This is the regular Tnooz roundup of product news from around the travel, tourism and hospitality industry, all with a technology, online and digital twist – Wednesday 22 June 2011.
- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group extended its relationship with Expedia Inc. and signed a new long-term agreement. This means that Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental will be preferred partners of Expedia and their inventory will be distributed across Expedia sites including Expedia.com, Hotwire and Carrentals.com.
- Pegasus Solutions is demonstrating RezView Mobile, which is geared to enable hotel clients to offer mobile apps and browser-based applications for their customers. RezView Mobile which will is intended to be available on Android devices, iPhones and iPads, will offer features including smart location finder, click to call, availability calendar display and “remember me” auto-population, and will be available in multiple languages, Pegasus says.
- London-based DoSomethingDifferent.com hopes its new 20% discount program on tours and attraction tickets for travel agents’ personal holidays will be different enough to entice them retailers to try them. The company hopes travel agents will try these Walt Disney World visits and Grand Canyon helicopter flights under its DoSomethingDifferent For You program and then promote them to their consumer clients. For more information, registered agencies can email agencysales@dosomethingdifferent.com.
- A new members-only luxury hotel site, Spire, has made its debut and is offering a Best Deal Guarantee based on providing credits to users’ Spire accounts when they find a qualifying deal. For the fine print, read here. Owned by Perfect Escapes, Spire specializes in flash sales of four and five-star hotels.
- Sabre Travel Network and UNIT4 Business Software agreed to renew their Sabre CentralCommand with Agresso partnership for seven years. Sabre CentralCommand with Agresso is a back-office solution for travel management companies. Sabre and UNIT4 initially teamed in 2002 to develop CentralCommand.
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