Travelport has announced a new agreement with Eurostar, the only high-speed passenger rail service between the UK and mainland Europe.
Under this new agreement, Eurostar becomes the first rail operator to benefit from Travelport’s merchandising solution, Rich Content & Branding.
Travelport is seeking to help Eurostar take advantage of the phenomenal growth of high-speed rail by connecting it to over 68,000 Travelport-connected online and offline travel agencies and travel management companies worldwide.
Through its solution, Travelport will also deliver to agents a graphically rich experience when searching for and booking Eurostar branded fares and seats.
The announcement confirms Travelport’s commitment to helping travel providers promote their brand, product and service propositions to buyers with a display similar to their own websites, allowing travel agents to better understand and upsell their full offering through all Travelport points of sale.
Simon Tyler, head of sales and business improvement at Eurostar International, said: “Our agreement with Travelport demonstrates our commitment to better serve the end traveller and marks a new era of indirect distribution for Eurostar.
“With visually rich content covering our on-board classes of service and range of fares and offers, agents across the world will have at their fingertips the product information they need to represent our offering in the best possible manner. We’re looking forward to seeing the benefits this provides to our customers and our business.”
Launched in 2014, Rich Content & Branding already allows over 260 network airlines, low-cost carriers and now rail operators to differentiate themselves through strong visuals and detailed description of their products and services.
Today, Travelport offers richer content to over five times as many airlines as its nearest competitor, an achievement which strengthens its leading position in the travel merchandising space.