Travelport and TTS sign sales and distribution agreement for TTS products in the Africa, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions.

Dubai, UAE- July 27, 2015: Travelport (NYSE:TVPT), a leading Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $8 trillion global travel and tourism industry has announced today a new agreement with TTS, a global leading player in the development of innovative solutions for the travel and tourism industry. Thanks to the agreement, Travelport will resell and distribute TTS Consolidator, TTS Corporate and TTS WeBook products in the Middle East, Africa and APAC regions.

Effective immediately, the multi-year agreement will see Travelport extend its product portfolio and provide three new tools to their clients:

TTS Consolidator - a solution that optimizes and simplifies the consolidation business by automating the processes between a Consolidator agency (IATA) and its subagents.

TTS Corporate -a corporate booking tool focusing on the SME market that enables travel agencies to provide corporate travellers with a simple to implement and cost effective B2B solution which incorporates the value of Branded Fares and Ancillaries.

TTS WeBook - an Internet booking engine, easy to integrate with any website or Facebook page that allows travel agencies to offer online flight booking to their customers.

Rabih Saab, President and Managing Director of Travelport, AFMESA commented: "We are delighted to announce this agreement with TTS.  As a leading travel commerce platform, Travelport recognizes the importance of our partners and these TTS products will complement our broad product suite offering by providing solutions which address some of the unique requirements of our customers across Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Having recently launched Smartpoint 6.0, the leading point of sale for airline rich content and ancillaries, TTS extends our industry leading technology solutions to our customers in the region."  

Pedro Barata, Founder and CEO of TTS said: "For us, this agreement represents a great opportunity to further expand the reach of TTS solutions.  We hope that together with Travelport we can help travel agents in Africa, Middle East & APAC to be more productive, provide a great service to their clients and grow their revenue."

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About Travelport (www.travelport.com)
Travelport is a Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $8 trillion global travel and tourism industry.  With a presence in over 170 countries, approximately 3,400 employees and 2013 net revenue of over $2.1 billion, Travelport is comprised of:

A Travel Commerce Platform through which it 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 marketplace.  In addition, Travelport has leveraged its domain expertise in the travel industry to design a pioneering B2B payment solution that addresses the needs of travel intermediaries to efficiently and securely settle travel transactions.

Technology Services through which it provides critical IT services to airlines, such as shopping, ticketing, departure control and other solutions, enabling them to focus on their core business competencies and reduce costs.

Travelport is headquartered in Langley, UK. The company recently completed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol "TVPT".

About TTS - Travel Technology & Solutions (www.tts.com)
TTS is a global leading player in the development of innovative solutions for the travel and tourism industry. Operating in more than 70 countries in 5 continents, managed through 3 offices - Miami, Lisbon, Barcelona - TTS develops technology solutions for travel agents, consolidators, airlines and corporations. TTS is also a Travelport Partner, belonging to the Travelport Developer Network.

For an overview of TTS Solutions, visit www.tts.com.

For Travelport media enquiries, please contact:
Media Contacts:
Siobhan McCarthy, PR Manager, Africa, Middle East and Asia
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Email: Siobhan.mccarthy@travelport.com 

Kate Aldridge, VP Corporate Communications
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Email: kate.aldridge@travelport.com 

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