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CheapTickets is a leading seller of leisure travel products through its Web
site, www.CheapTickets.com. CheapTickets provides consumers access to one of the
largest selections of low fares, accommodations, customizable vacation packages,
cruises, rental cars, condo rentals, and last-minute trips. Founded in 1986,
CheapTickets is part of the Consumer Travel Americas group within Travelport's
Travel Distribution Services Division.
About Travelport Travel Distribution Services
Travelport Corporation's (NYSE: CD) Travel Distribution Services Division is one
of the world's largest and most geographically diverse collections of travel
brands and distribution businesses. The division, employing nearly 5,000 people
in more than 116 countries, includes: Galileo, a leading global distribution
services (GDS) company, serving more than 44,000 travel agencies and over 60,000
hotels; hotel distribution and services businesses (TRUST, THOR, WizCom and Neat
Group); leading online travel intermediaries (Orbitz, CheapTickets, Lodging.com,
HotelClub.com and RatesToGo.com); Shepherd Systems, an airline market
intelligence company; Travelwire, an international travel technology and
software company; Travel 2/Travel 4, a leading international provider of
long-haul air travel and travel product consolidator; online global corporate
travel management solutions, through Travelport and Orbitz for Business.
A Brief History of CheapTickets
It all began in 1986 on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. An airline was unable to
pay an ad agency for its services, offering a number of discounted airline
tickets in lieu of cash. The owner of the ad agency put a notice in the daily
newspaper promoting "Discounted cheap tickets for sale" and a few calls later,
the tickets were sold. Realizing he was onto something, he asked the airline to
give him more tickets at a discounted rate...and shortly thereafter CheapTickets
was born, with operations initially handled out of a kiosk and then a call
center. Today, CheapTickets.com accounts for over 8 million unique online
visitors each month with 27 million registered users.
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