AirPlus and Outtask Offer Integrated Booking, Payment and Reporting Solution; Relationship offers mutual customers extensive billing data including level three air data.WASHINGTON -- AirPlus International and Outtask today announced their partnership to further enhance the corporate travel and expense management process. The companies will work together to integrate Outtask's Cliqbook online bookings with AirPlus corporate payment solutions in addition to pre-populating the Outtask expense management system, Vinnet, with AirPlus' descriptive billing information. This relationship will enhance corporations' travel procurement, billing, settlement and reporting while also delivering additional data and management controls to further automate their expense management. "The AirPlus partnership with Outtask will offer our mutual customers a fully automated travel procurement, payment and reporting environment," said Richard Crum, 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. , AirPlus International, Inc. "With AirPlus' tailor-made travel payment products, and Outtask's fully integrated end-to-end T&E solution, our corporate customers will have a wider degree of travel program management, saving them time and money." AirPlus International offers its customers superior descriptive billing information, designated by the customer, such as cost center, department code and project number. This relationship allows AirPlus to feed the level three data to Vinnet, giving financial and travel managers a higher quality of data and a clear view of their travel program, in a fully automated environment. The AirPlus invoice will be sent to Vinnet, streamlining reconciliation and expense reporting. "Suppliers, buyers and travellers have long sought a fully automated solution that offers procure to pay capabilities for corporate travel," says Tom DePasquale, president and CEO of Outtask, Inc. "Consolidated corporate travel procurement and settlement offers every party of the economic chain value in managing business travel from a single source." About AirPlus International AirPlus International is a global leader in business travel payment solutions, offering UATP-based central payment accounts, corporate cards and online management information tools. AirPlus is the preferred payment partner of Continental Airlines (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CAL), Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NWAC NWAC Northwest Airlines (stock symbol) NWAC Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center (NOAA) NWAC Native Women's Association of Canada (Ottawa, ON, Canada) ), British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. (NYSE:BAB), Lufthansa German Airlines, Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines AG is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled sevices to over 130 destinations. Its main base is Vienna International Airport, with a hub at Innsbruck Airport.[1] In 2006 Austrian had 10 million passengers. , Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines (short: Swiss) is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Kloten Airport (ZRH). , and TAP Portugal TAP Portugal (former known as Transportes Aéreos Portugueses - Portuguese Air Transportations) is the national airline of Portugal, based in Lisbon and a member of the Star Alliance. . For more information, visit www.airplus.com, or contact Amy Padgett at (703) 373-0947 or apadgett@airplus.com. About Outtask, Inc. Based in Alexandria, Virginia Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 128,284. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) south of downtown Washington, DC. , Outtask, Inc. is the leading provider of corporate travel and expense (T&E) automation solutions. Outtask delivers the only fully integrated T&E management solution through its Cliqbook(TM) and Vinnet(TM) service offerings to seamlessly automate and control travel booking, and expense submission, reporting and reimbursement. Customer and partner successes, technology innovation and acclaimed best practices have earned Outtask recognition as an industry leader. For more information, visit www.outtask.com, or contact Ross Atkinson at (703) 837-6100 x4017 or ratkinson@outtask.com. |
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