Travelport GDS today announced that Armin Meier will join the company on June 1, 2008 on a part-time basis and assume the role of Chief Commercial Officer on September 1, 2008. In this capacity Mr. Meier will have global responsibility for sales, marketing, segmentation and customer engagement for Travelport GDS, comprising the Galileo and Worldspan brands, and the IT Services and Software lines of business. Mr. Meier will report directly to Gordon Wilson, President & CEO, Travelport GDS.

“As a seasoned industry executive, Armin brings to Travelport a unique blend of multi-national travel and technology sector experience,” said Gordon Wilson. “He has extensive knowledge of managing across borders and nationalities and has a flair for innovation as well as establishing deep relationships throughout our industry. As a key member of the Travelport GDS senior team, I am confident that Armin will bring insight and energy to our customer engagement and act as a catalyst to rapid growth in new and emerging markets.”

Most recently, Mr. Meier was Group Chief Executive Officer of Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd., one of Europe’s leading tourist travel corporations, listed on the Zurich Stock Exchange with 2007 turnover of CHF 4.7 billion, almost 9,000 employees and operations in over 30 countries. Under Mr. Meier’s leadership, Kuoni was named “World’s Leading Tour Operator” at World Travel Market 2007, the ninth occasion on which the group had won this accolade.

“Over the past two years, Travelport has executed an impressive transformation, which has resulted in the creation of a world-class, globally-balanced GDS provider,” stated Mr. Meier. “Now it’s time to step up a gear and convey that message to the market with confidence and clarity. My intention is to lead Travelport’s continued commercial growth by deepening our already strong relationships with suppliers and agencies, delivering exemplary customer service and by identifying and exploiting winnable business opportunities. I’m genuinely excited to have this opportunity during such a dynamic phase in Travelport’s history.”

Prior to his tenure at Kuoni, Mr. Meier held executive responsibility for supply chain logistics and information technology at Migros, the largest retailer in Switzerland. Earlier, he was President & CEO of Atraxis AG, the airline IT services company which was part of the Swissair Group before being sold to EDS. His early career was focused in the IT sector, where he held technical and managerial positions with organisations such as ABB and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Mr. Meier is 49 years of age and a Swiss national. He received a Bachelors degree in IT Engineering from Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland and an Executive Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. In his new global role, Mr. Meier will maintain offices in Switzerland and at Travelport’s GDS worldwide headquarters in Langley UK.

Mr. Meier succeeds Kevin Mooney in the role of CCO. Mr. Mooney left Travelport at the end of April 2008.

About Travelport
Travelport is one of the world’s largest travel conglomerates offering broad based business services to companies operating in the global travel industry. The company is comprised of Travelport GDS, a global distribution system business that includes the Worldspan and Galileo brands; GTA, a group travel and wholesale hotel business; Business Intelligence Services, a data analysis business; and IT Services and Software, which hosts mission critical applications and provides business solutions for major airlines.

Travelport also owns approximately 48% of Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW), a leading global online travel company. With on-going annual revenues of approximately $2.6 billion, Travelport operates in 145 countries and has approximately 6,000 employees.

Travelport is a private company owned by The Blackstone Group, One Equity Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures and Travelport management.

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