Air France KLM and Travelport sign GDS Agreement. : 2009-04-23 09:57:19
Travelport GDS, one of the world’s leading providers of Global Distribution Systems,and Air France KLM, one of the world’s largest airline groups, have today jointly announced a new, multi-year global full content agreement for Travelport agents.   More

Plating Carrier Fare Quote Enhancement Coming Soon : 2009-04-23 09:08:46
Galileo is soon coming up with an enhancement whereby itinerary error responses will automatically be followed by a new tab stop and fill-in tab stop to display an Interline E-Ticket Table for the carrier.   More

Travelport e-pricing Leads in finding Lowest Rate : 2009-03-30 13:36:39
Langley, UK, 18.03.2009 : New Topaz Study Confirms Travelport e-Pricing™ Leads the Travel Industry In Finding the Lowest Available Airfares Worldwide.   More

Online Travel Agencies Slog It Out For Bookings : 2009-03-30 13:34:44
Online travel agencies, eager to spur spring bookings in the recession, are locked in a price battle that has some of them cutting fees and reimbursing customers if the price of their trip falls after they book.   More

Online Check in Available on Travelport Viewtrip. : 2009-03-30 13:29:27
Travelport has introduced Online Check-in through its Viewtrip product.This is another milestone in Travelport, whereby Viewtrip has the ability to link through to the participating airlines website passenger check-in facilities and drops the user in   More

Plating Carrier Fare Quote Enhancement Enhancement : 2009-03-06 08:47:32
Currently at fare quote when no plating carrier is found for an itinerary an error is returned to the user. As a follow up, most of the time you will have to go another window to display the Carrier interline e-ticket table to confirm this informati   More

Galileo E-Newsletter: October 2008 : 2008-10-09 21:21:40
Jambo and welcome to our October 2008 E-Newsletter edition.   More

Galileo Lauches Goingsafari.com : 2008-10-09 19:30:02
To live up to the changing customer preferences in the tourism industry, Galileo Kenya has launched a marketing website to promote e-tourism.   More

Travelport GDS Ranked Among the100 Most Innovative : 2008-10-08 20:54:40
"It is an honor for Travelport GDS to once again be included in the InformationWeek 500, and particularly to rank among the top 100 companies in 2008," said Sue Powers, chief information officer, Travelport GDS. "Travelport is the leader in Web-based   More

Travelport GDS Ranked Among the100 Most Innovative : 2008-10-08 20:48:15
"It is an honor for Travelport GDS to once again be included in the InformationWeek 500, and particularly to rank among the top 100 companies in 2008," said Sue Powers, chief information officer, Travelport GDS. "Travelport is the leader in Web-based   More

Travelport GDS signs global agreement with FCm Tra : 2008-10-06 16:42:43
Travelport GDS, one of the world’s leading global distribution system (GDS) providers, has announced a global dual preferred GDS agreement with FCm Travel Solutions’ Network Partners worldwide.   More

Winners of the Easter 2008 BlackBerry Promotion : 2008-06-12 17:25:22
Galileo Finally announces the Easter 2008 BlackBerry Promotion.   More

Travelport GDS Signs Ground-Breaking Content Agree : 2008-06-11 16:21:23
Travelport GDS Signs Ground-Breaking Content Agreements With Lufthansa and SWISS No GDS surcharges guaranteed for Galileo and Worldspan-connected agents Langley, UK 05-30-2008   More

Data Establishes Travelport’s e-ticketing Leadersh : 2008-06-11 16:01:15
In the drive toward meeting IATA’s mandate of 100% electronic ticketing by June 1, 2008, Travelport GDS maintains the industry’s leadership role in enabling airlines and agencies to go paperless, new data shows.   More

British Airways Changes Fees On Both Long haul And : 2008-05-08 12:19:31
This procedure, which becomes effective on 01 May 2008 and applies to the collection of 'change' (rebooking) fees on all British Airways longhaul and shorthaul routes. Details appear below. If you have any queries regarding GDS entries, please contac   More

