ebookers commits to Travelport in France

Migration of www.ebookers.fr successfully completed

Langley, 2012-09-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, has announced the successful migration of ebookers, a leading pan-European online travel agency, to their search and shopping product in France.  As a result,  ebookers customers using the French website now have access to the vast array of Traveport’s travel content, supported by advanced technology such as Travelport e-Pricing™, the leading fare shopping tool.

 “ebookers always aims to offer our customers the best online experience in terms of quality of content, speed of search and ease of booking, and we continually test the various technologies available to achieve this goal”, said Steven Rice, Senior Commercial Director at ebookers. “The ebookers and Travelport teams have collaborated excellently to tailor a product which has resulted in a great e-commerce experience for our French customers.”

Jason Clarke, Travelport’s Managing Director for Europe and Brazil commented: “The work to migrate an operation the size of ebookers should not be underestimated and the success we have had is a direct result of the partnership by both organisations and the high quality of our technology. We are looking forward to further strengthening our relationship with ebookers in Europe over the months to come.”

(French market only)

“With this major migration, Travelport France reinforces its footprint in the online space in France, where we have been supporting major players for many years and have developed tremendous expertise” commented Emmanuel Bourgeat, Travelport France General Manager.

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About Travelport (www.travelport.com)

Travelport is a broad-based business services company and a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions to companies operating in the global travel industry.

With a presence in over 170 countries, approximately 3,500 employees and 2011 net revenue of $2.0 billion, Travelport is comprised of the global distribution systems (GDS) business, which includes the Galileo and Worldspan brands and its Airline IT Solutions business.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Travelport is a privately owned company.

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About ebookers.com

ebookers.com, one of Europe’s largest online travel agents, prides itself on making travel booking decisions easier and offers excellent value travel with a best price guarantee. ebookers.com is a brand that is owned by Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW). It has origins going back 20 years and has close relationships with leading travel suppliers of hotels and airlines. It offers a huge selection of choice from over 250 airlines, over 100,000 hotels from around the world and car hire from most of the major international brands as well as providing both ski and cruise packages.

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