Travelport Worldwide Limited is a global technology company specializing in travel retail, providing a next-generation marketplace platform called Travelport+ that links buyers and sellers of travel services worldwide. Established in 2015 and registered in the EU Transparency Register, Travelport facilitates bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers, offering streamlined and automated digital retailing solutions to simplify travel brand connectivity and enhance sales processes.
The firm’s lobbying activities focus on areas vital to digital and travel sectors such as the CRS Code of Conduct, Multimodal Digital Mobility Services, Data Privacy, Aviation Consumer Protection, Digital Tax, Tourism, Green Claims, and Payment Services. Travelport promotes its own strategic interests, emphasizing innovations in travel technology and digital transformation.
Operating from its head office in the United Kingdom, Travelport has maintained a modest but persistent engagement in EU lobbying. Financial expenditure on lobbying ranged between €100,000 and €199,999 for the year 2023, reflecting targeted efforts primarily through a fractional full-time equivalent lobbying staff of 0.25 FTE. Although not employing lobbyists accredited with the European Parliament, the firm has engaged directly with the European Commission, registering at least one high-level meeting during the 2023 calendar year.
Travelport’s approach is collaborative, maintaining affiliations with professional bodies like EU Travel Tech and the European Association of Travel Agents’ Associations (ECTAA), facilitating networking and collective advocacy aligned with travel technology interests. The firm does not declare intermediary use extensively nor has it listed member organizations, showing a primarily direct lobbying framework.
Travelport’s lobbying strategy is closely integrated with its core business mission to enhance the efficiency, consumer protection, digital innovation, and regulatory frameworks impacting the global travel market. The company’s digital platform, Travelport+, is designed to increase productivity for travel agencies through automation and real-time service updates, reinforcing Travelport’s dedication to evolving the travel retail landscape through technology.
