Travelport and e-Travel Technologies have just penned an agreement to bolster the former’s travel risk management services with duty of care solutions for the corporate travel market. e-Travel’s portfolio include; travel alerts, travel advisories, and travel tracker databases. These will now be made available globally to Travelport-connected travel agents.
Scott Hyden, managing director, Sales, Americas, Travelport, had this to say about the deal:
“We are pleased to add e-Travel Technologies and their travel risk management services to our roster of duty of care solutions for the corporate travel market. e-Travel Technologies solutions are integrated to Travelport point-of-sale platforms via The Travelport Developer Network, a program specifically designed for independent software developers seeking to integrate their solutions with Travelport.”
According to Travelport’s news, the e-Travel Technologies solutions are now integrated into Travelport point-of-sale platforms via The Travelport Developer Network. Don Churchill, president, e-Travel Technologies Inc., offered this in addition:
“Travelport’s open platform and the Travelport Developer Network enable flexible access to a wide range of content and services not typically available in this distribution channel. Offering the widest range of unrivalled travel content – whether it’s duty of care solutions such as e-Travel’s portfolio, independent hotels or low-cost carriers that don’t play in the GDS channel – is key to serving the corporate market.”
Travelport is a leading travel commerce platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $7 trillion global travel and tourism industry. With a presence in over 170 countries. For more information on this news, please visit the Travelport link provided, or contact:
Kate Aldridge
Vice President, Corporate Communications
T +44 1753 288 720
kate.aldridge@travelport.com
