Travelport launches Travelport Opinions in UK and Ireland

Travelport, one of the world’s leading global distribution system (GDS) providers, is launching Travelport Opinions - an online networking tool for the travel agent community. The new tool, which empowers agents to interact and share knowledge and reviews among peers, has been developed in collaboration with travel technology software provider, Vinivi.

The launch in the UK follows the successful introduction of the networking tool in France in June 2009 where it is now used by over 1700 leisure and business travel agents and tour operator specialists.

Travelport Opinions connects travel professionals and draws on their wealth of travel knowledge and experience throughout the world. Using the tool, agents are able to both create and search hotel reviews, pose questions to destination experts and access a wealth of hotel related media, including over 110 000 photos and 2500 videos, all within a user-friendly, personalised interface. The tool also includes a private email system and the ability to follow and track updates on specified hotels.

Jérôme Moisan, Travelport GDS general manager UK & Ireland, explained: “This is a project close to my heart - in my previous role as general manager for Travelport France, I was personally involved in launching the site with Vinivi. Travelport Opinions allows agents to harness the travel community’s expertise, thereby enriching travel knowledge, enhancing customer satisfaction and ultimately increasing sales.”

“Since last year, we have seen the number of members spike significantly, a third of which are non-Travelport users, and feedback has been really positive. Agents have said that Travelport Opinions is a trusted resource where they can rely on the expertise from like-minded agents, post travel experiences and where hotel reviews are likely to be more trustworthy.”

Moisan continued: “It gives me great pleasure to play a part in bringing this innovative networking platform to savvy travel professionals in the UK and Ireland and I look forward to seeing this technology expand further into more countries.”

Travelport Opinions is accessed through peer invitations and for a limited time agents can sign up on the following link: www.travelportopinions.com/pr.