Travelport Quick Fact: Low-Cost Carriers : 2008-05-08 12:04:10
Did you know that Travelport now has 74 low-cost carriers bookable in its systems versus Amadeus with 65, Sabre with 63 and Abacus with 20?   More

Galileo Kenya Introduces GTA Product to Kenya : 2008-05-08 11:45:24
Galileo Kenya has increased its products portfolio to its clients by incorporating a Galileo Travelport product known as GTA. GTA is an online or web portal product that gives agents access to wealth of both GDS* and non-GDS content including 72,00   More

Zero Commission sets in… What next? : 2008-05-08 10:58:06
As the year begun, the Kenyan travel trade was counting down to a new business model that would determine its survival or dismissal. While many would have taken the wait and see strategy, the travel trade had realized the seriousness and planned for   More

Galileo Kenya & Career Training Center Partnershi : 2008-04-04 10:28:51
We wish to announce that the first batch of students have successfully completed the premier training of Galileo Kenya/Career Training Centre Galileo GDS course on Basic Reservations & Document production.   More

Moving to a Service Fee Based Model Galileo Guide : 2008-04-03 17:15:50
Adopt smart solutions Galileo offers a suite of solutions designed to help travel agents move to a service fee pricing model.   More

Travelport Receives Payment Card Industry Complian : 2008-04-03 09:24:42
Major accomplishment helps set us apart from the competition The growth of fraud and identity theft has placed tremendous pressure on the Payment Card Industry (PCI) to ensure the security and integrity of customer transactions.   More

Best Practices For Using Galileo system : 2008-04-03 09:08:40
For a while airlines have raised concerns over rising costs in relation to poor system usage by travel agents. It is important to note, while the GDS provides an access for the Agents to the airlines inventory, all reservation and ticketing activitie   More

Paper Tickets Are Flying Away For Good : 2008-03-06 16:01:22
In just three months, according to the International Air Transport Association, 100% of tickets issued for air travel will be electronic. This is an impressive figure given that four years ago "just 18 percent of airline tickets issued worldwide were   More

Travelport offers its “best of breed” GDS booking : 2008-03-06 15:59:11
LANGLEY, UK, 12-10-2007 — Travelport GDS, one of the world’s largest global distribution system (GDS) providers and parent of both the Galileo and Worldspan GDS brands, today announced that it will replace the existing Worldspan UK rail solution wi   More

Paper Tickets set to Disappear by June 1 2008 : 2008-03-06 14:41:51
On June 1, 2008, the association that handles airline ticketing will dump paper tickets (only about 3 percent of tickets processed today are paper) for good in favor of electronic ones. The airlines have been anxious to get rid of the things for cost   More

We welcome the Hotels & Preference (IW) chain as : 2008-03-06 13:30:13
This chain can now return nightly rates in more than one currency in their Inside Availability (HOC) response. You now have access to more rates and inventory than what was previously available. Looking for a hotel in London? You may find a guaran   More

Fare for Input Criteria : 2008-03-06 13:13:13
Do you know what do what in case a fare quote system returns this response NO VALID FARE FOR INPUT CRITERIA?   More

Galileo View trip has a new look and feel : 2008-03-06 12:38:41
The acclaimed View trip has undergone major changes. This includes the new name Travelport Viewtrip, adapting the Travelport brand and finally it has enhanced value adding features. Some of its key features include Maps, Driving Directions, Flight St   More

Travelport GDS Announces Launch of Travelport Crui : 2007-12-11 11:24:08
Industry Leading Web-Based Leisure Shopping and Booking Tool Available to Galileo- and Worldspan-Connected Agencies in the United States   More

Travelport GDS and Flight Centre Extend Their Excl : 2007-12-11 11:19:47
Travelport GDS and Flight Centre Extend Their Exclusive Partnership Agreement.... more All Travelport logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materi   More