Jul 24, 2007 By:
GDSX, Ltd
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Plano, TX -- July 24, 2007 -- GDSX, Ltd. and Infotriever, Inc. are pleased to announce that the Infotriever Add to Calendar service, enabling the automatic integration and updating of itineraries into travelers' desktop and PDA calendars such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, is now available to all GDSX COMPLEAT customers.

Alliance Focused on Enabling Companies to More Efficiently Manage Spending on Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions Jul 24, 2007 By:
Visa USA
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2007 -- Visa USA, Visa International and Arcaneo today announced a strategic alliance aimed at helping companies integrate commercial payment cards with enterprise meetings management technologies. Both organizations are working together to create solutions that provide businesses with the information they need to accurately manage meeting expenses and assess their return on investment.

Jul 24, 2007 By:
Qantas Airways
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LOS ANGELES -- June 7, 2007 -- As part of an overall international flight schedule expansion to meet rising demand, Qantas Airways announced it will again increase its current U.S. services to Australia effective March 2008. Two new additional weekly non-stop flights between Los Angeles and Brisbane will provide travelers with the enhanced convenience of daily service. The Qantas schedule will also increase its services between Los Angeles and Sydney, which will result in a total of 17 weekly services.

StarCite Expands Alliance Selecting Travelport for Business as its Full-service Corporate Travel Agency Jul 24, 2007 By:
Orbitz Worldwide
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CHICAGO, IL -- July 24, 2007 -- Orbitz Worldwide, whose corporate travel brands serve everyone from the small, independent business traveler to the large Fortune 500 corporation, is now helping those attending corporate meetings readily plan and book travel through a new strategic alliance with StarCite, the largest on-demand global meetings management company in the marketplace today.

Leading service providers to integrate travel and entertainment (T&E) expense data for Jul 24, 2007 By:
Gelco Expense Management
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MINNEAPOLIS (July 24, 2007) -- Gelco Expense Management, the leader in Services On Demand for global expense management, and Travelocity Business(R) today announced an agreement to integrate TBiz booking data into Gelco's ExpenseLink on-demand expense management solution.

Jul 23, 2007 By:
Hogg Robinson Group (HRG)
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To assist clients in maintaining greener business practices, Hogg Robinson Group (HRG)'s independent consulting division, HRG Consulting, has announced the launch of its proprietary CO2 Calculator in North America. HRG's CO2 Calculator allows clients to determine - in one free, simple and easy to use tool - the environmental impact of their travel choices.

TRAVELTRAX product to provide data consolidation, extraction and business intelligence Jul 23, 2007 By:
Orbitz Worldwide
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Orbitz Worldwide's Corporate Travel Solutions Brands to Offer Data Reporting Through New Agreement with TRX
TRAVELTRAX product to provide data consolidation, extraction and business intelligence.

Program guarantees new customers will achieve 75 percent online adoption within the first 75 days of implementation or all booking fees will be waived Jul 23, 2007 By:
Expedia Corporate Travel
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BELLEVUE, Wash. and BOSTON, Mass., (July 23, 2007) -- Today at the National Business Travel Association's (NBTA) 39th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Boston, Expedia® Corporate Travel, the fifth largest full-service travel management company, announced the 75 by 75 Guarantee, reinforcing its position as an industry leader in driving online adoption and ultimately savings for clients. This unique program guarantees that new customers will achieve 75 percent online adoption within 75 days of implementing the online booking tool or Expedia Corporate Travel will provide a full refund on all online and agent-assisted transaction fees.

Seamless Interface Ensures Negotiated Rates are Loaded Quickly, Accurately and Remain Accessible throughout the Entire Contract Term Jul 23, 2007 By:
WORLDHOTELS
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BOSTON -- July 23, 2007 -- WORLDHOTELS (booth #1831), the hotel group for independent hotels and regional hotel brands, today announced that the company's new automated rate-loading process will directly benefit its corporate clients. The technology, which is possible through a seamless interface between Nexus (WORLDHOTELS' account management and contracting platform) and WORLDHOTELS' CRS provider, simplifies the complex rate-loading process. It ensures that negotiated rates are quickly loaded into Global Distribution Systems upon acceptance from the client; that the rates are loaded with total contract compliance; and they remain accessible throughout the term of the contract.
