Affinion Group Selects Travelport

Travelport has made a long-term agreement with Affinion Group, a leader in loyalty travel redemption for many financial services, retail, travel and Internet commerce firms. Under the agreement, Travelport will continue as Affinion Group’s preferred and primary travel technology partner providing access to travel content including air, hotel, car rental and cruise lines via its Worldspan platform.

The agreement also provides Affinion Group with multiple strategic solutions including industry leading e-Pricing, to ensure travellers have the most advanced tools for shopping low fares; Travelport Rapid Reprice, an automated ticket repricing product, XML Pro, a Web Services solution enabling fast and efficient interface with Worldspan and the exchange of structured data and Travelport Universal API, the GDS industry’s first application programming interface (API) that offers the power and capacity to aggregate travel content and related services from multiple sources through a single interface:

According to Eric Burdon, president of Connexions Loyalty Travel Solutions, a division of Affinion Group, “We made the decision to renew with Travelport for many reasons but chief among these is that the Travelport team invests considerable time in analysing our business and consulting with us to ensure they understand our goals and challenges. As a result, Travelport delivers functionality and advanced technology that enables our agents to increase productivity and efficiency.

Added Burdon, “Travelport offers the best fit for Affinion’s technology, providing advanced search technology for a broad range of domestic and international travel. Further, Travelport’s XML Pro and Universal API are adaptable and scalable to Affinion’s diverse portfolio of loyalty customers.”

Scott Hyden, vice president, Sales, U.S., Travelport, said, “We have a long, strong and successful relationship with Affinion. Ware delighted to continue our partnership with them and to continue to deliver the functionality and technology they require to further improve efficiencies, grow and succeed.”

Managing approximately 500 billion points with an estimated redemption value of approximately $5 billion, Affinion Group provides enhancement benefits to major financial institutions in connection with their credit and debit card programs. The company helps generate increased customer loyalty and significant incremental revenue for more than 5,550 marketing partners worldwide.

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