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WomPom.news first
published in 1997, although under different titles, in Canada and the U.S. The
reaction, by Sabre Canada, to having GDS incentives disclosed, was impressive.
Obviously a nerve had been hammered.
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This was thought to be a area that deserved
further exploration. It was obvious that Sabre had some secrets they didn't want
exposed, and someone we will call Jamie, decision to 'lean on' us, led to an
escalation of interest in the activities of Sabre Canada. |
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First Sabre made an 'offer' to 'steer'
business as a benefit for not continuing to disclose what they claimed
was 'Confidential Information'. It sued, the wrong person, for $1,000,000 and attempted certain
other actions, all designed to suppress information, all of which
failed, at considerable cost to itself.
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The action was
initiated by someone we, and many others, call Jamie, his rotundness being well known in Canada
- he lives in Unionville, Markham, Ontario - and sought to seize all the
computers, hard drives, software, data, etc., belonging to the person they
thought was issuing these newsletters, so that the Sabre lawyers, the
notorious firm known as MacTit, could pour through them.
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Sabre
has always been high-handed and it's devious sales strategies pivoted on the
premise that few Agencies talked to others, and therefore it could hit
Agencies with identical characteristics different amounts, determined by the
negotiating skills of both parties. With this isolation stripped away, Sabre's
sales techniques were compromised and the handsome pricing 'overrides' with
respect to one Agency could not be repeated. |
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No one can satisfactorily explain why there
are no price lists, published publicly, for all Agencies to see and
make a decision as to which GDS/CRS system to go with. Instead we have
the farce of salespeople travelling around handing out 'Confidential
Offers' - which have absolutely no force in law - for Agencies to
'share' with salespeople from competing GDS/CRS. |
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With
the resulting publicity, 'plain brown envelopes' started to arrive with
information about other travel vendors activities - all equally damaging to
the Travel Agency community - and these, too, were published. Increasingly,
the sources became more trusting of one another and more people joined a
InterNet 'chat' room that was established to share information. The
InterNet enabled an ever-enlarging group to share information whilst most
participants remained unknown to each other. This holds true to this day, Only
three WomPoms know each others identities, etc. |
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The InterNet also allowed new communications to
be developed, the most important of these being the E-Mail function, which
permits mass communication at high-speed and minimum cost.
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One WomPom participant developed a business
transmitting e-mail fare sheets and other travel information, which provided the
high-speed e-mail servers that allow us to distribute WomPom.news extremely
quickly, permitting distribution from servers outside the target areas and
thereby taking advantage of time zone differences.
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Studies of the InterNet show that the busy times
occur with the cycle of the sun; most human activity occurs during daylight
hours. This means that we transmit to North America from the Far East, the Far
East from within the Far East and Europe, and Europe from North America. |
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Legal conveniences, exploited by moneyed business, require us to
take certain legal precautions to minimise intimidation, suppression and, most
importantly, interruption of our activities. It is hardly surprising that
Sabre tried to use Canadian law to stop transmissions emanating from the U.S.A.,
as the laws differ substantially. |
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WomPom.news does
accept advertising; WomPom.news editorial content is totally separate, and
independent, of the advertising and has priority over any other consideration.
Certain entities within the travel industry use their large advertising
budgets to suppress editorial content; if a certain Canadian weekly magazine is
receiving $12,000 for a single page advertisement, you can bet that the
editors will conveniently suppress derogatory news about such advertising
clients. Happens all the time, and editorial content demonstrates the effect.
Not so with WomPom; it would likely have quite the opposite effect. We have
already declined advertising from entities whose activities are an anathema to
us. We are no hypocrites. |
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The activity now
centres on offices located in Canada, U.K., U.S.A. and the Far East. There are
5 world regional editions employing three languages. |
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WomPom, the name
The name WomPom came about when InterNet registrations were being made one
Sunday afternoon and all the desired names were found to be used. At a moment
of frustration, a song was heard on the radio and the catchy tune suggested
the name. So WomPom was chosen! There is no other WomPom, active, anywhere.
The name is registered and copyright, in several jurisdictions. Accept only
the genuine article. |
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