Langley, United Kingdom, 2013-03-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — Travelport, a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions and data for the global travel industry, today announces a new long-term technology agreement with Holiday Genie, a leading UK independent online travel agency.
The new agreement builds upon 15 years’ technology partnership between Travelport and Holiday Genie, one of the UK’s fastest expanding independent online travel agencies. Holiday Genie will use Travelport’s leading-edge search and e-pricing tools, as well as migrating to the Universal API, opening up access to a greater variety of hotel and ancillary travel content.
“Holiday Genie’s expansion has meant we need a technology provider who can deliver high-performance, high-accuracy search”, Faisal Butt, Managing Director, explained. “We’ve come back to Travelport once again as we know we can count on the superior platform and intelligent content our customers expect.”
“Our continued relationship with Holiday Genie demonstrates Travelport’s leadership in supporting the online travel agent community”, Simon Ferguson, UK & Ireland Regional Director at Travelport, added. “Our goal is to drive them to the next level of expansion through wider range of content, superior search and pricing tools, and access to Travelport’s unique open platform.”
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About Holiday Genie (www.holidaygenie.com)
Holidaygenie.com is an independent tour operator sending over 67,000 passengers last year to destinations all over the world from Europe to America to the Indian Ocean and beyond.
Initially starting as a flight only operator, Holidaygenie.com moved into the package holiday market 11 years ago due to the increase demand from our clients to include accommodation, carhire or transfers to their bookings. Being fully licensed by ABTA, ATOL and IATA, our service provides clients with the extra reassurance and protection required when booking their holidays.
About Travelport: (www.travelport.com)
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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