Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, has today announced the launch of a new travel application for users of smartphones in the Asia-Pacific region. Following a successful launch in the UK earlier this year, Travelport ViewTrip™ Mobileis one of the first, fully integrated GDS powered travel itinerary apps available.

ViewTrip Mobile delivers time critical information and other valuable tools to enable travellers to be fully aware and in control of their travel arrangements at any time. Among the useful features are:

• Simple, one-time registration with future trips automatically synced to the mobile
• Flight status with live flight alerts
• Detailed airport  and city guides offering easy to digest information
• Location aware services – find offers on local restaurants, the location of your nearest bank and much more
• Weather forecasts and currency conversion
• Itinerary management – easily and quickly add other items to itineraries

Travelport, through their development partner ManticPoint, are also offering a white label version* of ViewTrip Mobile. The white label version will enable travel agents to:

• Brand the app and itineraries using their own logo and colours
• Take control of content including agency specific help and advice and decide which affiliate content appears
• Proactively manage and target communications with the traveller via the app when disruption or the travel environment changes

“We are delighted with the addition of ViewTrip Mobile to the services we can provide for our travellers,” said Caroline Mongey, Operations Manager for FCm Travel Solutions Ireland. “We have already received a number of comments explaining how powerful the app is and it is clearly enhancing the travel experience while increasing our value as a travel partner.”

“Mobile technology is playing an increasingly important part of a traveller’s overall experience and our mobile strategy continues to result in new, innovative solutions for our customers”, commented Matthew Jones, Product Manager at Travelport. “ViewTrip Mobile is an exciting step forward for travellers as it provides them with rich trip information along with a wide array of destination content and tools, all in the palm of their hand. We are constantly developing new products that satisfy the needs of the travel community and are thrilled with the positive impact ViewTrip Mobile is making.”

Travelport ViewTrip Mobile will be available to customers in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, India and Thailand initially, with other Asia-Pacific countries to follow soon after. ViewTrip Mobile is available free of charge to all Travelport travel agency customers currently using the Travelport ViewTrip™ itinerary solution. To get started, travellers click the link included in their ViewTrip itinerary to register and download the app.

* There is a cost associated with the white label version.