Empowering Traveler Choice 

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www.traveltechnologyassociation.org 

March 18, 2013 

Electronically Submitted 

Secretary Ray LaHood 

United States Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington D.C. 20590 

Re: In the Matter of Agreement Adopted by the Passenger Services 

Conference of the International Air Transport Association as 

Resolution 787; Docket No. OST-2013-0048 

Secretary LaHood: 

 The Travel Technology Association1 hereby joins the concerns raised by 

Open Allies for Airfare Transparency about the substance of the International Air 

Transport Association (“IATA)’s March 11th Application (Docket No. OST-2013-

0048) with respect to approval of Resolution 787. 

 Travel Tech believes that Resolution 787 is more than the mere approval of 

standards as the Application claims and Travel Tech therefore encourages the 

Department of Transportation to look carefully at all relevant IATA documents 

before determining the adequacy of the Application. 

Accordingly, and for the reasons set forth in greater detail in the Open Allies 

Motion, Travel Tech respectfully requests that the Department issue an order 

requiring IATA and its members to submit all documents in their possession that 

relate or refer to Resolution 787 and NDC for consideration, and that the 

Department establish a procedural schedule only after such documents have been 

submitted and considered. 

 

1 The Travel Technology Association, or Travel Tech, is the association for 

online travel companies (OTCs) and global distribution systems (GDSs), and is 

dedicated to connecting consumers and travel providers, eliminating barriers to 

travel, and protecting consumers. 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A copy of the Travel Technology Associaiton letter was served on the 18th day of 

March by first class or priority mail on the following persons:

Douglas Lavin

Regional Vice President – North America

International Air Transport Association

1201 F Street, NW, Suite 650

Washington, DC 20004

Bert W. Rein

Bruce L. McDonald

Wiley Rein LLP

1776 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006

Chief, Transportation, Energy & 

Agriculture Section

Antitrust Division

Department of Justice

Washington, DC 20530

David Radcliff

Chief Executive Officer

Hogg Robinson Group

16 E. 34th Street, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10016

Paul Ruden

Senior Vice President of Legal and 

Industry Affairs

American Society of Travel Agents

1101 King Street, Suite 200

Alexandria, VA 22314

Pat Funk

Executive Director

Association of Retail Travel Agents

4320 North Miller Road

Scottsdale, AZ 85251-3606

Eric Bock

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal 

Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

Travelport

300 Galleria Parkway

Atlanta, GA 30339

Grey Webb

President

Sabre Travel Network

3150 Sabre Drive

Southlake, TX 76092

Scott Gutz

President and Chief Executive Officer

Amadeus North America, Inc.

3470 NW 82nd Avenue, Suite 1000

Miami, FL 33122

Barney Harford

Chief Executive Officer

Orbitz Worldwide Inc.

500 W. Madison St., Suite 1000

Chicago, IL 50551

Dara Khorsrowshahi

President/CEO

Expedia, Inc.

333 108th Avenue, NE

Bellevue, WA 98004

Robert L. Darbelnet

CEO/President

AAA Travel (AAA Inc.)

1000 AAA Drive

Heathrow, FL 32746
. 

Douglas Anderson

President/CEO

Carlson Wagonlit Travel

701 Carlson Parkway

Minneapolis, MN 55305

Sam Jain

CEO/Chairman

Travelong Inc.

212 W. 35th St., Suite 1302

New York, NY 10001

Jeffery H. Boyd

President/CEO

Priceline.com

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, CT 06854

Michael Batt

Chairman/Founder

Travel Leaders Group

3033 Campus Drive, Suite W320

Joop Drechsel

Chief Executive Officer

BCD Travel

6 Concourse Parkway, Suite 2400

Atlanta, GA 30328

Norman Knowles

Group VP

Loyalty Travel Agency

6442 City West Parkway

Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Dean Smith

President

FC USA

69 Spring St.

Ramsey, NJ 07446

Bryan Leibman

President/CEO

FROSCH

1 Greenway Plaza, Suite 800

Houston, TX 77046

William H. Tech

CEO/President

Travel and Transport Inc.

2120 S. 72nd Street

Omaha, NE 68124

Priscilla Alexander

President

Protravel International Inc.

515 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Alexandre Chemla

President

Altour International Inc.

1270 Avenue of the Americas, 15th FLOOR

New York, NY 10020

Brad Tolkin/Jeff Tolkin

Co-Chairman/CEO

World Travel Holdings

100 Fordham Road

Wilmington, MA 01887

Peter Liney

Chief Executive Officer

STA Travel

750 State Highway 121, Suite 250

Louisville, TX 75067

James E. Wells

Chief Executive Officer

World Travel Inc.

1724 West Schuylkill Road

Douglassville, PA 19518
. 

Gloria Rohan

CEO/President

Omega World Travel

3100 Omega Office Park

Fairfax, VA 22031

Tammy Krings

CEO/Leadership Coach

TS24

7775 Walton Parkway

New Albany, OH 4304

Paul Metselaar

Chairman/CEO

Ovation ravel Group

71 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10003

Yoshimori Himeno

President

JTB

19700 Mariner Avenue

Torrance, CA 90503

Jeff Smith

President

Travizon Inc.

275 Mishawum Road, Suite 300

Woburn, MA 01801

Lisa Durocher

SVP/General Manager

American Express

World Financial Center

200 Vesey Street

New York, NY 10285

Patrick Fragale

President/COO

Directravel

860 Wyckoff Avenue

Mahwah, NJ 07430

Jonathan Perkel

Senior VP, General Counsel

Travelocity

3150 Sabre Drive

Southlake, TX 76092

David Kelly

Executive Director

Open Allies for Airfare Transparency

439 New Jersey Ave, SE

Washington, DC 20003

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Robin Reck