Digital merchandising technology specialist Paxport is marking the 30^th anniversary of its founding in 1994.

The firm is an aggregator flight content and passenger management, post-booking airline ancillary merchandising and digital payments solutions developer.

To celebrate its significant milestone, Paxport has launched a series of activities and special events to acknowledge the contributions of its travel industry partners and look back at how the travel technology landscape has evolved.

The firm said its journey “continues at pace”, with increased research and development spending and strong growth across all of its business segments.

Simon Taylor, head of commercial at Paxport, said: “The travel industry has developed at remarkable speed over the last thirty years, and I’m proud that Paxport have not only adapted, but challenged the status quo to embrace innovation and more efficient ways of working.

“We place our customers at the heart of everything we do – from creating new revenue streams through our expertise in ancillary merchandising, to connecting the travel industry with must-have airline content and shopping solutions, Paxport are uniquely positioned to be a true enabler for travel businesses.

“But the real driving force behind our growth story are our people, whose travel expertise allows Paxport to remain at the heart of the travel ecosystem.”

Paxport said from its inception it made its mission to “remove logistical headaches from all types of  travel operations, allowing both airlines and travel resellers to get to market quickly, drive efficiency and generate new revenue streams”.

Since being founded in 1994, Paxport has built a platform that provides access to thousands of airline fares and ancillary services, including a complete distribution solution for travel resellers, an “end-to-end” passenger management platform, and a complete digital payment solution.

Paxport’s landmark achievements over the last three decades:

1994

Paxport founded in Stockholm with the introduction of its Passenger Management System

2008

PaxShop ancillary merchandising system for tour operators and airlines is launched

2016

Paxport acquires UK travel technology company Multicom, bringing advanced airline distribution and flight caching technology into group

2018

Paxport’s next generation cache API PaxCache Connect is launched driving flight pricing accuracy and increasing online conversation for Paxport customers

2019

Pax2pay digital payment business is launched and wins a Digital Payment Solution Platform award underlining the value of the group’s investment in fintech

Paxport launched its first certified IATA NDC solution

2020

PaxShop wins Champions of Conversion at the Travolution Awards

PNRGOV data reporting service is launched to help airlines manage passenger data

2022

PaxCache flight cache technology won Champions of Data at the Travolution Awards

Paxport named Best Global Digital Travel Solutions Provider at the Travel and Tourism Awards

 2023

Paxport’s airline distribution business launched a new post-booking management servicing tools

2024

30th anniversary