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Sabre, whose reservations technology powers the Travelocity site, is developing a desktop platform to replace its mainframe system, which American Airlines and I.B.M. introduced in 1964.
But ITA is a catalyst of a major change that has been reshaping airline reservations technology -- away from outdated and expensive mainframe computer systems and toward inexpensive desktop computers that, hooked together, can deliver vast amounts of computing power.
Alex Zoghlin, chief technology officer of Orbitz, a travel Web site started last spring by a consortium of airlines, attributed the relative backwardness of reservations technology until recently to the airline industry's reluctance to invest in it.
The reservations technology used by Travelocity Business is different from the one used on Travelocity, and is not yet capable of calculating a total price, according to the company.
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The site was created by a relatively small team under The Hotel Industry Switch Company's (THISCO) John Davis, a key figure in the history of online travel, who formed one of the industry's major reservation technology providers, Pegasus.
The one-day TechTable summit will feature speakers and panel discussions on topics including big data, payment and reservation technologies, social media, and other key topics that highlight how high-tech solutions can support the "hi-touch" of hospitality through collaboration and innovation.
So much has changed since that all-night party on the SoCal reservation; fashion, technology, even the way we dance.
She has reservations about the technology that has produced immersive personal devices like music players, smartphones and video headsets.
Bryan Reimer, a scientist studying driver behavior at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has expressed reservations about semiautonomous technology, saying that it's difficult to keep drivers involved if they have nothing to do.
Older people are particularly prone to have reservations concerning modern computer technology and need to be properly approached.
Last week Datalex announced that its BookIt software would provide the reservations and customer relationship management technology for a Web portal developed by Continental, Delta, Northwest and United Airlines.
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