Dolphin Dynamics and Travelport aim to score high for Just a Drop

Travel software company Dolphin Dynamics is gearing up for its second charity challenge this year in aid of international water aid charity, Just a Drop.

The event, generously sponsored by defending champions, Travelport, will see Dolphin Dynamics play host to their second annual charity football tournament, on 10th September at Rocks Lane multi sports centre in London.

Teams from across the travel industry will be taking part, including those from Travelport and STA Travel.

Andy Mills from Dolphin Dynamics said: "We are delighted to continue supporting Just a Drop’s wonderful work to deliver safe, clean water where it is needed most. We’re expecting goals-a-plenty and lots of fundraising to support this great cause."

Louise Geoghegan, Events Manager at Just a Drop said: "We are very grateful to Dolphin Dynamics for their continued support and a football tournament is a great way to bring our friends and supporters in the travel industry together. Here’s to a fun day on the pitch!"

Paul Broughton, Commercial Director UK at Travelport, said:  "We are pleased to be sponsoring this great charity event in support of a very worthy cause."

To find out more about Just a Drop, please visit: www.justadrop.org.

Media enquiries:

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About Just a Drop – www.justadrop.org

Launched in 1998, Just a Drop is an international water-aid charity with a very simple plan: to give people clean, safe water and to reduce the number of children dying as a result of water-related diseases.

Working with local partners, at a grassroots level, we provide clean water and sanitation facilities to some of the poorest communities around the world through the construction of hand-dug and borehole wells, pipelines, hand pumps and latrines and we establish health and sanitation programmes.

We operate with a handful (5) of staff and an army of volunteers, many of whom are retired military officers and water engineers with extensive experience on global water development projects.

To date, we have carried out over 130 projects across 31 countries, reaching an estimated 1.5 million people from Afghanistan to Zambia.

Fast Water Facts:

A child dies around every 20 seconds as a result of a water related illness.

Over 768 million people in the world do not have access to clean, safe water.

More people in the world own mobile phones than have access to a toilet.

About Travelport (www.travelport.com)

Travelport is a Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the global travel and tourism industry.  With a presence in over 170 countries, over 3,500 employees and 2014 net revenue of over $2.1 billion, Travelport is comprised of:

A Travel Commerce Platform through which it facilitates travel commerce by connecting the world’s leading travel providers with online and offline travel buyers in a proprietary business-to-business (B2B) travel marketplace.  In addition, Travelport has leveraged its domain expertise in the travel industry to design a pioneering B2B payment solution that addresses the needs of travel intermediaries to efficiently and securely settle travel transactions. 

Technology Services through which it provides critical IT services to airlines, such as shopping, ticketing, departure control and other solutions, enabling them to focus on their core business competencies and reduce costs.

Travelport is headquartered in Langley, U.K.  The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol "TVPT". 

For Travelport media enquiries, please contact:

Mark Hamilton, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications. Tel: +44 (0)1753 288342, Mob: +44 (0)7552 212132, Email: [email protected]

Leila Moss, Senior Communications Executive, Corporate Communications, Tel:   +44(0)1753 288 957, Mob: +44(0)7552 212 151,Email: [email protected]