Travelport Digital synchs Locomote with MTTNews / Distribution | TechnologyBy Martin Cowen | September 22, 2016Share This article was originally published on Travelport is ramping up not only the international presence of its Australian corporate travel platform Locomote but also its newly formed Digital division.As part of its expansion plans, it has appointed Vikki Mills as its director of sales and support UK. Mills' experience includes other travel tech providers such as Comtec, Open Destinations and Vibe.Locomote, or Travelport Locomote as it is now known, is 55% owned by Travelport which initially took a 49% stake in the business in 2014. The amount paid for the stakes is not known.On the other hand, when it bought Mobile Travel Technologies (MTT) in July 2015, it paid €55 million.These two businesses are now part of Travelport Digital, a new business unit announced earlier this month "to optimise the investments that Travelport has made into various digital assets and products over the past couple of years."And as an early sign, perhaps, of how this optimisation will pan out is plans for Locomote to use MTT's expertise to enhance the self-serve options available to corporate travellers.Related reading from Tnooz:Travelport updates how it describes its growth strategies (Sept 2016) Why Travelport launched its travel startup accelerator (July 2016) Travelport buys into corporate travel platform Locomote (Aug 2014)