LANGLEY, U.K., Oct. 16, 2018
/PRNewswire/ -- Travelport (NYSE: TVPT), the leading travel
commerce platform, announced today a renewed and long-term
partnership with India's Jet
Airways. The airline has signed a long-term supplier agreement with
Travelport that will be effective from April
2019 and enable online and offline travel agencies around
the world to shop, book and manage itineraries for leisure and
business travellers using the airline's extensive network and
codeshare alliances.
Effective April 2019, Jet Airways
- India's premier, full-service,
international airline, which operates flights to 66 destinations
worldwide - will also deploy Travelport's Rich Content and
Branding, from which over 270 airlines now benefit by displaying
graphical content, their fares families and a full range of
ancillary products. This means that Travelport will provide
the same content as Jet Airways' direct selling channels.
Travelport has seen a rapid expansion in India and beyond in recent years following the
acquisition of business from the largest online travel agencies
such as MakeMyTrip, Ibibo, Yatra, EaseMyTrip and ClearTrip as well
as working with the major corporate travel agencies and new
entrants to the travel sector such as PayTM. In addition to
industry-leading airline content, Travelport has also expanded its
footprint and capabilities considerably with leading hotel groups
and aggregators in India such as
Oberoi, Taj, Treebo and Trident.
Damian Hickey, Travelport's Head
of Air-Travel Partners, commented,
"Travelport's commitment to the Indian travel market and the
provision of the widest range of content has been further evidenced
today with the announcement of this new mutual commitment between
Jet Airways and our company beginning April 2019. Furthermore,
our position in the rest of Asia,
Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas - where Jet Airways
services the Indian diaspora, tourists and business people
travelling to this amazing country - means that we are able to
deliver to them a wide mix of international travellers. This is in
addition to the millions of outbound and domestic Indian travellers
they serve."
About Travelport (www.travelport.com)
Travelport (NYSE: TVPT) is the technology company which makes
the experience of buying and managing travel continually
better. It operates a travel commerce platform providing
distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the
global travel and tourism industry. The company facilitates
travel commerce by connecting the world's leading travel providers
with online and offline travel buyers in a proprietary
business-to-business (B2B) travel marketplace.
Travelport has a leadership position in airline merchandising,
hotel content and distribution, car rental, mobile commerce and B2B
payment solutions. The company also provides critical IT
services to airlines, such as shopping, ticketing, departure
control and other solutions. With net revenue of over
$2.4 billion in 2017, Travelport is
headquartered in Langley, UK, has approximately 4,000 staff and is
represented in 180 countries and territories.
In India, Travelport partners
with InterGlobe Technology Quotient (ITQ), a part of the Interglobe
Group, a leader in aviation, hospitality and travel related
services, contributing to the growth of market through innovation
and service leadership by building businesses and represent global
brands that deliver quality and value.
ITQ is an official distributor of Travelport in six markets
across Asia Pacific region
including India, Sri Lanka. Headquartered in Gurgaon, the
company provides cutting edge travel technology solutions with
unmatched inventory options to its customers helping them increase
their productivity and business efficiency. With an extended
network over 400 cities having 19 dedicated offices and 14 REPs,
InterGlobe Technology Quotient reaches out to over 36,000 agency
terminals, with a nationalised service centre and 16 training
centres having state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities
matching international standards.
Travelport Contacts:
Investors:
Majid Nazir, FCA, Head of
Investor Relations
T +44 (0) 1753 288 857
M +44 (0) 7552 212 129
majid.nazir@travelport.com
Media:
Julian Eccles, VP PR and
Communications
T: +44 (0)7720 409374
julian.eccles@travelport.com
Syaz Haniff, Senior Communications Manager, APAC
T +65 8128 0967
syaz.haniff@travelport.com
Cheryl Wu (吳夢), Communications
Manager, APAC
T +852 5966 3349
cheryl.wu@travelport.com
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SOURCE Travelport Worldwide Limited