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  • News: Gray Dawes keeps Travelport as technology provider

    Travelport, the business services provider to the worldwide travel industry, has today announced a brand new multi-year agreement with Gray Dawes, a number one travel and expense management company, and member of the Guild of Travel Management Companies (GTMC), inside the Uk. Apart from this renewal, Gray Dawes also intends to integrate Travelport Universal Desktop into its roadmap. 

    “We thought hard and long about what we wanted from our travel technology provider and decided that Travelport’s product suite and rich content fitted perfectly with our requirements and growth strategy,” said Suzanne Cockburn, CEO of Gray Dawes. “We’re very excited to be moving to Travelport technology so that it will deliver increased efficiency to our business and enable us to present an excellent better service for our clients.”

    “We are delighted to be continuing our strong working relationship with Gray Dawes. Travel Management Companies must put money into leading point-of-sale solutions, and grey Dawes is a brilliant example of a forward-looking business,” said Simon Ferguson, Regional Director UK & Ireland, Travelport. “With their excellent service model and support infrastructure paired with our technology, content and support, we glance forward to continuing our strong relationship going forward.”

  • News: Brooker Travel Group re-signs with Travelport

    Travelport, the business services provider to the worldwide travel industry, has today announced that their long-standing partnership with prominent New Zealand travel agency, Brooker Travel Group, have been extended with the signing of a brand new multi-year agreement. The agreement, which sees Brooker Travel continue to exploit Travelport’s Galileo platform as its sole GDS provider, will give Brooker Travel consultants access to Travelport’s suite of industry-leading products.  Included on this portfolio are products aimed toward improving operational efficiencies via solutions along with the Travelport Smartpoint App™, Travelport ViewTrip™ Mobile and Travelport Rooms and More™.

    Andrew Carmody, Managing Director of Brooker Travel Group, says, “At Brooker Travel we believe that travel technology, coupled with unparalleled customer support, is the important thing to our success. We were some of the first travel agencies in New Zealand to implement a GDS reservations system and our long-standing relationship with Travelport have been very successful.  We’re pleased to continue partnering with them as their commitment to travel technology and innovation matches our own interest during this area.”

    Robert Clark, Travelport’s New Zealand Commercial Director says, “Travelport is pleased with its long-term relationship with Brooker Travel and congratulates them on their strong and stable growth within the New Zealand market. We glance forward to continuing to produce support on the high level that they’ve come to expect from us.”

  • News: Travelport extends its reach to Tunisia

    Travelport, the business services provider to the worldwide travel industry, has announced that that is extending its footprint in Africa with a brand new distributor operation in Tunisia.

    The news follows the appointment of SIR Tunisie SARL as Travelport’s new partner in Tunisia and signifies that Galileo services turns into available within the country with immediate effect.

    The Tunisian launch is the most recent milestone in Travelport’s expansion in Africa, where the GDS provider is now operating in 47 countries with more within the pipeline.

    SIR Tunisie SARL will distribute the Galileo GDS platform to local travel agencies, providing them with industry-leading technology, access to the wealthy airline, hotel and car content in addition to comprehensive training and support services.

    The launch of the Tunisian operation was marked with a unique event held in Tunisian capital, Tunis, and attended by greater than 200 industry guests including travel agents, airlines and government representatives.

    “Africa – and particularly North Africa – is a key strategic investment region for Travelport and this official launch of economic operations in Tunisia serves as a testament to our commitment to this crucial component of the area,” said Rabih Saab, President and Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, Travelport, on the launch event. “With its extensive local market knowledge and technical expertise, our appointed distributor is extremely well positioned to grow Travelport’s business in region and effectively serve our new travel agency customers here.”

    “Travelport will bring a brand new dimension to the travel and tourism industry in our country,” said Nejib Ghozzi, CEO of SIR Tunisie SARL. “As a brand new GDS provider in Tunisia, we are going to create a competitive advantage that may benefit the travel agents who’re always searching for alternative GDS providers. We’re captivated with our business and watch for bringing these great benefits to the travel industry in Tunisia.”

  • News: Volotea chooses Travelport e-ticket technologies

    Travelport, the business services provider to the worldwide travel industry, today announces a brand new long-term IT services agreement with Volotea, the brand new low-cost European carrier headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. Volotea, which commenced operations in April 2012, is the most recent participant in Travelport’s electronic ticket database hosting service, and has also joined the Travelport E-Ticket Interchange™. The technologies are central to Volotea’s growth and expansion plans through more distribution channels, including global distribution systems (GDS).

    Travelport’s e-ticket database hosting service, the Travelport ETDBase™, is in use by airlines globally to quickly implement e-ticketing, and store and manage e-ticket data for online and interline e-ticketing (IET). The answer makes interline connections a price-effective process, yet allows airlines to preserve control over their very own interline agreements. The Travelport E-Ticket Interchange™, one of the vital largest global e-ticketing facilities for the exchange of interline e-ticket messages between airline partners, including ground handlers, supports nearly 420 participants and over 6,000 interline/codeshare agreements, processing over 55 million messages monthly.

    “Travelport technologies have solved business issues and removed barriers to growth by eliminating IT complexities, yet enabling us to compete in any channel, with any airline, with the aid of the foremost advanced e-ticket and interline solutions,” said Alex de Jesús, Volotea’s CIO.

    “We are pleased to partner with Volotea in providing the easiest tools available for e-ticket database hosting, and simple connections to their chosen industry partners,” said Derek Sharp, Travelport, managing director, Global Distribution Sales & Services, Travelport. “Airlines need rapid deployment and proven tools, but additionally flexibility that clings to unique processes. Travelport IT solutions allow Volotea to stay true to its unique business and fiscal model.”

    Through Travelport’s IT partnership with Navitaire®, Volotea’s host system provider, Volotea is combining connectivity tools and capabilities deployed by top airlines worldwide within the distribution channels of Volotea’s choice.

    Travelport designed the airline industry’s first proven suite of messaging ‘interchanges’ allowing fast, easy connections to airline partners through a rapid deployment methodology. The

    Travelport Interchange Suite™ helps airlines expand partnerships, connectivity and sales by eliminating an airline’s ought to build and maintain its own interline connections to airlines, passenger service systems and travel industry partners. The portfolio complies with industry standards, and existing links are already established with virtually every airline, passenger service system, GDS and ground handler on the planet.

  • News: Consolid designates Travelport primary technology partner

    Travelport, the business services provider to the worldwide travel industry, today announces an extended-term agreement with Consolid, a number one multiple points of sale consolidator in Latin America. The hot agreement establishes Travelport as Consolid’s travel technology partner, providing access to travel content including air, hotel, car rental and cruise lines via its Worldspan platform.

    Consolid will incorporate Travelport’s Worldspan platform and Universal API technology within the following Central and South American countries: Uruguay, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay, El Salvador, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Panama, in addition to the usa. With over 15,000 travel agency clients and 385 offices within the region, Consolid offers a comprehensive network of distribution and sales for the Latin American travel industry.

    “As Consolid continues to expand in Latin America, we’re faced with the challenge of choosing a travel technology partner who can grow and continually evolve alongside us,” said Joaquin Navasal, General Manger, Consolid. “Travelport’s innovative technology, paired with their first-rate customer support, made our choice a simple one.”

    “As a frontrunner in Latin American travel distribution and sales, Consolid is definitely positioned to continue its expansion inside the region,” said Martin Invernizzi, Travelport’s Country Manager for Argentina and Uruguay. “Travelport is proud to be Consolid’s chosen technology partner and we glance forward to providing their customers, members and partners with the foremost innovative and effective travel solutions within the industry.”

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