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Technology Stocks : Travelocity/Hidden Internet Play?
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To: John Liu who wrote (3)7/14/1998 10:01:00 AM
From: Markas  Read Replies (1) of 10
 
Hi John.
No, it is not a pure internet play, but that "may"
be why it has been relatively undiscovered by the masses.
Travelocity is just one of the products from one of
four divisions within The Sabre Group. The Sabre Group
itself is approx 85% owned by American Airlines which
controls approx 110mil class B common shares versus
approx 22 mil class A common shares in the public float.
Be aware that the figures available through Yahoo
Finance and elsewhere seem to ignore the class B shares
and report erroneously low outstanding shares and high
cash on hand per share.

To check out Travelocity yourself go to Yahoo and click
on travel. This will take you to a Yahoo fronted page
running Travelocity's service. From there, you can go directly to the Travelocity home page by clicking on their logo. The fact
that Yahoo links directly to Travelocity indicates to me that most people who use Yahoo will be more likely to go to Travelocity
than elsewhere. This combined with the fact that the service is
much faster than competitors, more effective, and user friendly.
I don't believe anyone can claim top gun in the industry of
online travel reservations, it's being fought for right now,
primarily by Travelocity and Microsoft's Expedia service.
The recent reviews of Travelocity gained attention when it
trounced Msft's Expedia in independent tests comparing ability
to locate cheapest fares. It was the hands down winner. One of
the advantages Travelocity has, is to already have the database necessary for the task, not to mention it's association with
Yahoo. Other travel sites must compile this information directly
from the airlines, other providers similar to TSG or TSG itself.
I am not familiar with the provider of the travel service on AOL, which I have also heard is effective. I guess that's another
research project.
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