Travelport

New, multi-year distribution agreement includes full range of NDC-sourced Air Canada content for Travelport-connected agencies and travel management companiesLong-term partnership ensures worldwide distribution via Travelport+, including full end-to-end servicing of NDC bookingsLaunch of Air Canada’s NDC content expected in the coming months LANGLEY UK, October 11, 2023 – Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, and Air Canada, Canada’s flagship carrier, today announced they have renewed their content distribution agreement, which includes New Distribution Capability (NDC) content and servicing.With this agreement, Travelport-connected agencies worldwide will continue to have access to the...

First transaction booked on newly integrated platform signals a new era in streamlined travel bookingSALT LAKE CITY USA, September 28, 2023 – Christopherson Business Travel, a leader in innovative corporate travel solutions, and Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of suppliers worldwide, today jointly announced an industry first: being the first travel management company (TMC) to successfully issue a ticket on the revolutionary Deem platform since its integration with Travelport+. The move signals a significant advancement in corporate travel management and marks the dawn of a new era in modern retailing.The integration of...

Travelport is making it easier for agents and travelers to choose carbon-conscious trip options with transparent flight emission estimates, calculated using the publicly accessible Travel Impact Model (TIM)  LANGLEY UK, September 20, 2023 – Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of suppliers worldwide, today announced the launch of more transparent, enhanced carbon dioxide (CO2) emission estimates for flights on Travelport+ calculated using the publicly accessible Travel Impact Model (TIM), which has been developed by Google in partnership with the Travalyst coalition. This new feature is the first of Travelport’s wider product offering that...

Travelport, a travel technology company, wanted to put its modern retail platform, Travelport+, to the test: could it make the world’s most complex trip simple?Jamie McDonald, a British Adventurer better known as “Adventureman”, traveled to the Seven Modern Wonders of the World, using only public transport: the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, Petra, the Colosseum, Christ the Redeemer, Machu Pichu and Chichén Itzá The trip was booked by the travel agency, Travelbag, a partner of Travelport, who has been utilizing Travelport+ since its inceptionDuring the trip, Jamie traveled across 4 continents, landed in 9 countries, flew on 13...

LANGLEY UK, June 20, 2023 – Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, and Royal Jordanian Airlines, the flagship carrier airline of Jordan, today announced they have renewed the distribution and operator agreements to deepen their decades-long relationship.Under the agreements, Royal Jordanian Airline will continue to provide the widest range of products and ancillaries to Travelport-connected agencies worldwide, along with the highest level of service to its customers. Travelport will support the airline’s technological transformation by ensuring its robust product offering is delivered to agents through Travelport’s innovative, modern retailing platform,...

LANGLEY UK, August 3, 2023 – Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, today announced that New Distribution Capability (NDC) content from British Airways is now live on the Travelport+ platform. With Travelport, British Airways is delivering simplified access to NDC content to agents, so that travel retailers can easily book and service NDC offers for their customers. The content is available as of today in the UK and Ireland and will be followed by a global rollout for Travelport+ users around the world.“We’re delighted that, together with Travelport, we’re...

Just five months after Travelport announced the acquisition of Deem, the global technology company has confirmed the corporate booking tool’s integration with Travelport+LANGLEY UK, August 8, 2023 – Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of suppliers worldwide, today confirmed the integration with Deem, a leading corporate travel management platform, with Travelport+. The announcement comes just months after Travelport publicized the game-changing acquisition, a move intended to fulfill a growing need for a tight, fully-integrated tool that provides access and end-to-end servicing of all multi-source content, including NDC.“Business travelers want, and deserve, the same...

On 11 October 2022, the date of the King’s Coronation was announced. Within 24 hours of the announcement, international flight bookings to the U.K. increased by 149% for trips taking place during Coronation weekend.International travellers from Ireland (580%+), Italy (355%+), and Spain (349%+) seemed most eager to attend, with searches for UK-bound flights for that weekend seeing triple-digit increases within the 24 hours of the announcement.Travellers from the United States booked the most flights to the UK for Coronation weekend followed by India (#2), Australia (#3), Canada (#4), and Italy (#5).LANGLEY UK, 3 May 2023 – On 11 October 2022,...

Travel from China is back! Compared to last year, outbound flight bookings from mainland China have increased by 331% Tourists from mainland China are taking shorter trips this year, with 2 day and 3-4 day trip lengths more popular than in 2019 Hong Kong, Macau and Thailand are the top three destinations for travelers from mainland ChinaDuring the Chinese Labor Day travel season, outbound travel bookings from mainland China have reached a three-year high, with bookings up by 470% when compared to the same period in 2022LANGLEY, UK, 26 April 2023 – Travelport, a global technology company that powers bookings for hundreds...