First GDS relationship for leading OTA to drive new hotel, car and flight content
Langley, United Kingdom, 2013-04-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — Travelport, a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions and data for the global travel industry, today announces a new agreement with On the Beach, one of the UK’s leading online travel agencies. The agreement is the first time On the Beach has signed a partnership with a GDS.
Carrying more than 900,000 passengers every year, On the Beach creates tailored holiday itineraries to popular beach destinations around the world. The partnership with Travelport allows the online agent to break into new hotel and flight options outside their current destination profile.
“Travelport’s uAPI technology allows us to tap-in to new flight and hotel content to build on our traditional beach travel product, and significantly grow our scheduled air offerings”, Andy Tilby-Baxter, Head of Supply at On the Beach, explained. “It opens up a whole new area for us to grow, and provides our customers with even more options to create exciting travel experiences.”
Simon Ferguson, UK & Ireland Regional Managing Director at Travelport, added: “On the Beach is a fantastic success story – growing to become one of the UK’s leading OTAs. Travelport is delighted to be fuelling the next phase of their exciting growth story.”
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About On the Beach
Founded in 1995, On the Beach is one of the UK’s leading online travel agencies carrying over 900,000 passengers every year (as members of ABTA K0813). We offer value for money flights and hotels to the world’s most popular beach holiday destinations, providing consumers with a huge selection of travel products, from 50 million available flight seats and more than 30,000 hotels around the world, insurance and in-resort transfer partners.
About Travelport
Travelport is a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions and data to companies operating in the global travel industry.
With a presence in over 170 countries, approximately 3,500 employees and 2012 net revenue of more than $2.0 billion, Travelport is comprised of the global distribution system (“GDS”) business, which includes the Galileo and Worldspan brands, its Airline IT Solutions business and a majority joint venture ownership in eNett.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Travelport is a privately owned company.
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