IgoUgo.com has relaunched its website to put more focus on making trip planning and sharing a social networking experience. The site, which has 540,000 members sharing experiences from more than 9,000 travel destinations and more than 1 million travel reviews and listings, has been rebuilt to simplify planning and sharing. “We wanted the site experience to better reflect that IgoUgo is a great community of expert travelers who have been where you want to go, and who are sharing positive advice for your trips,” said Aditi Gokhale, IgoUgo general manager.
TRX, Inc., a leading provider of travel technology, process automation, consulting and data services, said it now provides travel agencies and technology providers with improved access to travel reservation data through the TRX Passenger Name Record (PNR) Parsing utility.
Signature Travel Network has announced MyTravelSite, plans for a mobile travel application, and other technology advancements at its annual Owner’s Meeting, at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. MyTravelSite is a personalized, customizable webpage that clients can access for logic-based recommendations on travel, based on travel preferences, past travel history, demographic and psychographic information.
LAN Airlines S.A. and ezRez Software, Inc. have announced that LAN has selected ezRez to provide hotel and car rental inventory to all of LAN’s markets. LAN will have access to over 100,000 unique hotel properties available through ezRez, as well as TripAdvisor reviews, 360-degree room views, and detailed information on the hotels’ surrounding areas.
Zicasso, an online luxury travel referral service that matches travelers with select top 10 percent travel specialists, has introduced a sales and marketing solution for travel agents and retail tour operators who focus on selling luxury custom tours. It’s designed to deliver targeted leads, increase sales and enhance productivity. It also lets travel specialists outsource much of their marketing, sales training and technology tools needs to Zicasso, allowing them to focus instead on selling and further developing their expertise in destinations and traveler activities.
MyPhuketInfo.com has recently launched an online booking service, starting first with Phuket and then, by the end of September, to the other destinations for which Phuket is a major hub. MyPhuketInfo.com has contracts in place with major third-party suppliers guaranteeing a wide selection of bookable Phuket hotels and resorts. The service capitalizes on the MyPhuketInfo.com team’s intimate knowledge of the destinations, together with its presence on the ground.