SOUTHLAKE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 5, 2005–GetThere(R) today announces the expansion of its Web Connect solution, complementing its already comprehensive access to a variety of flight options. GetThere Web Connect now provides corporate travelers choices from more than 50 domestic and international travel Web sites, including many major airline sites, and U.S. low-cost airlines such as AirTran Airways and JetBlue Airways, and CanJet, a Canadian-based low fare airline.
The expansion of GetThere’s Web Connect allows corporate travelers to compare fares, whether from one or multiple global distribution systems (GDS), a company’s negotiated rates program or airline and other travel Web sites, providing travelers with the confidence that they are seeing a wider range of fares on every booking.
As the world’s leading online corporate travel reservation technology, GetThere offers the most proven, comprehensive solution for helping corporations manage travel online. GetThere Web Connect is an optional capability that can be enabled on each corporate customer’s GetThere site to automatically search travel sites. Companies can choose to configure Web Connect to always search for alternate flight options, or only in key travel markets.
“We have always focused on providing companies the travel options they need whether they are from any GDS, the Web, or other sources that offer distinct value to customers,” said Bev Heinritz, general manager of GetThere. “Enhancing Web Connect further expands the options travelers now can see from both domestic and international airlines, providing comfort that they are viewing a very comprehensive set of fares.”
Additional benefits of the optional Web Connect capability include:
-- Increased flight options from each site, with up to eight
available options, and the ability in certain markets to
search multiple airports;
-- Searched fare options displayed to travelers on the GetThere
Low-Fare Suggestions page;
-- Selected flights are booked on the supplier travel Web site or
airline site, and in many cases can automatically be included
in a traveler's GetThere itinerary;
-- Ability to select Web Connect market by market, which allows
corporations to choose their most-traveled markets or markets
where they would like more options, and an option for country
and regional-based preferences, which is particularly helpful
for multinational corporations with many offices;
-- Corporate travel managers can easily configure how Web Connect
searches and displays flight options to travelers;
-- New site administration controls for companies to configure
how Web Connect works, allowing administrators to select
markets in which a Web Connect search will be employed,
maintain certain travel policy requirements for display of Web
Connect alternatives, and provide customized messages to
corporate travelers.
About GetThere
GetThere is the world’s leading online corporate travel reservation technology. GetThere enables global corporations and government agencies to provide a convenient way for employees to book travel and plan meetings while significantly reducing costs. GetThere’s advanced technology works with all major global distribution systems (GDS) and all travel management companies. More than 3,000 corporations, including 60 percent of the Fortune 200 companies that have online booking sites, use GetThere. More information is available at www.getthere.com.
Sabre Holdings Corporation (NYSE:TSG) is a world leader in travel commerce, retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry. More information about Sabre Holdings is available at http://www.sabre-holdings.com.
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