Singapore, 18 October, 2011 – Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, has signed agreements with six travel agencies in the Asia-Pacific region to participate in the regional testing and development of its Travelport Universal Desktop™. The new contracts follow successful agency trials and positive feedback from global launch partner, Flight Centre Ltd and UK beta test customer Global Travel Management in the UK.
The new Travelport Universal Desktop test partners in the Asia-Pacific region are: MP Travel and Orba Travel Brokers in Australia, Quotient Travel and Serangoon Air Travel Pte Ltd in Singapore as well as SkyJet and Shalom in Hong Kong. All customers will commence beta testing shortly.
Travelport Universal Desktop represents the next-generation in travel agency desktops, providing travel agents with an intuitive interface and access to multi-source content and pricing. It is designed to improve efficiencies and boost productivity, through its introduction of clever travel management tools and streamlined workflow processes.
“Travelport Universal Desktop delivers our travel partners with a revolutionary new way to search and book travel. It reflects our ongoing investment in innovative technology and builds on our position as Asia-Pacific’s leading GDS,” said Simon Nowroz, President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Travelport. “We are committed to ensuring Travelport meets customer needs in today’s marketplace, but also identifies the opportunities of tomorrow.”
The industry leading desktop tool is currently being launched across the Flight Centre global network following a successful pilot program. UK travel management company, Global Travel Management has also just commenced accessing a live version following its own successful beta trial. For more information on Travelport Universal Desktop, please visit: www.travelportuniversaldesktop.com.
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About MP Travel (www.mptravel.com.au)
MP Travel is a privately owned corporate travel management company of over 20 years. With offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and worldwide through its global partnerships, MP provides its national and multi-national clients with a complete global corporate travel management program.”
About Orba Travel Brokers (www.orba.com)
Founded in 1990 by present Managing Director, Richard van Kempen, Orba Travel Brokers quickly established itself amongst its peers as an Agency specialising in business and Corporate travel. In the 20 years since, Orba Travel Brokers, a member of the Travelscene American Express Corporate network, has become Platinum Partners or Top Tier Agents with many of the world’s leading airlines and travel providers, including QANTAS, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, Emirates Airlines, American Express and many others.
About Quotient Travel Planner (www.travelplanner.com.sg)
Set up in early 2007, Quotient Travel Planner is a revolutionary company that specialises in facilitating customised independent travel. With a combined travel experience covering more than 500 cities in over 45 countries, they have the expertise to plan exciting holidays in already familiar locations, as well as create itineraries for places that you probably didn’t even know existed
About Serangoon Air Travel Pte Ltd
Serangoon Air Travel Pte Ltd offers a complete range of travel services including tours, hotels, cruise, visa services, cargo, travel insurance, courier and bus tickets. Its customer centric policies and staff training have earned the company many accolades and great support from clients. Based in Singapore's Little India, Serangoon Air established a second office in Chennai, India in 2001. Serangoon Air and their sister concern are also the Singapore GSA for Air India, Oman Air and Ethiopian Airlines.
About Shalom Travel
Shalom Travel is a privately owned travel agency established since 1997, with over 14 years’ experience in travel and tourism industry. Shalom offers a wide range of service including air, hotel, holiday packages, car rental and insurance. Based in Hong Kong, the Shalom team consists of experienced and dedicated travel professionals qualified to satisfy both corporate and personal travel requirements.
About Sky Jet Travel Limited
Sky Jet Travel Limited was established in 2004. Our service includes reservation for air-ticket, hotel, package, incentive travel, cruise holiday, package to Guangdong Province, long-haul guided tours, car rental, insurance, etc. We are committed to provide one-stop shopping travel services to individual and corporate customers
About Travelport (www.travelport.com)
Travelport is a broad-based business services company and a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions to companies operating in the global travel industry.
With a presence in 160 countries, approximately 3,500 employees and reported 2010 revenues of $2.3 billion, Travelport is comprised of the global distribution system (GDS) business, which includes the Galileo and Worldspan brands and its Airline IT Solutions business, which hosts mission critical applications and provides business and data analysis solutions for major airlines.
Travelport also owns approximately 48% of Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW), a leading global online travel company. Travelport is a private company owned by The Blackstone Group, One Equity Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Travelport management.
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Media Inquiries:
Kate Aldridge
Corporate Communications Director, EMEA and APAC
Travelport
Tel: +44 (0) 7921 698757
Email: kate.aldridge@travelport.com
Zina Zhang
PR Manager, Asia Pacific
Travelport
Tel: +61 (0) 2 9391 4059
Email: zina.zhang@travelport.com
Posted on Tuesday, 18 Oct 2011
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