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Travelport, a global technology company that powers bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide, announced it had joined the global sustainable travel coalition, Travalyst as part of its commitment to driving sustainability forward in travel retailing.

GBTA Sustainability Founding Partner

Travelport has also recently joined the GBTA Sustainability program alongside many global travel industry leaders, such as American Express Global Business Travel, Delta Airlines, Hilton and SAP Concur.

Travalyst Partner

Travelport joins some of the world’s most extensive travel and tourism platforms and service providers, which include Travalyst’s founding partners Booking.com, Skyscanner, Trip.com Group, Tripadvisor, and Visa, as well as recently joined partners, to actively collaborate in resolving the industry’s most significant challenges in sustainable travel. Travelport will also implement the Travalyst data methodology and build capabilities in the Travelport+ platform to help its travel management company (TMC) and agency customers accelerate sustainable travel by providing them with the tools to sell the most eco-friendly offers and report on sustainability effectively.

“It is essential for us to take action and collaborate as an industry on unifying and scaling the way we report on sustainability standards, so everyone can become informed and make sustainable travel more feasible for corporates, agents and travellers,” said Tom Kershaw, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Travelport. As a founding member, Travelport’s product and technology leaders will actively drive initiatives to inform and empower the corporate travel sector with better sustainable travel options for businesses.

“Travelport is making great strides in modernizing travel retailing with its Travelport+ platform, which can help retailers determine the best eco-friendly travel itineraries.” Travelport joined the Travalyst coalition to collaborate to drive the industry reporting standards needed to empower travel agents and travel managers.

Travelport’s participation in the sustainability leadership council will help guide GBTA’s efforts, define priority areas for collaborative and global action, and help the business travel industry contribute to climate action and corporate responsibility. We’re committed to delivering the tools agents, and travel managers need to identify the best eco-friendly offers and help companies maintain their sustainability commitments.”

Travelport Sustainability Roadmap

Travelport recently established a new sustainability office within its product strategy team, focusing on prioritizing sustainability across product roadmaps and future development. “Our shared commitment to industry-wide collaboration and simplifying how information about sustainable offers is shared and reported will be a tremendous asset to the travel agency community.” Travalyst is concentrated on delivering universal, transparent reporting on emissions and sustainability efforts to empower travel retailers, corporates, and travellers to choose the most sustainable trip options.

“At Travelport, we are championing open-sourced data to address key challenges with integration and being able to inform agents and travelers about the best sustainable options for their trips, regardless of price or other factors,” Tom Kershaw continued.

“As the newest member of the Travalyst coalition, Travelport will bring invaluable knowledge and expertise in helping us drive mass adoption of sustainability standards with its integral role connecting agencies and suppliers,” said Sally Davey, Chief Executive Officer at Travalyst. While actively participating in The Travalyst Coalition and the GBTA Sustainability program, Travelport’s product and technology team will incorporate sustainability data as a first-class citizen to enhance search and shopping capabilities in the Travelport+ platform.

“As an industry, we have a long road ahead to make an impact with sustainable travel, and my team is up for the challenge. They will help travel retailers become more informed so they can easily book the most eco-friendly options for their travellers.