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Travelport signs 5-Year Deal with Marriott

Travel News Asia Latest Travel News Podcasts Videos Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Travelport has signed a five-year agreement with Marriott, securing access to Marriotts wide variety of content, inventory, and brands for all Travelport-connected users worldwide including corporate customers and retail online agencies booking through the Galileo and Worldspan systems.

As part of the agreement, Marriott has also committed to upgrading its current interface to Galileo and Worldspan to Travelports XML Pro Direct Connect interface including enhancements to the shopping and pricing capabilities.

Marriott is pleased to work with Travelport to provide Travelport-connected travel agents with key booking process improvements and assured access to our content and wide variety of brands," said Larraine Voll Morris, vice president, eDistribution, Marriott International. "Marriotts upgrade to Travelport XML Pro will give travel agents better visibility to Marriotts over 15 brands worldwide, and from an enterprise perspective, will make future changes to the GDS easier, increasing our ability to deliver future functionality enhancements to the marketplace, faster.

The Travelport GDS XML Pro Direct Connect interface directly links real time rates and availability from Marriotts multiple chains into Travelports Worldspan and Galileo platforms.

 Built over the Internet using Travelport XML Pro data exchange technology, the direct connect interface allows Marriott to streamline transactions for its global brands using a direct electronic path to the Worldspan and Galileo GDSs.

Marriott International operates and franchises more than 3,400 lodging properties in 70 countries and territories.

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