Travelport

The company operates a two-sided travel commerce platform that connects travel suppliers (airlines, hotels, rail operators, car hire providers) with travel sellers (agencies, TMCs, OTAs, corporate booking tools). It aggregates and normalises inventory from multiple sources into a single retailing environment, then provides access through agent desktops, corporate tools and APIs.

Value is created by simplifying connectivity between suppliers and sellers, enabling rich content merchandising, and supporting end-to-end booking and servicing workflows. Revenue is generated through contractual relationships with travel agencies, TMCs, OTAs, and technology partners, primarily linked to booking volumes and access to content and tools, with additional income from software licences/subscriptions and payment and ancillary services.

Travelport is a United Kingdom–headquartered global distribution system (GDS) and travel retailing technology provider. It operates a travel commerce platform that aggregates multi-source travel content (airlines, low-cost carriers, rail, hotels, car hire and ancillaries) and exposes it via agent desktops, corporate booking tools and APIs used by travel agencies, travel management companies, online travel agencies and other travel technology providers.

The company generates revenue primarily from transaction-based fees charged to travel agencies and other subscribers for accessing and booking travel content, alongside commercial contracts for platform, desktop and API usage and value-added services. Its direct customers are business entities in the travel value chain rather than end travellers, and it competes with other major GDS providers such as Amadeus and Sabre.