MakeMyTrip to use the Travelport Platform for technology enabled services
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MakeMyTrip, India’s leading online travel agency (OTA) has signed an agreement with Travelport’s distributor for India. InterGlobe Technology Quotient (ITQ), for the use of Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform.
Under the agreement, MakeMyTrip can expand the use of Travelport’s technology from the Ibibo group to MakeMyTrip’s other primary distribution channels starting in the second half of calendar year 2017.
MakeMyTrip to use the Travelport Platform for technology enabled services
Deep Kalra, Chairman and Group CEO of MakeMyTrip said, “this is an exciting time for the venture and we are delighted to partner with Travelport and ITQ as part of our growth strategy in the service of the travelling Indian customers”.
Gordon Wilson, Travelport’s President and CEO, shared his findings about the Indian market and said, India is a market with enormous growth potential where Travelport, working with our distributor ITQ, has grown in air booking terms by 14% in the first half of 2017 when the GDS air market has grown by 11%.
