Travelport completes acquisition of Worldspan

NEW YORK--Travelport Limited, the parent company of the Travelport group of companies, has completed its $1.4 billion acquisition of Worldspan, L.P. The deal makes Travelport one of the world's largest networks of travel brands, content and service offerings.

The Travelport GDS division comprises the Galileo and Worldspan businesses; Shepherd Systems, an expert in the field of providing business and marketing intelligence to the travel industry; AiRes, a server based internal airline IT product suite and Thor, a provider of distribution and marketing services to travel-related companies.