Since the late 1990s, along with the development of the Internet, GDS's have emerged as a business in their own right, specializing in travel distribution for many different types of services (Buhalis and Licata 2002). Companies in the same type of industry were connected, as well as different industries, such as airline, hotel chains, and car rentals. GDS was established as a spin-off service that would link the different CRS's of multiple companies. In the 1980s, the need to conveniently access reservations for all aspects of the travel prompted different airlines and hotel chains to connect their inventory together and sell them directly to travel agents. During the 1960s, hotels and airlines started to build Central Reservation Systems (CRS) to handle reservations for their individual business or inventory. The service vendors include airlines, hotel rooms, car rentals, cruises, events, and activities. In the tourism and hospitality industries, GDS (Global Distribution System) refers to a network system connecting multiple vendors of services with end consumers or travel agents and allow them for direct booking.
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