Travelport

News / Technology

Locomote raises $3M round, plots life as independent company

By Kevin May | February 8, 2022

Locomote is putting its brief period as a Travelport-owned company behind it with the new investment round, calling itself an Uber Of Business Travel. Read More

News / Distribution

Sabre brings in ex CWT CEO and Travelport exec Kurt Ekert as president

By Kevin May | December 15, 2021

Dave Shirk will also step down as president of the Travel Solutions arm of the business. He will continue to serve as a senior advisor to Menke and Ekert through 2022. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: ATPCO's Alex Zoghlin on travel retailing and a life in digital

By PhocusWire | December 3, 2021

Zoghlin joined us in the PhocusWire Studio to discuss the latest developments in the progress toward a retail-based future for airline distribution and reflect on some of those other jobs in the last... Read More

News / Startups

VIDEO: Accelerators and nurturing startups

By PhocusWire | November 4, 2021

Mark Lenahan at Travelport joined us at the PhocusWire Pulse: Startups in the Spotlight to explain how accelerators work and what types of businesses it is interested in. Read More

News / Distribution

Airline execs push back on tech naivete claims

By Linda Fox | October 26, 2021

Airline industry figures believe carriers are moving to modern technology such as cloud as they look to match the experience of online retailers. Read More

Opinion / Distribution

What's next for NDC: Content investment and innovation

By Adam Knights - ATPI | September 15, 2021

NDC might be viewed as a quiet storm that TMCs must prepare for as part of their role in offering content from multiple airline sources. Read More

News / Distribution

Lufthansa and Travelport champion NDC with new distribution agreement

By Linda Fox | September 14, 2021

The launch of the long-term agreement will be in the first half of 2022 as both the airline and Travelport continue to develop functionality around the NDC technology standard. Read More

News / Distribution

The hurdles in the way of NDC critical mass

By Linda Fox | September 13, 2021

Amadeus says there will be a number of years of transition before NDC gets to critical mass. Read More

News / Startups

Travelport gives marketing innovation challenge to startups

By Kevin May | September 2, 2021

Travelport Accelerator is part of a new service called Travelport Focus, designed to concentrate on innovation in the industry and which is also supported by AWS. Read More

News / Distribution

Travelport claims Delta GDS deal brings agency incentives

By Robert Silk - Travel Weekly | August 31, 2021

The new GDS agreement the pair will give travel agencies a chance to earn additional incentives when they augment ticket sales with ancillary items, such as boarding privileges and seat upgrades. Read More

News / Technology

How COVID-19 has changed travel's chief technology officers

By Linda Fox | August 19, 2021

Travel CTOs have had to acquire new skills, upend their priority list and think carefully about how to combine new tech with legacy systems and practices, for maximum efficiency. Read More

News / Online

Will standardized rentals work for business travelers?

By Mitra Sorrells | August 2, 2021

A subset of alternative accommodations - ones that provide a standardized experience for travelers - could become more popular with business travelers coming out of the pandemic. Read More

News / Distribution

Different paths on offer as airline distribution standard NDC evolves

By Linda Fox | July 13, 2021

Eight years on from NDC's inception, some old challenges remain and the pandemic has added some new ones. Read More

News / Online

Travel industry must fix “trust gaps” as it restarts

By Mitra Sorrells | June 24, 2021

Based on a results of a survey of 11,000 consumers, Travelport says the pandemic has created a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity for the travel industry to regain travelers’ trust. Read More