Pegasus Solutions Signs Advertising Deal with Amadeus

Pegasus Solutions has extended its marketing capabilities to include travel agency advertising through a new agreement with Amadeus.

As a result, Pegasus reservations services customers and those using the company?s representation services, including Utell Hotels & Resorts and Utell Connect, will gain access to advertising on the Amadeus Media Platform.

Advertising through global distribution systems allows hotels to generate incremental revenue and increase market share by raising brand and promotion awareness at the point of travel agent purchase. Through the Amadeus system, Pegasus and Utell customers will have the opportunity to reach 90,000 travel agency points of sale in more than 190 countries worldwide.

?Our primary objective for hotel customers is to help them generate bookings ? whether by ensuring they are visible on the distribution systems as reservation services customers, or by promoting them to travel agents and consortia as Utell customers,? said Ric Leutwyler, chief operating officer of Pegasus Solutions and president of Utell Hotels & Resorts. ?Our new agreement with Amadeus represents yet another opportunity for these hotels to effectively reach agents as part of their comprehensive distribution and marketing campaigns through established and proven Pegasus and Utell relationships.?

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Abacus Showcases Travel Solutions and Services @ Conference in Vietnam

Abacus unveiled its Next Generation Point-of-Sale (POS) at the 7th Abacus International Conference in Vietnam.

The new desktop workspace operates on a fast, future-ready open platform that offers greater dependability and flexibility to simplify complex operations and allow for faster start-up times. Its new features will both significantly optimise agents? workflow and increase productivity during reservation and ticketing.

?The enhanced release has the added capability to shop by fares, flight or total price both in a graphical or emulator mode. In addition, the individualised scripting tool ensures consistent and error-free input, allowing increased agent productivity and improved business efficiencies. Managing customer needs and expectations will become easier with a feature-rich profile system,? said Vice President of Marketing Abacus International, Brett Henry.

Around 500 participants from Asia?s most influential travel organisations attended the three-day conference in Ho Chi Minh City where they were able to view Abacus? mobile, productivity tools and online solutions such as Abacus WebStart for mobile, Abacus Mobile, Abacus VirtuallyThere and TripCase.

 ?With the increase in mobile usage for travel, we are pleased to offer a range of solutions to travel agents that are more convenient, innovative, reliable and efficient, ahead of the innovation curve to improve the way the travel industry works,? Mr. Henry added.

Abacus WebStart's Internet booking engine is another solution that helps Abacus? customers to capture new revenue opportunities online.

?As the travel industry continues to move at an accelerated pace, agencies will need to proactively retool their businesses to gain a competitive edge in the market. Abacus solutions will provide them with a good head start,? said Mr. Henry.

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