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.
Visit Florida, the official tourism marketing corporation for the state of Florida, has launched America’s first state trails-tourism website offering comprehensive information about more than 100 of the Sunshine State’s trails and greenways. Found at trails.VisitFlorida.com, this special micro-site assists visitors worldwide with planning and booking their outdoor adventures by providing detailed descriptions of Florida’s trails by city, activities, trail length or surface, as well as links to the individual trail websites and interactive maps showing the exact plot of a given trail so users can see nearby outfitters, hotels, campgrounds and restaurants.