Travelport, a leading travel commerce platform, was announced the winner in the inaugural ‘Best Global Distribution System’ category at this year’s Business Traveller Africa Awards held in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Travelport provides distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $7 trillion global travel and tourism industry.

The annual awards, which recognises excellence within the South African business travel trade, are presented to businesses that have performed outstandingly in the last year. Future Group partnered with global independent research company TNS to interrogate the industry, collate the results, and decide upon the winners within each of the categories.

Rabih Saab, president and managing director Middle East, Africa and South Asia, Travelport, said: “We’re very pleased to have been successful at this year’s Business Traveller Africa Awards, a  testament to the continued hard work of the team as well the growing awareness of our Travel Commerce Platform and strengthened offering as well as our expanded footprint across Africa. The business has been going from strength to strength, with an expansion of the team, new, additional travel content and industry-leading products as well as the launch of our new branding.” – TradeArabia News Service