{"id":22744,"date":"2020-04-14T09:27:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T09:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/worldspan\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T13:30:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:30:43","slug":"worldspan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/worldspan","title":{"rendered":"Worldspan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Worldspan in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Worldspan is a company providing worldwide <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ed-electronic-distribution\">electronic distribution<\/a> of travel information, internet products, connectivity and <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/e-commerce\">e-commerce<\/a> capabilities for travel agencies and other travel service providers, such as hotels.<\/p>\n<p>Its main system is the GDS (<a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/gds-global-distribution-system\">Global Distribution System<\/a>) \u2013 used by travel agents and <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/ota\">OTAs<\/a> to book\/ sell <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hotel\">hotel<\/a> rooms and other travel related products (airline tickets, rental cars, tour packages etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Originally, <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/worldspan\">Worldspan<\/a> was created in early 1990 when Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, and Trans World Airlines decided to merge their reservations systems into a single system. 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It is today part of Travelport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/amadeus\">Amadeus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/galileo\">Galileo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Synonyms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worldspan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Worldspan in the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-w"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Worldspan Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: Worldspan is a company providing worldwide electronic distribution of travel information, internet products, connectivity and e-commerce capabilities for travel agencies and other travel service providers, such as hotels.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/worldspan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Worldspan Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Definition: Worldspan is a company providing worldwide electronic distribution of travel information, internet products, connectivity and e-commerce capabilities for travel agencies and other travel service providers, such as hotels.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/worldspan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Xotels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-14T09:27:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-23T13:30:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Patrick Landman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@xotels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Patrick Landman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/worldspan#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/worldspan\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Patrick Landman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f51e882bd553ae1b905fc0214cdca6f5\"},\"headline\":\"Worldspan\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-14T09:27:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-23T13:30:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/glossary\\\/worldspan\"},\"wordCount\":119,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.xotels.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Hotel Terminology &amp; 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