TravelStore returns to Travelport and signs new multi-year agreement for Europe and Africa

Travelport, a leading Travel Commerce Platform, announces that the global travel agency, TravelStore, has returned as its customer after six years and has signed a new, multi-year agreement for its business in Portugal, Spain, Angola and Mozambique. TravelStore has recognized the significant investment Travelport has made in its Travel Commerce Platform, adding extensive new content and introducing new, customer-centric products and technologies.
 

Established in 2000, TravelStore is an award-winning travel agency offering both leisure and business travel solutions; it is also a representative for American Express’ travel management business in Portugal, Angola and Mozambique.
 

This new deal means that TravelStore will use Travelport’s award-winning agency point of sale solution, Travelport Smartpoint, to provide it with access to unrivalled travel content, including branded fares and ancillaries from the world’s leading low cost and national carriers, as well as access to over 650,000 individual hotel properties in what is believed to be the largest hotel property inventory of any B2B travel distribution business in the world.
 

Frederic Frere, TravelStore Group Leader, commented: “We believe that this new agreement with Travelport will support TravelStore’s future business development and we look forward to fully utilizing the comprehensive travel content that its systems provide.”
 

Antonio Loureiro, Travelport’s Country Manager for Portugal and Spain, said: “We are pleased to be welcoming TravelStore back to Travelport. TravelStore is a highly successful global travel agency and is well thought of in the countries in which it operates for its customer-focused travel services. This deal very much reinforces Travelport’s platform for growth and our vision to redefine travel commerce.”
 

Hahn Air Lines signs up to Travelport Rich Content and Branding 

Travelport has also announced that Hahn Air Lines is the latest carrier to sign up to its innovative airline merchandising technology, Travelport Rich Content and Branding, that enables airlines to market and retail their products more effectively to travel agents. This means that Travelport connected agents globally will now have access to Hahn Air Lines’ flight content.
 

Hahn Air Lines, the scheduled airline based in Dusseldorf Airport, joins over 100 airlines that have signed up to Travelport Rich Content and Branding which includes richer product descriptions and graphics, ancillary products and branded fares, all bookable through Travelport’s point of sale solution, Travelport Smartpoint.
 

Daniel Rudas, General Manager & COO at Hahn Air Lines commented: “Thanks to Travelport, we can now provide travel agents and travelers with a richer understanding of Hahn Air Lines’ content. Travel agents now have the tools to present and better explain our products to their customers, including the luxurious interior of our Cessna Citation CJ4. We are convinced that the branded images and descriptions presented on agents’ screens through Travelport Smartpoint will help them promote and tailor our offering to meet the needs of travelers.”
 

Robin Ranken, Travelport’s Head of Airline Services Europe, said: “We are delighted that Hahn Air Lines will drive growth for their flight business with our merchandising technology. Travelport is redefining travel commerce by introducing innovative new products that meet the unmet needs of the travel industry and we are pleased to be supporting Hahn Air as part of this.” 
 

Travelport, has announced a new agreement with UNISTER Travel, the leading provider of online travel services in Germany. UNISTER Travel operates a number of high-profile online travel portals in Germany, with brands such as Ab-In-Den-Urlaub.de, Ab-In-Den-Urlaub-Deals.de, Fluege.de and Reisen.de which together attract over 10 million unique users per month.
 

Under the new agreement, UNISTER Travel’s customers will now be able to access Travelport’s unrivalled travel content from, for example, the world’s leading national and low cost carriers. UNISTER Travel will take advantage of Travelport’s ground-breaking Universal API, giving them the flexibility to design customised user interfaces for their travel portals. It will also make use of Travelport’s Rapid Reprice product for more efficient ticket re-issuing and its Search Control Console product to tailor the relevancy of search results to traveler needs. 
 

The news is another positive step forward for Travelport as it continues to grow its reputation and presence in the German travel industry, Europe’s largest, and comes on the back of other high-profile deals concluded earlier this year including the acquisition of German tour operator distribution company, travel-IT.
 

Juergen Witte, Travelport’s Regional Managing Director for Germany and Switzerland commented: “Thanks to targeted investments Travelport has made in its Travel Commerce Platform in recent years, bringing new and innovative products and technology to the industry, as well as even more relevant content, we can offer UNISTER Travel, its online travel portals and its customers genuine added value and meet some of their previously unmet needs. We believe this will make an important contribution to UNISTER Travel’s business success and their growth strategy over the coming years.”
 

Boris Raoul, CEO of UNISTER Travel commented: “UNISTER Travel is already one of the leading suppliers of flight tickets in the German travel industry. The integration of Travelport’s innovative technology into our portals will help us to further optimise the unique selection and variety of flight offerings for our customers.”