, I wrote about the “grand-daddy of B2B platforms”, Sabre, and their then-pending IPO. See here and here. Recently one of their competitors, Travelport, followed suit and also filed for an IPO. It’s one of the few recent B2B software IPOs...
by Robert Solomon | Mar 3, 2014 | Airlines, Automobile, B2B Software, CPG/Retail, Foodservice
(This is the fourth in my series of posts on the nine value propositions offered by B2B platforms/multi-sided markets.) Value Proposition #4: Industry Catalogs There are plenty of catalog-based industries–office products and generic MRO are just two...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 5, 2014 | Airlines, Automobile, CPG/Retail, Healthcare, Industry Cloud
GHX, one of the early industry marketplace consortia (2000 anyone?), announced today that it had been acquired by Thoma Bravo a PE Firm. GHX was originally a consortium of suppliers to the healthcare industry–sort of the opposite of a GPO. Over time GHX added...
by Robert Solomon | Jan 28, 2014 | Airlines, B2B Software, Travel
In my last post, I promised to share some lessons gleaned from SABRE’s 50+ years of history as a B2B transaction platform. Many of these lessons are useful for today’s B2B entrepreneurs. Here are some key points gleaned from Sabre’s history and...
by Robert Solomon | Jan 24, 2014 | Airlines, B2B Software, Industry Cloud, Travel |
Sabre, one the grand-daddies of B2B transaction platforms, recently filed to go public. I should say, the great grand-daddy of all B2B transaction platforms. SABRE, you old fogies will recall, was the original passenger reservation system for American...
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