e-Travel Teams With Industry Leaders To Offer One-Stop Business Travel Source

New Services Enhance Traveler’s Experience; Help Corporations Drive Adoption Up, Costs Down

Waltham, Mass. – February 24, 2003 – Booking business travel online has never been easier now that travelers have complete travel information – from flight schedules, to limousine service, to international health requirements, to frequent flyer balances – right at their fingertips. e-Travel, the global leader in online travel solutions, and the e-commerce business unit of Amadeus GTD, today announced the addition of new traveler service tools to its online self-booking tool, e-Travel® Aergo (US). Through strategic partnerships with MileageManager, Ground Travel Technology Team (GT3), OneTravel.com and Tim/Timatic B.V., Aergo (US) now gives business travelers the widest selection of personalized travel services, providing a one-stop-shopping place for all their travel needs, while helping their employers save on the rising costs of corporate travel.

e-Travel Aergo (US), a secure, Web-based travel booking tool for corporations, provides business travelers the ability to quickly plan and book complete travel itineraries, right from their computer desktops, within their employers’ travel policies. In addition to worldwide purchasing options for air, car, rail and hotel, and content features such as destination guides, weather, maps and currency converters, Aergo (US) now includes:

MileageManager: The most comprehensive frequent traveler service for tracking airline, hotel and other travel rewards all in one easy-to-manage, online statement.
Ground Transportation Service: Powered by Ground Travel Technology Team (GT3), this tool allows travelers to book limousine and car service using the employer’s negotiated rates and preferred suppliers.
Vacations Booking Tool: Aergo isn’t just for business travel – a direct link to OneTravel.com provides incredible low rates for cruises, vacations and personal trips.
Health and Visa Information: Tim/Timatic B.V.’s customized international travel information provides passport, visa and health requirements for more than 215 countries, giving travelers instant, online access to the most up-to-date, international travel information available.

According to Forrester Research, good past experiences build traveler loyalty and keep travelers coming back to their favorite travel Web sites. Nearly 70 percent of travelers surveyed cited ease of use as the primary reason to return to a particular Web site when booking travel.* With the easy-to-use, one-stop shopping approach in Aergo (US), corporations can make the online travel booking process more efficient, promote adoption, and through savings on travel-related costs, quickly reach a high return on investment.

“Creating experiences geared toward the traveler’s needs is an important driver for corporations wishing to increase adoption of their online travel booking tool. e-Travel has partnered with the best travel service providers in the industry to offer travelers enriched content and to make Aergo a single source for researching and purchasing travel,” said Scott Gutz, CEO and president of e-Travel, Inc. “Corporations that leverage Aergo’s reliability and traveler-friendly content can increase overall adoption and enjoy a significant reduction in travel spend.”

Corporations interested in learning more about e-Travel Aergo (US) and the new traveler service tools can contact e-Travel directly at 1-800-343-5228 or [email protected]

About e-Travel
e-Travel, the e-commerce business unit of Amadeus Global Travel Distribution SA, is the leading global provider of online travel technology. It provides e-commerce solutions for airlines, corporations, travel agencies and other online travel businesses, and is dedicated to its customers’ net success. e-Travel serves customers in over 90 countries including corporations such as Airbus, Daimler Chrysler, Ingersoll-Rand and Oracle Corporation, as well as travel suppliers such as Air France, Iberia and Qantas, and online agencies such as Opodo. Parent company Amadeus Global Travel Distribution SA is the leading global distribution system (GDS) and technology provider serving the marketing, sales and distribution needs of the world’s travel and tourism industries. For further information, please visit our Web site at www.e-travel.com.

e-Travel is a registered trademark of e-Travel, Inc., an Amadeus company. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

Contact:
Kristen Goldman
e-Travel, Inc.
+1-781-522-8989
[email protected]

*Forrester Research, “Highlight: Winning Travelers’ Site Loyalty,” April 12, 2002, Copyright © 2002 Forrester Research, Inc.