Travelport announced (02-Feb-2018) Jan-2018 was a record month for the company for fare shopping, with "unprecedented" increases in peak (one-day) shopping rate messages per second and in overall 24 hour message volumes. Travelport's shopping results for Jan-2018 include:
- 77% year-on-year increase in peak shopping rates and 79% increase in single-day message volume.
- 169% two-year increase in peak shopping rates and 161% two-year increase in single-day message volume.
Travelport also reported it processed 2.4 trillion shopping transactions during 2017 and priced six billion-plus unique itineraries every day. [more - original PR]