Travelport GDS and Accor announce industry first
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Travelport GDS has announced a significant technology development and an industry first with global hotel giant Accor.
The two organisations have worked together to implement a single OTA (Open Travel Alliance) - compliant XML direct connection to both of Travelport’s GDS platforms, improving efficiencies for both companies and enabling a more streamlined approach for future product enhancements.
Significantly for Accor, the hotel company will be in a position to reduce its distribution costs by removing intermediary switch company fees, and realise ongoing savings as a result of only supporting a single connection to both GDS platforms. Travelport GDS-connected travel agents will also benefit from significant improvements in response times and a more efficient purchasing experience. Accor has also just upgraded their connectivity on both Galileo and Worldspan to “Seamless Next Generation”.
“This industry first will greatly improve the ability for hoteliers to distribute their content via the GDS and should also result in significant reductions in the cost of distribution,” said Flo Lugli, Senior VP Commercial for Travelport GDS.
Travelport plans to implement the new XML direct connection with a number of other leading hospitality organisations later in the year.
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