Worldspan agents to get new UK rail booking tool
Travelport is to replace the existing Worldspan UK rail solution with its Galileo booking tool for UK rail.
Travelport UK Rail will be made available to Worldspan-connected agents before the end of the year.
A travel agency and corporate booking tool, Travelport UK Rail was developed following an agreement with TheTrainline.
It went live earlier this year to prepare for the Association of Train Operating Companies’ (ATOC) withdrawal from the ELGAR system at the end of the year.
With the new tool, agents do not need to hold an ATOC licence and can earn commission on every booking.
Patrick Lukan, general manager UK & Ireland for Travelport GDS, said: “Following Travelport’s acquisition of Worldspan, the Galileo and Worldspan teams have been working hard to combine their expertise to offer agents and their customers the most effective products in the marketplace.”
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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