Galileo Leisure launched by Galileo Emirates at gala function in Dubai

Galileo Leisure allows travel agents to fully integrate all air and leisure bookings into a single Galileo booking file. The content includes access to more than 23,000 GTA sourced hotels, as well as 3,500 car rental locations, 2,500 transfer services and 4,300 sightseeing tours (including 1,200 private sightseeing options).

Galileo Emirates also streamlines processes by offering travel agents direct access to the information that they need to know to answer frequently asked customer questions . It helps this process via the extensive destination content provided on the site such as online city maps and real time weather information. Galileo Leisure also features a group booking facility.

Galileo Leisure represents the unique content offering that is available through one of the world's largest travel companies and will bring to 24 the number of countries across four continents able to use the Galileo Leisure website.

"Galileo Leisure is an industry first and effectively combines in one place all the benefits of an unrivalled range of superb travel content. Never before have agents been able to serve their customers so well while also boosting their own revenue earning potential,"

commented Naz Nizari, Senior Vice President, Galileo Emirates.

Rabih Saab, Regional Managing Director ME, Africa, Pakistan & Sri Lanka, Cendant TDS, added: "We've worked hard at developing a leisure travel tool that will help travel agents maximise every available booking opportunity. With Galileo Leisure, they really will be able to access all the relevant, non-GDS content they need in one site to build the ideal holiday for their customers. And this is just the beginning - we plan to evolve this offering well beyond the domain of leisure travel."

Galileo Emirates is the national distribution company for Galileo International, the leading provider of electronic global distribution services for the travel industry, and part of Cendant's Travel Distribution Services (TDS).