Greek Travel Pages (GTP) interviewed Damiano Sabatino, Vice President and Managing Director of Travelport for Western Europe. Mr. Sabatino said that travel agents in Greece have embraced Travelport’s trailblazing Travelport Merchandising Platform that was developed to allow airlines to distribute and differentiate all of their fares and ancillaries via the travel agency channel connecting to Travelport. Part of the platform is the aggregated shopping component, which enables travel agents to show customers content from traditional carriers and low cost carriers in a single screen to compare, choose and buy. Mr. Sabatino said that he is positive about the Greek market and says that Travelport sees the Greek market as becoming very strong in online business, adding that it is moving faster than in other countries.

“We are very happy with the business and partnerships we have in Greece, which means that feedback from customers is very good,” he said, adding that Greek travel agents “like to try new things” because they like to be competitive. “So, they have understood that adopting a new technology may result in being higher than the competition both in Greece and in the other markets,” he said.