Travelport, one of the world’s leading global distribution system (GDS) providers, offering both the Worldspan and Galileo platforms, has won two prestigious accolades at the ITTN gala awards ceremony held at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin on 21 January.

Travelport was applauded for its contribution to the Irish travel trade in the fields of best GDS and best agency support provider.  The contenders are nominated by licensed travel agencies in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, followed by a rigorous round of agent voting.  All votes are then independently audited by Grant Thornton.

On accepting the award, Terje Tjostolvsen, Travelport country manager for Ireland, said: “We are thrilled to be acknowledged by our customers at such a significant ceremony for the local industry.  We have a long standing commitment to supporting our agents in Ireland through dedicated support, creative and flexible commercial solutions and our continuous investment in rolling out innovative technology such as Rapid Reprice, e-Pricing and our new Universal Desktop.”

Tjostolvsen continued, “I would like to personally thank all our agents for their continued support and I look forward to working closely with our customers to deliver the solutions they need to succeed in 2010.”

Travelport has been recognised at the ITTN awards on eight separate occasions in the last decade.

About Travelport
Travelport is a broad-based business services company and a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions to companies operating in the global travel industry. Travelport 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; Airline IT Solutions, 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 approximately 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.travelport.com