Paul Broughton, Travelport’s Regional Managing Director, UK and Ireland, added: “Our team are looking forward to working closely with Trailfinders to build on our strong relationship and achieve their business goals and strategy for the coming years. To maintain their leadership in their field, Trailfinders needs access to both extensive global travel choice as well as the very best travel booking technology and this has remained our focus, and an area in which we have continued to invest in and lead in. We’re delighted that they have chosen Travelport again.”
About Trailfinders
Trailfinders was founded in 1970 by former SAS officer Mike Gooley with a staff of four. The company remains privately owned but today has a staff of over 1000 and has made travel arrangements for over 15 million clients. 30 travel centres are staffed by the most expert travel consultants in the industry. On hand 7 days a week we are located throughout the UK and Ireland. With a worldwide reputation, we have the widest range of flights, tours, hotels, cruises, car & motorhome hire across the globe. From budget to luxury our prices are amongst the lowest you will find anywhere. As the pioneers of tailor-made travel we believe there’s no substitute for one-on-one, bespoke service. Our travel consultants have between them travelled to over 96% of the world’s countries. As a result, the service and advice they offer is second to none
About Travelport
Travelport is a Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment, mobile and other solutions for the global travel and tourism industry. With a presence in approximately 180 countries, over 3,700 employees, our 2015 net revenue was over $2.2 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”.
Media Contacts:
Kate Aldridge
VP Corporate Communications
e: kate.aldridge@travelport.com
t: +44 (0)1753 288720
m: +44 (0)7921698757
Source: Travelport
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