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ATLANTA and FORT WORTH, Texas, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelport, a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions and data to companies operating in the global travel industry, and American Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMR Corporation, today announce a new long-term, global distribution agreement. In addition to enabling continued access to shop and book the full content of flights marketed by American Airlines, the new agreement positions Travelport...

ATLANTA, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) and Travelport have reached agreement to sell Economy Comfort, Delta's premium Economy product offering more leg room, through Travelport's global distribution systems. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090202/DELTALOGO ) The agreement will create Economy Comfort booking access later this year for travel agents who use Galileo, Worldspan or Apollo. "Customers today can purchase Economy Comfort directly...

TOKYO, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, today announces a long-term agreement with AXESS International Network, the leading Japanese GDS owned by Japan Airlines (JAL). Under the new agreement, AXESS will be hosted by Travelport in its Atlanta data center as a partition of the Travelport global distribution system. The new upgraded AXESS GDS system, which will provide enhanced functionality to connected travel...

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines and Travelport announce that the existing full-content agreements between American and Travelport's global distribution systems, Apollo, Galileo and Worldspan, have been extended concurrently and are no longer due to expire until late 2012. Terms of Travelport's subscriber opt-in programs for American Airlines remain unchanged. No further details will be disclosed at this time. About American Airlines American...

NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Findings from the 2011 Global Travel Agent GDS Study, a bi-annual survey of global travel agents commissioned by TravelClick (www.TravelClick.com), the leading global provider of revenue generating solutions for hoteliers, clearly demonstrates how crucial Global Distribution System (GDS) platforms and GDS Shopping Displays are to travel agents: 84 percent of respondents indicated that they were using their GDS platform the same amount or...

ATLANTA, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, today announces a long term renewal with Denver-based Cain Travel. Under the terms of the agreement, Travelport will continue to serve as Cain Travel's travel technology partner and provide access to travel content including air, hotel, car rental and cruise lines via its Apollo platform. The agreement also provides Cain Travel with a live version of the industry-leading...

ATLANTA and BEIJING, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, and TravelSky Technology Limited, the leading provider of information technology solutions for China's air travel and tourism industries, today announce an unprecedented joint product development agreement focused on advanced Passenger Service Systems technology for airlines worldwide. The first project under this agreement is a collaboration on...

LANGLEY, England, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, today announces that Flight Centre Limited ("FLT"), Australasia's best known travel agency group with more than 2,000 shops and businesses in 11 countries, has commenced updating the desktop tools available to Flight Centre's travel consultants with the launch of Travelport Universal Desktop(TM) in Queensland in August, following successful pilot programs in key markets...

ATLANTA, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Illinois Appellate Court yesterday affirmed Travelport's preliminary injunction against American Airlines. The injunction preserved Orbitz's ability to sell AA tickets. The Appellate Court also recognized Travelport's position that the AA contract allows all Travelport agents to fully utilize AA's content. The ruling further supports one of Travelport's damages claims against AA given AA's improper termination of Orbitz's ticketing authority. As...

ATLANTA, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, today announces that Rearden Commerce, the next-generation ecommerce platform company, has signed an agreement for use of the company's Travelport Universal API technology. Rearden Commerce expects to deploy the Universal API to bring its three existing connections to Apollo, Galileo and Worldspan into one single connection. "Travelport's Universal API allows us to access all...