Travelport, a leading Travel Commerce Platform is pleased to announce the appointment of Kurt Bostyn as its new Country Manager for Belgium and Luxembourg.

Kurt, who starts in his role at Travelport at the beginning of August, brings with him a wealth of experience gained with some of the biggest names in the travel industry. Most recently, Kurt was Head of Meetings & Events at Carlson Wagonlit Travel Benelux in Belgium and prior to this worked for Virgin Express and Thomas Cook. Kurt has first-hand experience in the business and leisure, distribution, MICE and tour operator sectors.

Kurt, is to be based in Brussels and will also be part of the Travelport Benelux management team, reporting directly to Marco van Ieperen, Travelport's General Manger for the Benelux.

Kurt replaced Frank Van der Eynde who recently left Travelport to pursue a career as an independent consultant.

Kurt commented: "I'm thrilled to be joining the Travelport team at such an exciting time for the company. Travelport has some genuinely innovative, industry leading products and is working hard to empower travel agents to grow their businesses and increase revenues. I am excited to now be leading our team in Belgium and Luxembourg and look forward to meeting our customers in the coming months."

Marco added: "I am so pleased to be welcoming Kurt to the Travelport team and I'm confident that our customers will be able to draw on his extensive experience, enthusiasm and knowledge of the travel industry to support their businesses."

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About Travelport (www.travelport.com)

Travelport is a Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $8 trillion global travel and tourism industry. With a presence in over 170 countries, over 3,400 employees and 2014 net revenue of $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.

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Media Contacts:

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Email: mark.hamilton@travelport.com

Kate Aldridge, VP Corporate Communications
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