France’s biggest travel group, Marietton, and travel technology group Travelsoft have announced the public launch of a joint venture called Travel Explorer. Marietton and Travelsoft ‘Travel Explorer’

Work on the Travel Explorer venture started earlier this year as a platform for the exclusive use of Marietton, a long-standing Travelsoft customer, and owner of renowned brands such as Havas Voyages, Austral Lagon, Héliades and Voyamar.

The two companies are pleased to confirm that already Travel Explorer employs four full-time developers building a platform that combines technological innovation with human expertise. The solution offers all travel agents the opportunity to create unique experiences that will delight their customers in search of truly tailor-made trips.

As such Marietton staff using Travel Explorer gain access to a wide range of available content at a worldwide level: hotels and villa or apartment rentals, multi-modal transportation, car rentals, transfers, excursions and experience – whilst being able to customize itineraries, change dates, add stopovers, with or without inspiration from destination specialists.

Laurent Abitbol, President of Marietton Développement, comments: “I’m proud that our technology division, Marietton Développement Group, has continued to innovate by working with Travelsoft to create this fantastic platform for the exclusive use of our travel agents. In addition to increasing the productivity of our travel agents, this solution will have the mission of developing the technology of all our in-house tour operators.”

Whilst Christian Sabbagh, Founder and CEO of Travelsoft, adds: “This joint venture underlines our long-standing close relationship with the Marietton Développement Group and confirms our technological know-how placed at the service of Marietton staff selling to customers.”

This news follows Travelsoft recently announcing the acquisition of leading travel technology companies TravelgateX, ATCORE Technology and Travel Connection Technology in May – and also acquiring Eventiz, a French travel trade publisher of L’Echo Touristique amongst other titles shortly before that.

With these acquisitions, the group – which already owned Orchestra, Traffics, and Travel Compositor – grew to a team of over 600 professionals whose technology is used by travel intermediaries around the world to process transactions worth around €35 billion annually.

About Marietton Développement

Founded in 1968 in Lyon, the Marietton Développement Group is a French company specializing in the tourism business, with a nationwide presence. The group offers its customers customized solutions for all their leisure and business tourism needs.

The teams work closely with customers and suppliers daily. One of the Group’s key success factors remains its close collaboration with local businesses, combined with unfailing responsiveness.

About Travelsoft

Travelsoft is a leading travel Software-as-a-Service (Saas) company founded in Paris in the year 2000 which technologies are used to transact travel bookings worth around €35 billion per year.

The company focuses on addressing core technological issues to simplify the process of selling travel packages for tour operators and travel agencies around the world. By automating production and booking processes as well as effectively managing marketing data, Travelsoft enables increased conversion rates for their clients.

Operating in more than 90 countries, Travelsoft provides various platforms tailored to meet the specific requirements of each local market. They capitalise on synergies among their platforms, particularly in terms of global connectivity with airlines and hotels, to optimize their services.

Employing over 600 travel technology experts worldwide, the company has a presence in 90 countries and operates under seven brand names: Orchestra in France, Traffics in Germany and Eastern Europe, Travel Compositor in Spain, Southern Europe, LATAM and Asia, Eventiz Group in France, ATCORE Technology in the UK, TravelgateX in Spain and Travel Connection Technology in Romania. Marietton and Travelsoft ‘Travel Explorer’

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