truvle Inks Deal with ITP- International Travel Partnership
Consortium To Offer New Technology To ITP Travel Management Companies Worldwide
ATLANTA (Dec. 8, 2010) - Travel technology company truvle Ltd. announced today it has signed an agreement with International Travel Partnership (ITP), a global network of independent travel management companies. Now ITP partners can provide branded, Web-empowered email itineraries that make planning and monitoring easier for their portfolios of business travel clients.
ITP’s new itinerary/trip planner features a bright contemporary look that’s customised with each partner’s colors, logo and promotions. Designed to convey the excitement of travel, the e-docs contain links to useful trip information tailored to each destination. Clicking through links, travellers get local information on restaurants, shopping, entertainment, tours, events, attractions, weather, currency exchange rates, maps, directions and more. There’s no need to search multiple websites. Everything needed to plan a productive trip is readily available through the truvle-powered e-itinerary.
“We’re delighted to provide travel professionals with this dynamic, new service,” says Virginia Palla, general manager, ITP. “The truvle technology enables our partners to compete successfully in the booming online travel business. It consolidates everything, putting the full gamut of essential destination and related information at travellers’ fingertips instantly.”
The truvle software also helps companies monitor travel compliance, according to Alon Zaibert, truvle’s CEO. “This breakthrough applications lets travelers do everything - book hotels and rental cars, make dinner reservations, purchase tickets to a show and more - directly from their email itineraries,” Zaibert explains. “That makes it easy to track where money is spent.”
ITP’s consortium spans 35 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Middle East. ITP launched its innovative itinerary/trip planner this month with Sun Spree Travel Partners, a leading travel management company and ITP partner in Bulgaria. In the coming year, ITP is committed to assisting its partners worldwide in adopting the truvle technology to manage their corporate accounts. Among the targets are partners in several countries, including companies in Russia, Holland, Switzerland and Australia.
Web-Empowered Email Itinerary
The new truvle-powered itinerary/trip planner has two key parts: the interactive email itinerary and a website called the Personal Trip Planner (PTP). Ideal for consortia like ITP, the email itinerary serves as a branding platform, featuring the travel company’s logo, colors, contact information, interactive promotions and personalized messages from the agent.
Accompanying each email itinerary is the PTP, linking travelers to their own websites with information on things to see and do in the destination. The information is tailored to each traveler according to trip dates, gender, flight class and city of origin. Using services such as Ticketmaster and Open Table for each country, the PTP contains the full panoply of information on area hotels, tours, restaurants, shopping, events, attractions, car rental companies, nightlife, recreation, golf courses and more.
Travelers can make reservations and purchases directly through their PTP, saving themselves time and enabling travel managers to create a comprehensive experience for every client. Additionally, the PTP provides maps, directions, currency exchange rates, sports scores, weather forecasts and more. Travelers on the go can receive Short Message Service (SMS) alerts from airlines and check in for flights directly from this handy, interactive itinerary/travel planner. For more information about the new truvle technology, visit http://www.truvle.com.
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ITP Contact:
Virginia Palla, General Manager, Telephone + 44 1753 832 033
Media Contact (U.S. Press)
Sharlet Brennan, Ypartnership, Sharlet.Brennan@ypartnership.com, 407-838-1707
About truvle
Atlanta-based truvle is a new software company that develops enhanced email travel itineraries and airline e-tickets, providing passengers with customized trip information – flights as well as entertainment, shopping and dining options, hotels, nightlife, events, recreation, currency exchange rates, maps, etc. -- in a single, easy-to-read format. Travel professionals enhance their service, and advertisers gain exposure before a targeted audience of millions of travelers worldwide. truvle has offices in Miami, Fla., Europe, India and Israel. For more information, visit http://www.truvle.com.
About International Travel Partnership
ITP, based in Windsor, England, is one of the world's fastest growing networked alliances of independent travel management companies with a strong, multinational portfolio of business travel clients. Each company in the ITP consortium is locally owned and managed and is usually a market leader. ITP partners combine the care and attentive service required on a local basis with the full travel management services multinational clients need. For more information about ITP, visit the website: www.itptravel.net
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