Travelport and GET-E agree strategic ground transportation distribution agreement

Deal will see the 68,000 agencies connected to Travelport’s Smartpoint agent desktop

Global ground transportation provider GET-E has struck a strategic partnership agreement with Travelport.

The deal will see the 68,000 agencies connected to Travelport’s Smartpoint agent desktop to search, book and connect GET-E’s range of taxi, minivan and executive transport options.

The partners said “seamless integration” between GET-E and Travelport will offer users an improved workflow within a single user interface.

GET-E bookings while directly connect with flight reservations with airport transfers to make travel to and from major transit hubs seamless.

Alexander van Deudekom, GET-E chief executive, said: “Travelport is a very important new strategic partner for GET-E.

“By opening up the GET-E booking platform to Travelport’s global network, we will provide connected agencies with an easy and cost-effective way to book connecting road transport to their pre-booked flights.

“GET-E is delighted to partner with Travelport to provide seamless booking access to the full range of our taxi transfer services at more than 900+ destinations in 110 countries. This opens up significant new growth opportunities for our business.”

Erik Van Markus, director of strategic accounts at Travelport, added: “We believe that the ability to connect agencies and travellers to an increasingly integrated and multimodal ecosystem of travel choices represents an opportunity to build a seamless experience that delivers real value for every part of the travel ecosystem.

“Our new relationship with GET-E will enable us to offer our customers an innovative platform for booking and managing their transit and onward travel needs. We look forward to working with the GET-E team towards our shared ambition for growth in Europe and beyond.”

The partnership is being launched in conjunction with Travel and Transport Statesman, a UK travel management company specialising in corporate travel management, leisure travel and group and meeting travel services.

Veronica Skvorova, technical operations manager at Travel and Transport Statesman, said:

“Travel and Transport Statesman’s partnership with GET-E enables us to provide our clients with a more complete, global, ground transportation service.

“We work with international companies from all across the globe, so giving them the ability to book all their worldwide transfers with GET-E via Travelport Smartpoint, no matter where they’re travelling to, lets them focus on what matters.

“We look forward to a long and successful partnership thanks to the great booking technology, product and superior customer service GET-E provides to our team and Travel and Transport Statesman’s customers.”