Vision 2000 Travel Group Goes Virtual with Grasp Technologies
TORONTO, Aug. 25 /CNW/ - Vision 2000 Travel Group announced today a
partnership with Grasp Technologies to provide an online solution for
VisionIntelligence, Vision 2000's dynamic reporting suite.
VisionIntelligence, already powered by Crossfire Systems, the leading
software development and consulting company specializing in travel management
information and data analysis for the travel industry, will now be available
anytime, anywhere to decision makers.
VisionIntelligence will feature a state-of-the-art web-based management
reporting product offering complete automation of the report production and
delivery process. Key elements include automated data synchronization
functions, executive dashboard reporting, report scheduling and delivery and a
Data Café providing details of any transaction in the data warehouse.
"This greatly enhances our ability to provide customized reporting to key
decision makers whenever and wherever it is needed" said Ian Race, Vice
President of Corporate Sales & Account Management for Vision 2000 Travel
Group. "It opens a new set of doors into cost containment and forecasting for
our clients".
About Vision 2000 Travel Group:
Vision 2000 Travel Group Inc. is the largest Canadian-owned travel
management company. A leader in travel management, Vision 2000 provides a full
range of Corporate Solutions, Meetings & Events, Cruises & Vacations and World
Tours travel-related services from over 30 full-service and corporate onsite
locations. Vision 2000 is the Canadian shareholder agency of RADIUS - the
global travel company. RADIUS is one of the largest travel management
companies in the world and is well-positioned to service multinational
corporate clients on a global basis. RADIUS operates from more than 3,600
locations in over 80 countries worldwide and has an annual sales turnover of
USD $20 billion.Posted: 25 Aug 2009 09:27 AM PDT NBC -- Laura Liakos is making sure everything was in place for her upcoming trip to Orlando, including her travel insurance. It's something Liakos says she never leaves home without. "Just to be on the safe side because you never know something may happen," said Liakos. AAA Manager Joyce Bradford says they always recommend it. Bradford says travelers can expect to pay anywhere from $50 to hundreds of thousands of dollars for trip insurance, but she says it pays for itself if they have to use it. "If it's a situation where you've paid $4,000 for a trip and it gets canceled because of a hurricane, and you didn't take out any insurance, you're in a bind," said Bradford. Depending on the company and your policy, if a storm damages your hotel before your departure, shuts down your airport or even if a hurricane's predicted path is near the location of your upcoming insured vacation, it is possible to get reimbursed. It all depends on your policy. That's one reason the Better Business Bureau recommends you read the fine print and the exclusions of your policy to know exactly what you are paying for. "Just insuring your investments is really what it amounts to," said Bradford. If you have to cash in your trip insurance, Bradford says the wait time varies depending on the policy, but says the average turnaround is about six weeks. According to AAA, it's rare that cruise ships will cancel their plans because of hurricanes. Most of the time the ships will simply change their routes. NBC |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2009 06:43 AM PDT 2009-08-25 15:39:06 - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/25/09 -- Verb Exchange Inc. (TSX VENTURE: VEI) announces that its subsidiary, Tabrio Communications Inc, has entered into a multi-year service agreement to be the exclusive provider of its Tabrio(TM) Connect online calling and marketing system to Travel Club Mexico, one of the largest travel and destination agencies in Yucatan, Mexico. Tabrio(TM) Connect will become an integral part of Travel Club Mexico's customer service system and its online sales and marketing programs that exceed over 50,000 emails and other online promotions per month that reaches to over 10 different countries. Travel Club Mexico services approximately 60,000 worldwide travelers to popular destinations within Mexico annually. "Tabrio(TM) Connect is one of the best solutions we've seen to increase our customer responses on our service and marketing programs. The solution is well priced, simple and a powerful tool for our business. We are confident that we will now increase our travel bookings just from the ability of our audience to immediately contact us when we send them offers on our premiere travel packages, especially as the busy tourist season begins," comment Edgar R. Salinas, Owner and Managing Director of Travel Club Mexico. Since 1996, Travel Club Mexico has been providing travel and hotel reservations and specialty holiday and convention packages to prestigious destinations such as Cancun, Playa de Carmen, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, and many other premiere destinations in Mexico. "We are excited to have Tabrio(TM) Connect become part of Travel Club Mexico's customer service and marketing program. Our service perfectly complements and streamlines their existing customer service and online marketing efforts. Their website and their online promotional materials will now have the immediate capability of connecting people instantly to service their travel needs. We look forward to developing this relationship to its fullest," stated Anthony Alda, President of Tabrio Communications Inc. "Our call windows will be available in both English and Spanish to Travel Club Mexico customers and Travel Club Mexico is expected to roll out its marketing campaigns with their own branded Tabrio(TM) Connect customer call features by September 1, 2009." ABOUT VERB EXCHANGE: Verb Exchange (TSX VENTURE: VEI) is a digital communications and media company delivering high quality, low-cost, talk and text around the world. Through its two wholly owned subsidiaries, Eurotel and Tabrio, the Company services over 60 million minutes of calling connections each month and provides voice over IP connectivity to various telecommunication companies worldwide. For more information please visit: www.verbx.com :  and www.tabrio.com : .Copyright (c)2009 - Verb Exchange Inc. All rights reserved. All literary references to articles, statistics, and products or services are properties or registered trademarks of their respective owners. No endorsements from such references have been made whether expressed or implied. Statements included in this announcement, including statements concerning our plans, intentions and expectations, which are not historical in nature are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, "forward-looking statements" for purposes of the safe harbor provided by Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words including "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "expects" and similar expressions. The company cautions readers that forward-looking statements, including without limitation those relating to the Company's future operations and business prospects, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. |
Posted: 25 Aug 2009 10:46 AM PDT Tuesday, August 25th 2009, 12:15 PM  Neal/GettyBestselling philosophy author Alain de Botton works at his desk in the check-in area of Heathrow airport during his week as writer-in-residence. It will be titled "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" and distributed to 10,000 passengers at the airport in September. The book will then be available on Amazon. ABCnews.com reports that De Botton is stationed behind a desk at check-in, scribbling away. His musings are posted on a plasma screen behind him. Tourists and airport staff stop by to share anecdotes, plumping his material. Roaming anywhere he chooses, de Botton visited Gate Gourment to learn how meals are prepared, and will make runway, control tower and baggage claim stops. Terminal 5 has a reputation, and not a good one. Its March 2008 opening was so disastrous that check-in was suspended. But de Botton says that's not his concern. He's there looking for "novelistic details," not as a reporter. Many had competed to be Heathrow's writer-in-residence. De Botton was thrilled to be the chosen one. Describing the airport as "a city of specialists," he says "has always been fascinated by airports." He was brought in as part of a marketing effort, and while critics carp that his work won't be objective since Heathrow his paying an advance and expenses, airport executives won't be vetting the book before publication. |
