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Travelport has been running a slick marketing campaign about its innovations that showcases dancers and snowboarders. But we wanted the nerdy details about what’s technologically changing. So here’s the first in-depth interview with the company’s new tech chief.
Travelport is best known for helping travel agencies sell airline tickets. It joins rivals Amadeus and Sabre in processing nearly half the world’s air bookings.
“(This year) is going to be a watershed year for Travelport,“ Kershaw said.
- For years, the UK-based travel technology company has run three global distribution systems — Worldspan, Galileo, and Apollo.
- It now aspires to run on one platform, Travelport+, with Galileo as the main framework. I’ve heard a rumor of an October 1 goal.
- But Kershaw said he hasn’t decided on a “sunset date” for Worldspan and Apollo.
- “Our goal is not necessarily about consolidating,” Kershaw clarified….