Travel Tech CEO Series: Travelport Is Doubling Down on Its Payments Business and on Distribution, Too
Photo Credit: Gordon Wilson is President and CEO of Travelport, the travel marketplace company, who has served in this post since June 1, 2011, having previously served as Travelport's Deputy CEO since November 2009 and as head of the Travelport distribution division since January 2007. Travelport
Skift Take
In his first Q&A with Skift, President and CEO of Travelport Gordon Wilson acknowledges that suppliers are no longer as dependent on distribution technology companies as they once were. He makes a persuasive case that better meeting the needs of suppliers is the way to thrive.
Editor's Note: This year we expanded our coverage of the technology companies that do the behind-the-scenes work of powering the technology systems of the world's major travel companies.
We’re sitting down with a handful of industry leaders for our new Travel Tech CEO Listening Series to discover where they think the industry is heading.
Travelport, a Langley, UK-based enterprise software company, provides a lot of e-commerce services to the travel industry.
But it is perhaps best known for being one of the world's four major middlemen of airplane tickets, along with Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelsky.
Airlines distribute their fares via these so-called GDSs, or global distribution systems, which provides booking platforms for tens of thousands of travel agents and online travel agencies worldwide.
In June 2011, Gordon Wilson became the company's president and chief executive. At the time, the company was backed by private equity group Blackstone, which had bought it f
