Travelport Mobi launches in the Middle East

Press release

Published May 2nd, 2011 - 11:11 GMT

Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, today launched Travelport Mobi, an innovative mobile travel booking solution, to its customers in the Middle East.

Now available to Travelport subscribers across the region, the useful tool will enable the local travel trade to offer their clients 24-hour access to Travelport’s GDS content via their mobile phones and handheld devices.

With Travelport Mobi, travellers are able to book and pay for flight, car and hotel bookings around the clock, as well as view travel itineraries on smartphones. The secure payment gateway functionality also ensures that bookings are instantly processed.

Significantly for the travel trade, bookings are automatically generated into the travel agent’s normal workflow procedures to enable full reporting and maintain full mid and back office integration.

Rabih Saab, Travelport’s president and managing director for the Middle East and Africa, says mobile bookings provide travellers with new levels of convenience:

“Travelport Mobi is a compelling product that allows travel agents to embrace the latest in mobile technology to offer an exceptional standard of service to clients,” he said. “We are delighted to bring this solution to the Middle East in order to meet the discerning needs of today’s busy traveller.”

Travelport has partnered with South-African based IT company Real Time Travel Connections (RTTC) in the development of this ground-breaking mobile booking solution, which was initially launched in South Africa.

Background Information

Travelport

Travelport is the technology company that makes the experience of buying and managing travel continually better for everyone. It operates a travel commerce platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the global travel and tourism industry. The Company facilitates travel commerce by connecting the world’s leading travel providers with online and offline travel buyers in a proprietary business-to-business (B2B) travel platform.

Travelport has a leadership position in airline merchandising, hotel content and distribution, car rental, mobile commerce and B2B payment solutions. The Company also provides critical IT services to airlines, such as shopping, ticketing, departure control and other solutions. With net revenue of over $2.5 billion in 2018, Travelport is headquartered in Langley, U.K., has over 3,700 employees and is represented in approximately 180 countries and territories.