Travelport announces new agreement with leading provider of duty of care solutions e-Travel Technologies Inc.

Unrivalled Travel Content is Key to Serving Corporate Market

ATLANTA, 2014-9-4 — /Travel PR News/ — Travelport, a leading travel commerce platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $7 trillion global travel and tourism industry, today announces a new agreement with e-Travel Technologies Inc., a leading provider of duty of care solutions. The e-Travel Technologies product portfolio addresses liability concerns of travel professionals and travelers, and satisfies corporations’ duty of care responsibilities. It includes: travel alerts, travel advisories, and travel tracker databases and is available globally to Travelport-connected travel agents.

Scott Hyden, managing director, Sales, Americas, Travelport, said, “We are pleased to add e-Travel Technologies and their travel risk management services to our roster of duty of care solutions for the corporate travel market. e-Travel Technologies solutions are integrated to Travelport point-of-sale platforms via The Travelport Developer Network, a program specifically designed for independent software developers seeking to integrate their solutions with Travelport.”

Added, Hyden, “Travelport’s open platform and the Travelport Developer Network enable flexible access to a wide range of content and services not typically available in this distribution channel. Offering the widest range of unrivalled travel content – whether it’s duty of care solutions such as e-Travel’s portfolio, independent hotels or low-cost carriers that don’t play in the GDS channel – is key to serving the corporate market.”

Don Churchill, president, e-Travel Technologies Inc., said, “With the rapidly increasing demand for duty of care services, we are confident that our combined products will make a significant contribution to Travelport‘s value proposition in the corporate travel marketplace.”

For more information on the Travelport Developer Network, click here: https://developer.travelport.com/

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About Travelport (www.travelport.com)
Travelport is a leading travel commerce platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $7 trillion global travel and tourism industry. With a presence in over 170 countries, approximately 3,600 employees and a net 2013 revenue of $2.1 billion, Travelport is a privately owned company comprising:

  • Our Travel Commerce Platform, through which we facilitate travel commerce by connecting the world’s leading travel providers with online and offline travel buyers in our proprietary business-to-business (“B2B”) travel commerce marketplace. As travel industry demands evolve, we are utilizing our Travel Commerce Platform to redefine the electronic distribution and merchandising of airline core and ancillary products, as well as extending our reach into the growing world of travel commerce beyond air, including to hotel, car rental, rail, cruise-line and tour operators. In addition, we have leveraged our domain expertise in the travel industry to design a pioneering B2B payment solution that addresses the needs of travel intermediaries to efficiently and securely settle travel transactions. We also utilize the extensive data managed by our platform to provide an array of additional services, such as advertising solutions, subscription services, business intelligence data services, and marketing-oriented analytical tools to travel agencies, travel providers and other travel data users.
  • Our Technology Services, through which we provide 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. We manage reservations, inventory management and other related critical systems for Delta Air Lines.

About e-Travel Technologies (http://etraveltechnologies.com)
With a 25 year track record, e-Travel Technologies Inc. is a recognized provider of travel risk management information services contributing to traveler protection and corporation’s Duty of Care compliance. Their services are used by leading travel management companies and corporations around the world. Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, e-Travel Technologies Inc. is a privately owned company and is a registered Travelport Developer.

Media Contacts:

Travelport:
Jill Brenner
Senior Director, Corporate Communications
+1 (973) 753 3110
jill.brenner@travelport.com

Bill Florence
Senior Manager, Corporate Communications,
+1 (770) 563 5901
bill.florence@travelport.com

e-Travel Technologies Inc.
Nancy Lombardo
Nlombardo@e-TravelTechnologies.com
+1-866-319-4847

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