Red Dragon fires up China………….
Triton Distribution Systems, a next generation web-based travel distribution service provider, has released Red Dragon Express(TM), the world’s first online portal specially designed to provide travel agencies with access to Chinese airlines, tours, cruises, and hotels.
The gateway delivers content unavailable through any other source and at rates claimed to be substantially lower than legacy distribution systems.
Triton, in a media release, said, “Travel agents are very excited about the growth of Asian tourism and are especially eager to build a niche market for China-bound travellers.
“Unfortunately, building a Chinese itinerary requires contacting each vendor individually and full payment is often required before reservations can be confirmed.”
“Red Dragon Express(TM) solves these problems by providing a
platform where agents can search through one of the largest networks of travel content available, build one itinerary, pay for the trip with one credit card transaction and receive one package containing the trip tickets.”
“Travel agents can now offer a seamless travel experience, expertly managed and free from the financial and bureaucratic hurdles of the past.”
Red Dragon Express gives travel agents real-time access to over 580 international airlines and 23 domestic Chinese airlines.
It also delivers thousands of four- and five-star hotels, Yangtze river cruises, day tours, coach tours and hundreds of multi-city tours–all just in time for the increase in travel expected during the 2008 Beijing Olympic games.
No newcomer to the Chinese travel market, Triton chairman, CEO and founder Gregory Lykiardopoulos made history more than a quarter century ago when he helped negotiate the first regularly-scheduled flights by a U.S. airline to Beijing.
“Over the next six years China is expected to replace France as the world’s top tourist destination,” said Lykiardopoulos.
“Already accounting for 34 percent of Asia’s tourist arrivals and growing at 10 per cent per year, China is the key regional driver in this sector.”
“Opening China to travel agencies and their customers around the world is a significant win for Triton but it’s just the beginning,” Lykiardopoulos said.
“We have already developed several key partnerships with Chinese companies and are well on our way to capturing a significant share of the growing outbound market with products designed for the Chinese travel agent.”
Repor tby The Mole
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