TRAVELPORT today announced it has signed a new content and data partnership with Alitrip, formerly known as Taobao Travel.
The agreement allows Alitrip, Alibaba Group’s online travel platform, to work with Travelport and Travelport-enabled agencies, effectively expand its merchant and customer base beyond the borders of China.
Alitrip also gains access to Travelport’s pricing and availability data as well as its flagship shopping products ePricing and the Search Control Console.
Zheng Zhou, general manager of Alitrip’s transportation business unit, said in a statement: “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 wil provide our users with the best fare options.”
On the other hand, existing Travelport users and partners can now tap China’s growing demand for travel by participating on the Alitrip platform.
