IN OUR online article dated September 15, 2011, on Kuoni Travel Group appointing Abacus International as its distribution service provider, we quoted Ashwini Kakkar, executive vice chairman of Mercury Travels India, as saying "Kuoni had made the right move given the fast-evolving distribution landscape in India". In fact, Kakkar did not say this.
Kakkar agreed to speak at the Abacus event only after repeated requests from Abacus, multiple assurances about neutrality, and on the condition he spoke only about "top industry trends".His speech was erroneously linked to Kuoni's decision to appoint Abacus, when in fact he spoke in general about "top industry trends".We also failed to highlight the chain of events between Kuoni, HRG, DNATA and the erstwhile SITA which led to the GDS change to Abacus from Travelport.All the travel companies where Kakkar is personally a stakeholder use the Galileo GDS of Travelport and, specifically in the case of Mercury Travels, the company is in the process of renewing its agreements with Galileo.
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