Accovia and Navitaire to Offer Travel Wholesalers and Retailers a Direct Connection to U.S. Airlines.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PhoCusWright Executive Conference ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2003 Accovia(TM) Inc., the global leader in dynamic packaging technology for the travel industry, and Navitaire Inc. today announced an effort to allow travel wholesalers and retailers to directly book seats with major airlines in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The new technology -- Accovia AirConnect for Navitaire DirectNet(R) -- allows travel wholesalers and distributors to broaden their procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. channels and help reduce costs by managing multiple reservation channels from a single technology platform. The Accovia AirConnect interface links travel wholesalers and retailers to Navitaire's DirectNet, which provides a "touchless" fully automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. digital transaction service for airline reservations as well as ticket exchanges and refunds. "As travel information and planning become more fragmented frag·ment n. 1. A small part broken off or detached. 2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript. 3. , the industry needs a technology platform to aggregate multiple components and select distribution channels," said Matt Duffy, vice president of sales at Navitaire Inc. "Industry leaders will look to a single source for a solution." "Travel wholesalers and retailers need the ability to broaden their procurement methods through a single platform," said Claude Guay, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Accovia. "Offering access to Navitaire's DirectNet services will provide our customers with a direct channel to traditional and low cost airlines, and complements our existing GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards procurement solutions and ITA ITA abbr. initial teaching alphabet ITA initial teaching alphabet: a partly phonetic alphabet used to teach reading ITA n abbr (BRIT) (= initial teaching alphabet) → Software-based shopping capabilities. Through our standards-based protocols, we will continue to combine strategic e-distribution and e-procurement solutions with our dynamic packaging technology, to ensure we meet the business needs of our customers." About Navitaire A pioneer in the ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). industry, Navitaire Inc. has been providing industry-leading reservations, direct distribution, revenue protection, decision support and passenger revenue accounting technology to airlines since 1993. Through its ASP delivery model, Navitaire offers industry leading applications with reduced implementation time and risk, ensured operational reliability, and cost-effective fee structures. A wide array of Navitaire products, including revenue management systems and integrated ticketless/e-commerce solutions, provide airlines throughout the world with industry operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. solutions that allow them to grow more profitably. Navitaire's customer base consists of more than 40 airlines worldwide, including 9 of the world's 25 largest airlines, as well as a growing base of low-fare and midsize airlines. An affiliate company of Accenture, Navitaire is headquartered in Minneapolis, with offices in Salt Lake City, Sydney, Manila Manila (mənĭl`ə), city (1990 pop. 1,601,234), capital of the Philippines, SW Luzon, on Manila Bay. Manila is the center of the country's largest metropolitan area, its chief port, and the focus of all governmental, commercial, industrial, , and Prague. About Accovia Accovia(TM), Inc. is the leading provider of dynamic packaging technology for the travel industry. The company offers the industry's only travel automation and management product suite for procuring Procuring, in general, is the act of acquiring goods or services, usually by contract. It may refer to:
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