Daily Bulletin: GDSs come around to NDC | Marriott touts merged loyalty program   If you would like to View this message as a WebPage, please Click Here [/http://view.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=31dd67601b9774df34dc25fd454e8bd394ef2e04630ba629de7f8d9ec5d88e152107ea9d3859afc6b85c208b10c7d2c789b3782a4204b2d4e0f24d40deac2234cc25f1f7cff9d7034d270cdf25a96bf2] [Travel Weekly] DAILY BULLETIN August 13, 2018   [Advertisement]     http://click.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=59a2633fe70840e2111af62fdb3e5fff3b7d82849b30376067c171a30715a30989ff8267cfa616f882d2772623ae9362cf6df4c5a69197c9 TOP STORIES Embrace of NDC seen as ending logjam of GDS resistance [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Technology/Embrace-of-NDC-seen-as-ending-logjam-of-GDS-resistance?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrdb&cid=eltrdb] There was a time not so long ago when GDSs resisted IATA's New Distribution Capability, viewing it as a technology of disintermediation. How things have changed. 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