LONDON - GTA by Travelport, a global travel wholesaler, and
Marriott International have signed a distribution agreement
to further strengthen their strategic relationship. The
distribution agreement provides GTA's thousands of tour
operator and travel agency customers more flexibility when
planning stays at Marriott Hotels & Resorts, JW
Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Renaissance Hotels &
Resorts, Courtyard, Residence Inn, Fairfield Inn &
Suites, TownePlace Suites and SpringHill Suites. The
increased property and room category content complements
GTA's existing range of hotels and destination services,
enhancing its product offering and providing GTA's clients
greater choice when preparing tour and travel arrangements
for their customers. "Marriott operates some of the
best-recognised brands in our industry; we are thrilled to
offer our customers increased property, room category and
rate type choice across the expanding Marriott brand
portfolio globally. This enhanced relationship with
Marriott increases our product offering and empowers our
customers with the ability to offer their clients expanded
choice, as well as even more last minute availability,"
said GTA COO, Kurt Ekert. "GTA's global footprint of travel
professionals provides Marriott and our property owners a
unique distribution opportunity especially in emerging
areas such as China, parts of the Middle East and Latin
America," Julius Robinson, VP - global sales intermediaries
at Marriott International. "GTA's dynamic multi-channel
distribution network is an ideal channel to present our
hotel portfolio. It will allow us to speak to more
customers in the language of the travel professional while
working with GTA. Our hotels have worked with GTA for many
years but this agreement is a true milestone that will
further cement our excellent business relationship,"
Robinson added.