Travelport extends its agreement with Turkish Airlines, enhancing group booking customization and inventory management through Travelport+ modern retailing capabilities.
LANGLEY UK – Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide today announced it has extended its long-term agreement with Turkish Airlines. The Turkish flagship carrier aims to enhance its modern retailing capabilities in Travelport+ with the ability to quickly and easily customize offers for group bookings.
The addition of Travelport’s automated allocation management feature will allow the airline to improve inventory management and seamlessly tailor its group offers for travel retailers using Travelport+. The long-term deal also confirms Travelport will continue providing Turkish Airlines with its powerful data intelligence and rich content and branding (RC&B) solutions.
“Our expansion of services with Turkish Airlines confirms the value that our modern retailing solutions provide Travelport’s airline partners so that they can seamlessly manage products and tailor unique offers for agencies,” said Chris Ramm, Vice President of Air Partners – EMEA, India and Global Sales Strategy at Travelport. “Our ability to provide the solutions that our air partners need to elevate their modern distribution capabilities cements Travelport’s role within the industry as a leader in modern travel retailing.”
Travelport is a global technology company that powers bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide. Buyers and sellers of travel are connected by the company’s next generation marketplace, Travelport+, which simplifies how brands connect, upgrades how travel is sold, and enables modern digital retailing. Headquartered in the United Kingdom and operating in more than 165 countries around the world, Travelport is focused on driving innovation that simplifies the complex travel ecosystem.
Established in 1933 with a fleet of five aircraft, Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines has a fleet of 457 (passenger and cargo) aircraft flying to 348 worldwide destinations as 294 international and 53 domestics in 130 countries.
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