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Travelport to Co-Sponsor Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
Travelport Ltd is to co-sponsor The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) 2009 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards .
The winners and finalists will be honoured at a special recognition ceremony at the WTTC 2009 Global Travel & Tourism Summit. Travelport CEO and President, Jeff Clarke will be in attendance to honor and address the winners and finalists in the award categories, which include Destination Stewardship, Conservation, Community Benefit, and the Global Tourism Business Award focusing exclusively on sustainable tourism at the larger corporate level to further demonstrate that best practices can encompass businesses of any scale.
“Travelport is committed to engendering and promoting sustainable travel. We foster a culture of responsible and environmentally-conscious practices, develop tools for offsetting and measuring carbon emissions and continue to participate in organizations and initiatives that implement these services and impart this universal message. I am honored to play a role in recognizing the recipients and finalists of the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards and to underscore the impactful contributions of these role models as well as the WTTC,” said Jeff Clarke,
“We are delighted that our strategic partner, Travelport, will once again co-sponsor this very important awards event. As an organization dedicated to environmental awareness and facilitating mass travel globally, it leads by example and contributes to the shared vision of sustainability in Travel and Tourism,” added Jean-Claude Baumgarten, President, WTTC.
Travelport is comprised of Travelport GDS, a global distribution system business that includes the Worldspan and Galileo brands; GTA, a group travel and wholesale hotel business; Business Intelligence by Travelport, a data analysis business; and IT Services and Software, which hosts mission critical applications and provides business solutions for major airlines. Travelport also owns approximately 48% of Orbitz.
With 2007 revenues of US$2.6 billion, Travelport operates in 145 countries and has approximately 5,500 employees.
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