London, UK and Dubai, UAE, 06.11.2009
Paul Adams, EMEA Regional Hospitality & Car Rental Director at global travel technology provider Travelport has recently been named ‘Most Supportive GDS Supplier’ by Jumeirah Group, receiving the honour at the annual Jumeirah Awards Gala Dinner held recently in London.
More than 200 travel industry professionals attended the ceremony, hosted by Jumeirah at its exclusive Carlton Tower Hotel in Central London. The award recognized the key role Paul and the team at Travelport have played in helping hotel suppliers such as Jumeirah drive hotel bookings through the GDS channel and market themselves more effectively on its Galileo and Worldspan platforms.
Over the past several months, Travelport has been focused on increasing its visibility in the Middle East as an effective sales channel for hotel bookings, partnering with major hotel groups such as Jumeirah to raise awareness of its offering and educate local travel agents on the ease of booking non-air segments on the GDS.
“Paul has been instrumental in raising awareness of our hotel offering across the Middle East and this award is a well-deserved recognition of his efforts,” said Rabih Saab, Vice-President, Travelport GDS Middle East. “We are proud to support hotel suppliers in the region and will continue to work closely with leading hotel groups such as Jumeirah in the future.”
With a strong global network and extensive hotel and car content, Travelport provides access to more than 430 hotel brands, 88,000 properties and 30,000 car rental locations worldwide, along with some of the most competitive rates and live inventory available.
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About Travelport
Travelport is one of the world's largest travel conglomerates offering broad based business services to companies operating in the global travel industry. The company is comprised of the global distribution system (GDS) business that includes the Worldspan and Galileo brands; GTA, a leading global, multi-channel provider of hotel and ground services; IT Services and Software, which hosts mission critical applications and provides business and data analysis solutions for major airlines. With 2008 revenues of $2.5 billion, Travelport operates in 160 countries and has over 5,300 employees.
Travelport also owns approximately 48% of Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW), a leading global online travel company.
Travelport is a private company owned by The Blackstone Group, One Equity Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures and Travelport management.
More information about Travelport is available at www.travelport.com.
Media contact:
Alana Ngoh
PR Manager, Travelport GDS Middle East
Tel +971 4 607 0548
Mobile: + 971 50 810 0972
alana.ngoh@travelport.com