Aug 5, 2015

Travelport Hotelzon, a leading hotel distribution technology provider for the B2B travel industry, today announced the appointment of Daniel Guillou as its new Managing Director, effective immediately.

Based in Finland, Guillou will be responsible for taking Travelport Hotelzon to its next level of growth through further international expansion including entry into new territories outside of Europe. Guillou brings over 20 years' experience working in the international IT and telecommunications industry where he held leadership positions at a number of high profile organizations including Ericsson and Tieto. In his most recent role at Tieto, the largest Nordic IT services company, Guillou successfully drove solid growth across his customer portfolio. He also has extensive experience of working in other regions having held roles in Japan, Nigeria and the Netherlands during his career.

Commenting on the appointment, Niklas Andréen, SVP of Hospitality and Digital Media for Travelport, said: "I am delighted to welcome Daniel to Travelport Hotelzon, bringing as he does significant experience and expertise in growing entrepreneurial start-up companies, leading high performing teams and driving business transformation. His timely appointment marks the start of a new phase for the business as it embarks on its second year with Travelport with ambitions to grow in the hotel and corporate travel space on an international basis."

Guillou added: "I cannot be happier joining a leading business like Travelport Hotelzon. The opportunity is huge; the team has an intensive focus on developing pioneering products for its corporate and hotel customers while taking up the challenge of expanding its network into new territories. I look forward to building on that foundation and applying my experience so we realize the full growth potential of the business over the coming years."

Also joining the Travelport Hotelzon senior management team this month is Olli Kaivola as Head of Finance. Kaivola brings with him extensive experience in auditing, tax law and financial and management reporting.

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About Travelport Hotelzon (www.travelporthotelzon.com)

Travelport Hotelzon, is a leading corporate online hotel booking company for the B2B travel industry offering booking services and hotel distribution technology to corporate business travelers, hotels and travel professionals. Travelport Hotelzon's booking software provides efficient tools for simplifying the corporate hotel booking process and its hotel properties are distributed through Travelport's Travel Commerce Platform, giving travelers an extensive range of choices from independent and chain hotels. Headquartered in London, UK, Travelport Hotelzon also has offices in Denmark, Ireland, Italy, France, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and Romania and has over 70 employees. The company rebranded from Hotelzon to Travelport Hotelzon in May 2015 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Travelport.

About Travelport (www.travelport.com)

Travelport is a Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the global travel and tourism industry. With a presence in over 170 countries, over 3,500 employees and 2014 net revenue of over $2.1 billion, Travelport is comprised of:

  • A Travel Commerce Platform through which it facilitates travel commerce by connecting the world's leading travel providers with online and offline travel buyers in a proprietary business-to-business (B2B) travel marketplace. In addition, Travelport has leveraged its domain expertise in the travel industry to design a pioneering B2B payment solution that addresses the needs of travel intermediaries to efficiently and securely settle travel transactions.
  • Technology Services through which it provides critical IT services to airlines, such as shopping, ticketing, departure control and other solutions, enabling them to focus on their core business competencies and reduce costs.

Travelport is headquartered in Langley, U.K. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol "TVPT".

Media Contacts

Travelport Hotelzon:
Maarit Klein, Head of Marketing
Tel: +358 40 821 0713
maarit.klein@travelporthotelzon.com

Travelport:
Kelly Carpenter, Marketing and Communications Executive
Tel: +44 (0)1753 288805
kelly.carpenter@travelport.com

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