Langley, UK, 2016-Feb-09 — /Travel PR News/ — Travelport (NYSE:TVPT), a leading Travel Commerce Platform, has announced a new deal with NG Travel Group, owner of Beach Tours, Dubai Tours and USA Tours. The new agreement will mean that all of NG Travel Group’s business will move to Travelport – starting with Beach Tours and Dubai Tours which have now launched on the Travel Commerce Platform.
Beach Tours and Dubai Tours are both online travel agencies based in Denmark which focus on the Danish leisure travel sector. Beach Tours targets travellers seeking high-quality travel packages at low prices to well-known destinations in Southern Europe and other select destinations. Dubai Tours specialises in offering travellers the best experiences that Dubai has to offer.
As part of the new agreement, NG Travel Group will utilise Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform to process travel bookings and provide users with real-time search, pricing, booking, payment and integrated itinerary creation for travellers. The group will also benefit from Travelport Smartpoint, the industry-leading agency point of sale solution that enables access to Travelport’s unrivalled travel content, including branded fares and ancillaries from the world’s leading national and low cost carriers.
Jan Lockhart, CEO at NG Travel Group said: “We are pleased to have reached a new agreement with Travelport. We will be utilising the unique products on offer to deliver unrivalled content, resulting in greater choice and convenience for our customers which will help us continue to provide the exceptional service we pride ourselves on.”
Peter Cramon, added: “This new deal is big news for Travelport and we are delighted that NG Travel Group sees the value that Travelport can bring to its business. This agreement is a testament to our ongoing commitment to help redefine how travel is booked and continue to improve the customer experience.”
About Travelport
Travelport is a Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the global travel and tourism industry. With a presence in over 170 countries, over 3,500 employees and 2014 net revenue of over $2.1 billion, Travelport is comprised of:
- A Travel Commerce Platform through which it 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 rate distribution, mobile travel commerce and a pioneering B2B payment solution that addresses the needs of travel intermediaries to efficiently and securely settle travel transactions.
- Technology Services through which it provides critical IT services to airlines, such as shopping, ticketing, departure control and other solutions, enabling them to focus on their core business competencies and reduce costs.
Travelport is headquartered in Langley, U.K. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol “TVPT”.
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SOURCE: Travelport