Editing Worldspan (section)

==Recent events==
In December, 2006, [[Travelport]], owner of the [[Galileo CRS|Galileo GDS]], Gullivers Travel Associates (GTA) and a controlling share in [[Orbitz]], agreed to acquire Worldspan. However, at the time, management of Travelport did not commit to the eventual merging of the two GDS systems, saying that they were considering all options, including running both systems in parallel.<ref>[http://www.btnmag.com/businesstravelnews/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003671960 Travelport Posts Strong Third-Quarter Growth, Despite Loss Of Expedia Business Worldspan global distribution system receives high ranking.]  ''Business Travel News Online'', November 13, 2007. Accessed November 20, 2007.</ref> On August 21, 2007, the acquisition was completed for $1.4 billion and Worldspan became a part of Travelport GDS, which also includes Galileo and other related businesses. On September 28, 2008, the Galileo and Apollo GDS were moved from the Travelport datacenter in Denver, Colorado to the Worldspan datacenter in Atlanta, Georgia (although they continue to be run as separate systems from the Worldspan GDS).

In 2012, Worldspan customers were migrated from the [[Transaction Processing Facility|TPF]]-based FareSource pricing engine to Travelport's [[Linux]]-based 360 Fares pricing engine already used by Galileo and Apollo.  Although the three systems share a common pricing platform, they continue to operate as separate GDS.