The multi-year agreement will see Thomas Cook migrate all of its UK GDS business, including scheduled flight reservations made by Gold Medal Travel and Netflights.com, to Galileo, from its current provider Amadeus.
Travelport and Thomas Cook are also discussing further opportunities to extend their relationship outside the UK.
Manny Fontenla-Novoa, chief executive of Thomas Cook Group plc, commented: ‘The Travelport team invested considerable time understanding our business objectives and has been very responsive in meeting our needs.
‘We feel confident that the GDS functionality, technology and support they can offer through this partnership will assist us in achieving our UK growth strategy.’
Gordon Wilson, president and chief executive of Travelport GDS, added: ‘This is a huge win for Travelport and we are thrilled that Thomas Cook has selected to migrate all of its UK business to the Galileo platform.
‘Thomas Cook told us that the decision was a reflection of the strength of our GDS offering, our commitment to product innovation and development as well as our ability to provide superior support.’
As part of the agreement, Thomas Cook will also implement a number of new Travelport products, such as its ePricing low-fare shopping solution.
See also:
Galileo latest FAB addition (27/01/2010)
Travelport confirms London listing (19/01/2010)
Travelport sees corporate travel revival (15/01/2010)
Study shows extent of GDS usage (13/01/2010)
TC reshuffles after Gold Medal takeover (23/12/2009)
Strong UK performance for TC (30/11/2009)
GDS bookings for bedbank (30/09/2008)