Former Travelport Execs Launch Platform to Boost Struggling Agencies


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ATPI's new TripStax travel tech platform has experienced Travelport alumni at the helm, but its all-in-one retailing philosophy might limit its appeal.

Corporate travel agency ATPI has now completed the spinoff of its new technology platform — as first revealed in Skift in July last year — which is designed to help smaller agencies sell business trips in the post-pandemic world.

Two former Travelport leaders are behind the new venture, called TripStax Technologies Limited, which officially launched Tuesday and is billed as one-stop technology shop. However, in a world where agility is key, the company may struggle to convince agencies their platform has all bases covered.

Jack Ramsey, who joined ATPI as a consultant in 2020 where he eventually developed the concept, has been named CEO. He previously spent eight years in various sales and commercial roles Travelport, latterly as global sales director at its Hotelzon division.

Ramsey is joined by Mathias Andersson, who formerly spent five years as chief commercial officer of Hotelzon. Prior to that he headed up Travelport’s Nordic division for seven years. Andersson joined