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September 24, 2007 Monday 9:31 PM EST


HEADLINE: TRAVELPORT RENEWS PARTNERSHIP WITH CORNELL CENTER FOR HOSPITALITY RE-SEARCH

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DATELINE: ITHACA, N.Y.

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Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration issued the following press release:
Global travel distributor Travelport has renewed its partnership with Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research. One of the foremost operators of global distribution system (GDS) businesses for the travel industry, Travelport is known through its Worldspan and Galileo brands, and owns a majority share of Orbitz Worldwide. In addition to finan-cial support as a partner with the center, Travelport's executive vice president of human resources, Jo-Anne Kruse, will continue to serve on the center's advisory board.

"Jo-Anne Kruse has been a great addition to our advisory board for more than three years" noted David Sherwyn, academic director of the Center for Hospitality Research. "We are delighted that Travelport has renewed its partnership, as Jo-Anne is an executive who brings strong leadership on the importance of human resources to the hospitality indus-try."

A graduate of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Kruse points to the center's strong re-cord of producing industry-related research. She added: "Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research provides a great ser-vice to all segments of the hospitality industry, and I am delighted that Travelport is a part of that research agenda."
Contact: Jennifer Macera, 607/255-3101, js372@cornell.edu

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