A week after signing a major hosting deal in Japan, Travelport has extended its interests elsewhere around the world and snapped up Galileo Southern Africa from South African Airways.
Terms were not disclosed but the deal effectively sees the end of the SAA’s control of its distribution division, ending a 20-year strategy for the carrier. SAA is believed to have wanted to sell its non-core airline operations for a number of years.
Travelport is talking up the deal as a significant move into a large regional market, with South Africa the largest of the travel markets on the continent.
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