LANGLEY, England, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide leader in
travel retail, Travelport, has today launched its next-generation
platform, Travelport+. Travelport+ is the centerpiece of
Travelport's new global strategy and is designed to accelerate
industry innovation in multi-source content distribution, travel
retailing and value generation.
Travelport+ truly changes the game in the speed of delivery of
modern travel retail
Travelport+ is an extensive, next-generation platform that
creates a simplified, capability-rich, marketplace for travel
retailing. As travel distribution has evolved, retrofitting new
types of distribution into existing platforms has led to increased
complexity across the industry, slowing progress. Travelport+ is a
true multi-source platform offering more dynamic, differentiated,
retail-ready content, delivering better choices for retailers and
consumers, in a faster, frictionless way.
"It's a monumental moment in our history and in the development
of our industry", said Greg Webb,
Chief Executive Officer at Travelport. "Travel hasn't kept up with
the evolution of modern digital retail and today, the buying and
selling of travel is more complex than it needs to be. As
Travelport is the only dedicated, global, travel distribution
platform, we have made a multi-year investment to accelerate
industry innovation in travel retailing. Bringing together the best
of Travelport's existing capabilities and tools and driving
innovation to deliver the unmet needs of our industry, Travelport+
truly changes the game in the speed of delivery of modern travel
retail and offers a fundamental upgrade to travel technology."
Built as a single, next generation environment, including: a
modern, lightweight, highly functional lightweight microservices
API, complete with NDC content; enhanced airline ticket exchange
tools; a trip container to manage all aspects of the trip; and a
sophisticated point of sale solution to address the needs of the
professional travel agent, Travelport+ sets a new standard in
the management of global travel content.
Travelport+ offers better retailing and merchandising
capabilities which in turn leads to higher value trips. Through
better efficiency, supported by Travelport's leading data and
insights, Travelport+ will unlock the potential for better offers
and more content for all parts of the travel industry.
Content+
Travelport+ will bring together the most
compelling range of air (ATPCO, LCC and NDC), car, hotel, and rail
content. It will achieve this by simplifying how Travelport
connects and delivers travel-relevant content, regardless of the
source, the seller, and how it's consumed. It will also offer the
tools to control new content in a way that optimizes revenue and
provides a new approach to profile management where all components
of a traveler's journey are able to be retrieved, modified, and
combined in any manner possible, regardless of source.
Retail+
Travelport+ will include an ever-broadening
array of new tools with merchandising (including cross-sell and
up-sell) capabilities designed to improve the traveler experience,
while maximizing revenue and customer loyalty for travel retailers
and suppliers. Merchandising capabilities will build on our
existing configurable storefront for travel retailers that delivers
personalized and dynamic offers to provide travelers with the best
possible choice. Embedded intelligence will enable both travel
retailers and suppliers to continually optimize their offers, as
well as their pricing and merchandising strategies.
Value+
Travelport+ will enable customers to more
tightly control their cost-to-serve and enhance their value
generation through a series of best-in-class performance,
efficiency and automation tools. The platform will also improve the
user experience for developers, propelling traveler self-service
and reducing pain points with exchanges, refunds and order
management.
"We're here to power the change makers" added Webb, continuing,
"we're championing simplification and supporting our agencies to be
modern digital retailers. At Travelport, we've doubled down on what
we do best; great content, better retailing and providing the best
value to all parts of the travel industry. Nothing else, no
conflicts or competing interests, simply powering the next
generation of travel."
The rollout of Travelport+ has already begun with a number of
agency and supplier partners taking part in the initial upgrade.
Travelport+ will continue to be gradually rolled out globally,
managed by a specialized customer support team.
More information can be found at https://www.travelport.com/plus?utm_campaign=Travelport%20Plus&utm_source=PR&utm_medium=PRNewswire
About Travelport
Travelport is a worldwide travel
retail platform. Our next-generation marketplace connects buyers
and sellers that share our passion for delivering exceptional
travel experiences. Unconflicted and independent, we are
reinventing a simpler future for travel's complex ecosystem. We are
a truly global company, operating in over 180 countries. Our
headquarters are in London, United
Kingdom.
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