- 27th February 2006
- Worldchoice
is the largest group of independent leisure travel agents
in the UK.
- There is a
very large travel conference in Dallas March 7...The gig includes ....
- Amadeus — Amadeus is the chosen
technology partner for
providers, sellers, and
buyers of travel. Amadeus provides distribution,
IT and points of sale solutions that
help its customers
adapt, grow and succeed in the fast changing travel industry.
Customer groups include travel providers (airlines, hotels, car
rental companies,
railway companies, ferry lines, cruise
lines and insurance companies, tour operators),
travel sellers
(travel agencies) and travel buyers (corporations and
travelers). Solutions
are grouped in four solution
categories – Distribution
& Content, Sales & e-Commerce,
Business
Management and Services &
Consultancy.
- Solutions for travel
providers…
Amadeus distributes
content to around 362,000 points of sale
located in over 215
markets worldwide through a range of
technology solutions. For airlines, Amadeus
Altéa Customer
Management Solution (CMS) is the first new generation IT platform
seen by the airline industry for 30 years, allowing
airlines to unlock the full value of
each traveler and turn their
passengers into customers. More than 150 airlines use
Amadeus
Altéa Reservation (Sell) as their sales and reservation
system including
world-class airlines such as British Airways, Qantas,
Finnair, United Airlines and
South African Airways who have
also contracted Amadeus
Altéa Inventory (Plan)
and Amadeus
Altéa Departure Control
(Fly) system.
Solutions for travel
sellers…
The
Amadeus
Selling Platform (Vista) allows
over 75,000 travel agencies and 11,000
airline
offices to make bookings on 95% of the world's scheduled
airline seats.
It provides access to over 56,700 hotel properties and
42 car rental companies serving
over 30,000
locations.
Solutions for
corporations…
In e-commerce, Amadeus is
the global leader in online
travel technology and corporate
travel management solutions.
It services travel agencies in 90 countries, and powers the
websites of over 300 corporations and more than 70 airlines and
hotels. Amadeus e-Travel
Management (Aergo) is an
online travel booking solution to help corporations
manage their
travel policy more efficiently. Both Amadeus and
its partners enable corporations to integrate
all the
elements of their global travel programs, into one easy-to-use
and easy-to-administrate
solution. Customers include BASF,
BMC Software, Cemex, Daimler Chrysler, Ericsson, Oracle,
Siam
Cement and Telecom Italia.
The company - jointly owned by BC Partners, Cinven,
Air France, Iberia and Lufthansa - has over
6,500 employees
worldwide, representing 95 nationalities. For the six months
ended 30 June 2005,
Amadeus reported revenues of $1,
226.1m
and
net income of $154.2m.
More information about Amadeus is available at:
www.amadeus.com
- Sidestep — SideStep searches more
than 100 sites to find the
Web’s best travel bargains.
It checks online agencies,
consolidators, and the sites of the airlines, hotels, vacation
package
providers and rental car companies to ensure travelers find the
deal that’s right for them.
More
than 4.7
million consumers turn to SideStep each month for serious
savings on travel.
The company has forged alliances with
leading travel marketers looking to reach this large,
qualified
audience, including companies like JetBlue Airways, Continental
Airlines, Hyatt
Corporation, Orbitz, Best Western and
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group. The company recently
expanded internationally with a UK & Ireland offering. SideStep
also powers
the travel store
on Amazon.com.
- Travelzoo — Travelzoo is an
Internet media company with more than
nine million subscribers
in the United States and the
United Kingdom. Travelzoo publishes offers from more than 500
advertisers. With offices in Chicago, Las Vegas, London, Miami,
Munich, New York and Silicon
Valley, Travelzoo employs a staff
of travel deal experts that source, research and
test-book
recommended deals before publishing. It also provides tips on when
offers are available
and where subscribers can find the best
deals.
- More information is
available at: www.travelzoo.com
- Worldspan — Worldspan is a leader
in travel technology services
for travel suppliers,
travel agencies, e-commerce sites and
corporations worldwide. It is also the world leader in
Web-based
travel e-commerce, processing nearly two out of every three
flights that are
shopped, booked and ticketed through travel
Web sites worldwide. Utilizing some of the
fastest, most
flexible and efficient networks and computing technologies,
Worldspan
provides comprehensive electronic data services linking
approximately 800 travel suppliers
around the world to a global
customer base. Worldspan offers industry-leading fares and
pricing technology such as Worldspan e-Pricing®, hosting
solutions and customized travel
products. Worldspan enables
travel suppliers, distributors and corporations to reduce costs
and
increase productivity with technology like Worldspan Go!®
and Worldspan Trip Manager® XE.
More information is
available at: www.worldspan.com
- TravelMole — TravelMole is an
online community of over 300,000
travel and tourism
professionals worldwide. Whether you are a
travel agent, tour operator, conference and meeting
planner,
group travel organizer, tourist officer, trade supplier,
hotelier, travel journalist, destination
marketing officer, or
other travel and tourism professional, you will find a
wealth of relevant, useful
information at: www.TravelMole.com
- Florida Travel Stats - Sunshine State
breaks tourism record
Florida broke a record last year by attracting 86 million visitors, or
a 7.6% increase over
a year earlier.
The Sunshine State achieved the feat despite hurricanes and
rising gas prices,
according to tourism officials. They are expecting
to see tourism slow to a 3.2% increase,
according to VISIT FLORIDA
estimates.
Hotel room rates were also up.
In the South Florida area of Miami, for example, the average
hotel room went for almost
$159 a night last month. That figure is 8%
more than the previous year, according to
Smith Travel Research.
At the same time, hotel occupancy in Miami only dipped one percent to
79%.
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