# Commission Decision of 21 August 2007 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.4523 — Travelport/Worldspan) (notified under document number C(2007) 3938) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/781/EC), Division (23)

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

As long as TAs use ‘single-homing’, GDS providers have exclusive access to TAs belonging to their respective TA networks. Each GDS provider therefore has a certain degree of monopoly power in relation to TSPs that need to reach the TAs exclusively connected to one GDS. This monopoly power allows the GDS provider to charge higher prices to TSPs. These ‘monopoly rents’ extracted from TSPs are to a large extent used to cover the financial incentives granted to TAs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/781/division/2/3/2/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-781/division-2/3/2/5
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