Beirut, Lebanon.: Travelport (NYSE: TVPT), the leading travel commerce platform, today announced a new five year long-term technology partnership, via Global Holidays S.A.R.L., Travelport’s distributor in Lebanon, with Kurban Travel, one of Lebanon’s most reputable travel companies.
Kurban Travel, an IATA accredited agency established in 1952, will use Travelport’s industry leading point of sale solution, Travelport Smartpoint, to provide corporate as well as leisure travel services to major multinational corporations, prominent Middle East firms and individuals. Aided by Travelport’s support, the company’s consultants will benefit from intelligent, fast and accurate search of high quality content from over 400 airlines, 650,000 hotel properties and 37,000 car rental locations.
With over 260 airlines signed up to use Travelport’s unique merchandising technology, the company is able to display, gain powerful information around, and sell branded fare families and ancillary products (such as paid seat assignments, baggage fees, priority boarding, etc.) from these airlines. Having acquired an IATA certification as a “level 3” Aggregator under its New Distribution Capability (NDC) initiative late last year, Travelport will soon further benefit the company by creating NDC connections with airlines as they become available.
Commenting on the new partnership, Mrs. Nadine Kurban Boutros, Chairman of Kurban Travel said: “We are delighted to now offer our consultants real-time access to the best fares and content through a platform that enables us to quickly respond to customers’ personalized needs. We are confident that Travelport’s edge in technological innovation and advanced position in NDC will help us further differentiate our travel services and deliver exceptional customer service.”
George Moussa, Chairman of Global Holidays S.A.R.L., Travelport’s distributor in Lebanon said: “The advent of technology is bringing about a change in the way travel and tourism companies are engaging with their customers and meeting their expectations. This agreement demonstrates the tremendous value we are able to provide travel agencies through our leadership in technology, content and service. We look forward to working with Kurban Travel to continually find new ways to set them apart from their peers by delivering exceptional value to their customers.”
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About Kurban Travels ( www.gokurban.com )
For over 60 years, Kurban Travel has been a pioneering destination and travel expert specialized in offering personalized products and services in the travel and tourism industries.
Kurban Travel has diversified to cover all business aspects by creating Kurban Corporate, Kurban Corporate Leisure, Kurban MGE [Meetings, Groups &Events] and gokurban.com [the fully integrated online booking website]. Kurban Travel consists of a team of detailed and service-oriented consultants that are experts in the art of travel planning. They handle travel inquires for both individuals and groups of all sizes and budgets.
About Global Holidays S.A.R.L.
Global Holidays S.A.R.L. is a leading hospitality trade wholesaler company in Lebanon since 1999. Global Holidays S.A.R.L. has been proudly appointed as the new exclusive distributor for Travelport’s commercial platforms ‘Galileo and Worldspan’ with a reach of more 500 travel agents all across Lebanon.
About Travelport ( www.travelport.com )
Travelport (NYSE: TVPT) is the technology company which makes the experience of buying and managing travel continually better. It operates a travel commerce platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the global travel and tourism industry. The company facilitates travel commerce by connecting the world’s leading travel providers with online and offline travel buyers in a proprietary business-to-business (B2B) travel marketplace.
Travelport has a leadership position in airline merchandising, hotel content and distribution, car rental, mobile commerce and B2B payment solutions. The company also provides critical IT services to airlines, such as shopping, ticketing, departure control and other solutions. With net revenue of over $2.4 billion in 2017, Travelport is headquartered in Langley, UK, has approximately 4,000 staff and is represented in 180 countries and territories.
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