Home > > Travelport introduces e-Vouchers on Europcar bookings

Travelport introduces e-Vouchers on Europcar bookings

06/16/2009| 12:39:35 PM| 中文

Langley, UK, 16 June 2009 – One of the world’s premier car rental companies, Europcar, has teamed up with leading global distribution system (GDS) provider, Travelport, to introduce paperless car hire bookings on the Galileo system.

Galileo’s e-Voucher program, which is available in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, was developed to make car hire bookings and confirmation easier for travel agents and more user-friendly for the end traveller. In essence, it makes the electronic, ticketless confirmation of car hire bookings similar to issuing airline e-tickets and removes the need for customers to produce any proof of deposit or payment when picking up their rental vehicle. Travel agents also save time on tasks such as handwriting car rental vouchers and faxing payment details to car rental stations.

Proving particularly popular with business travellers, Galileo estimates that up to 90% of Galileo-connected business travel agencies are already using the e-Voucher system. This recent agreement with Europcar means that the ‘big four’ global car hire firms – Avis, Hertz, Sixt and Europcar all now participate in the program, accounting for nearly 70% of all car hire bookings made on the Galileo GDS.

 “There is growing demand for ticketless travel from travellers and our e-Voucher program for car hire booking really builds on the widely recognised success of airline e-tickets. Travel agents also prefer the e-ticketing approach as it enables them to save valuable time on administrative tasks and to be more focused on serving their customers,” said Travelport GDS’ senior director for hospitality and car rental, Jane Lewis.

AnnMari Dalon, International Reservation GDS and Data Director, Europcar Group, said: “We are delighted to have reached an agreement with Travelport to make e-Vouchers available on our bookings – Travelport GDS offers a very important and extensive distribution channel for our business and the e-Voucher system is particularly user-friendly for travel agents and travellers alike.”
TAGS: Travelport | Europcar
©2022 广州力矩资讯科技有限公司 粤ICP备06070077号
Tell us more about yourself!