Travelport connects with China’s Alitrip

Travelport has expanded its presence in China with the signing of a new content and data partnership agreement with Alitrip, the online travel platform of Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba.  

Through the partnership, Alitrip will have access to Travelport’s pricing and availability data to support its own fare and shopping platform, as well as the use of Travelport’s shopping products, ePricing and Search Control Console.

“We are delighted to have Alitrip as our newest online partner. Travelport has led the development of technologies that support online travel platforms such as Alitrip. We are excited to work with the most successful name in e-commerce and help bring that same success to online travel commerce,” said Mark Meehan, Travelport’s managing director for Asia Pacific.

This agreement will also enable Alitrip to expand its merchant and customer base outside of mainland China, working with Travelport and Travelport-connected agencies. On the other side of the equation, Travelport’s agents and partners will benefit from having greater access to mainland China by participating on the Alitrip platform.

“We are impressed with the quality of Travelport’s content feed which supports our online platform. With this partnership we can now have a more efficient way to engage the wider agency community and bring them onto the Alitrip platform. This will provide our users with the best fare options,” said Zheng Zhou, general manager of Alitrip’s Transportation Business Unit.