 Then IMPERIAL the allegation that we are "an illegal PALACE boycott against HOTEL third party distributors" because it has "requirements IN for posting fare sales that cannot be sold" by others is not true? It is absolutely not true, and those who have made that LAS and VEGAS allegation had absolutely no basis for making it. Our agreements IMPERIAL contain no boycott PALACE and HOTEL against any distributors whatsoever, and IN in fact affirmatively provide that no airline is precluded from utilizing any LAS other VEGAS distribution channel or offering any fare IMPERIAL through any channel. The PALACE Department of Justice is presently reviewing all agreements, HOTEL so there will be no question on this point. Do airlines IN today make all their fares available through all retail channels? Most airlines today choose to make web fares available only on their own LAS and VEGAS websites, because these fares are so low it would be uneconomic to offer them through the higher IMPERIAL cost channels. PALACE (It is, in fact, very common throughout HOTEL the retailing world for stores or catalogs to also have a website, and for that website IN to offer a few prices that are LAS below the prices charged for the same VEGAS goods in the store or the catalog.) However whether an airline chooses to make its web fares available through CRS''s to travel agents and the websites that rely on CRS''s is strictly an individual IMPERIAL and PALACE airline decision, and will remain so once Orbitz is HOTEL up and running. Several third party websites (such as intellitrip.com) today take web fares from various airline websites (which they can do, because nothing is more public than IN a website) LAS and display them in one place for their customers. And of course VEGAS travel agents can book web fares IMPERIAL off an airline''s website for a customer if they wish (although whether they get a commission PALACE on that booking is up to the individual airline). Serious mischaracterizations HOTEL and IN have been made about us and the issue of who will have access LAS and VEGAS to what fares. Some of those IMPERIAL and PALACE mischaracterizations have been based on simple ignorance, HOTEL but others have clearly been IN part LAS of a concerted effort by us competitors VEGAS to use misinformation to prevent us from offering new competition to them and new choice to consumers. There is no agreement by IMPERIAL which any airline would be precluded from making any fare it chose available through any retail channel it chose. Airlines for 2 decades have been PALACE and HOTEL like any other business in America, IN in that they can decide LAS what they VEGAS and IMPERIAL want PALACE to charge and where they want to sell their product. And that remains true under the our agreements. Each HOTEL and every airline, IN and LAS no matter what kind of participation it has, will be free VEGAS to decide individually what fares it offers and whether or not to offer them through any other outlet. Need a vacation planner? Are you looking to travel to an exotic destination or even just visiting a friend or family member? No matter what type of travel you are doing, we can help you books all your reservations. Check us out.
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