FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact: (800) 442-6871
Jack E. Mannix, CTC, Ext. 273
Ensemble Travel™ Group Taps TravTech For Cruise Booking Technology
ANAHEIM, Oct. 20 – Ensemble Travel Group today announced a special supplier
relationship with TravTech, Inc. to provide both a travel agent and consumer cruise
booking engine at preferred rates for its U.S. members.
The announcement was made by Jack E. Mannix, CTC, Ensemble Travel Group president
and CEO during the opening general session of the 2005 Ensemble Travel Group International
Conference at the Anaheim Marriott. The selection of TravTech was based on a matching
set of criteria of both agency and consumer technology needs and preferences.
“To succeed in a highly competitive environment like travel, Ensemble Travel
Group members must have access to multiple booking channels, especially on the
cruise side,” said Mannix. “The TravTech product has a proven track
record of success. It’s simple to use, extremely functional, with a stable
technology platform. It also has a solid reputation behind its name. We feel TravTech
offers a great solution for our members.”
Cruise Booking Engine
“We are excited about this new collaboration with Ensemble Travel Group,”
said Gian Dilawari, president of TravTech. “As consumers become more comfortable
with online booking options, they will seek out the more robust sites that offer
immediate access to a host of features, and often at a competitive price point.
This technology gives Ensemble Travel Group members the booking source that consumers
are looking for.”
The new consumer booking engine, which can be integrated into the agency's own
website or their Ensemble ClientSite, displays rich graphics, deck plans, itineraries,
stateroom photos, maps and destination overviews, 360° pictures, and many
other features. It also includes a comparative function that allows the consumer
to show potential purchases side-by-side.
Ensemble Travel Group members can register for the TravTech consumer and agent
booking engines at the conference in Anaheim and begin using the technology almost
immediately. The new cruise booking technology will be demonstrated at the Tech Village on
Friday and Saturday.
About Ensemble Travel Group
Ensemble Travel Group, founded in 1968 as the Greater Independent Association
of National Travel Services (GIANTS), is a proactive, owner-involved international
organization of 1,300 professional travel agencies in the U.S. and Canada. With
a membership that represents billions of dollars in travel transactions each year,
Ensemble Travel Group has achieved a nearly 40-year record of boosting members'
profits and delivering high-volume sales to its preferred suppliers. To learn
more about Ensemble Travel Group, call (800) 442-6871.
About TravTech, Inc.
TravTech, Inc. develops web-based applications for the travel industry. Its flagship
product, Cruisebase, provides both consumers and travel agents with rich content
and up-to-date pricing on cruises from over 70 cruise lines world-wide with the
ability to book cruises on-line for all major lines. The Agent Booking Center
(ABC) component of Cruisebase allows travel agents to manage their cruise business
with its advanced CRM functionality and a host of detail reports providing up
to the minute information on sales and profit. Travtech is based in Fairfax, VA
and has development offices in Fort Lauderdale, FL, Bucharest, Romania and Bangalore,
India.
Tel. 703-272-0024.
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