Travelport Files Papers and Tries for IPO Again


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It's hard to see what would make Travelport an attractive investment in 2014 given its indebtedness, net losses and perennial reliance on air transactions despite moves to build up non-air revenue.

If Sabre can do it, then why not Travelport? Travel tech and global distribution system Travelport Worldwide Ltd. filed a registration statement June 4 for an initial public offering, trying to go public after withdrawing an attempt in London in 2010. Rival Sabre executed an IPO and raised $627 million in April 2014. Travelport did not revea