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Travelport GDS has signed agreements in Lebanon as it puts the final touches to its new local support structure across the Middle East region.

Published: 06 Feb 2009

Travelport GDS has signed agreements in Lebanon as it puts the final touches to its new local support structure across the Middle East region.

After sharing its plans for setting up direct support network for travel agents in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt as well as refining its distributor relationships in other key markets, Travelport GDS has announced the opening of five new offices in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and new distributor agreements in Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

Travelport has revealed details of an extended partnership with its Worldspan distributor in Lebanon also to distribute its Galileo GDS, as well as a multi-year full content deal with Lebanese flag carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA). In addition to the content deal, Najwa Tarabah and a select team of MEA staff, who were previously responsible for the Galileo distribution arm of MEA, have moved across to Travelport Lebanon.

The latest new distributor arrangements signed in Lebanon add to those recently announced in Syria and Jordan.

The company has signed new Galileo GDS agreement with Gate 7, now to trade as Travelport-Lebanon, and a new distributor agreement with Adhal and Khazem & Co in Syria, headed up by Nibal Ismal, who previously held senior management positions at Syrian Arab Airlines.

Travelport has also re-appointed Royal Jordanian Airlines, the current Galileo distributor in Jordan, to continue distributing its products.

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