Travelport Marketplace: Open for Business

The Travelport Marketplace, an iTunes-like online store where travel agents can browse and buy add-on applications created in house and by members of Travelport’s Developer Network, emerged from beta testing. It was launched in alpha mode a year ago. Members of the Developer Network can use the Travelport Software Development Kit and the Travelport Universal API to build new products. They can then promote the products to travel agencies through the Travelport Marketplace.

For travel agencies, the Travelport Marketplace provides access to a range of products covering all aspects of agency operations. Some products are designed to improve agency productivity or to customize the desktop. Others allow for additional services and the creation of new revenue streams. Concurrent with the Travel Marketplace’s emergence from beta, Cabforce one of the first products on the site, announced it would expand globally through the store. Based in Ebso, Finland, Cabforce provides plug-in taxi and airport transfer booking solutions to the travel industry.

–Michele McDonald