Auto Club to Create `Virtual Travel Agency' Online; Members to Receive Expanded Travel Services.Business Editors/Travel Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2003 Members will be able to access a state-of-the-art, comprehensive "virtual travel agency" online when the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. launches its new travel Web service at aaa.com next year. A few mouse clicks will enable members to book flights, hotels, cars, cruises, or tours and obtain exclusive AAA destination information, such as AAA diamond ratings and mapping, from a single, easy-to-use location. Special benefits, discounts and exclusive AAA travel information on the Web site will be accessible to more than 7.5 million members when they log on to book travel through aaa.com. The Automobile Club of Southern California operates the largest leisure travel agency west of the Rockies. "Our goal is to provide members with the same travel services on our Web site that they can obtain through our offices and call center, in a one-stop one-stop adj. Relating to or providing a comprehensive selection of goods or services at a single location: one-stop shopping; a one-stop health-care center. shopping format that combines several popular Auto (AUTOmatic) Refers to a wide variety of devices that perform unattended operations. Club services," said Diana Diana, in Roman religion Diana (dīăn`ə), in Roman religion, goddess of the moon, forests, animals, and women in childbirth. She was probably originally a forest goddess and a special patroness of women. Meinhold, the Auto Club's vice president for travel. Members will be able to begin their vacation VACATION. That period of time between the end of one term and beginning of another. During vacation, rules and orders are made in such cases as are urgent, by a judge at his chambers. planning by exploring the Auto Club's extensive database of travel information, which includes: detailed AAA TourBook(R) destination summaries; regularly updated listings of events at popular destinations; detailed cruise ship, tour and campground information; and AAA diamond ratings for hotels and restaurants. Users of the Web site will be able to compare prices and availability for various travel providers and to locate package deals, or create their own custom travel packages. Members will receive special discounts on many travel deals offered through the Web site. When members are ready to complete travel arrangements, they will be able to make all their bookings on the Web site and order additional materials such as specialty A contract under seal. A specialty is a written document that has been sealed and delivered and is given as security for the payment of a specifically indicated debt. maps for their destination. Or, if they choose, they can finish off the details of their trip over the phone or by visiting an Auto Club office. "Members can obtain information from a travel agent and book their trip in an office or go home and book the trip online later," Meinhold said. "They can use our call centers at any point in the booking process. We want our members to have total flexibility in making their travel arrangements." The Auto Club is working with several leading firms in the development of the integrated Web site, which will also enhance the services that members and customers receive from Auto Club travel agents because it will combine several different travel resources into one Web-based application See Web application. . The expanded Web site will be rolled out in several phases. Beginning in January January: see month. 2004, members and consumers will be able to research vacations and cruise offerings. When the Web site redesign re·de·sign tr.v. re·de·signed, re·de·sign·ing, re·de·signs To make a revision in the appearance or function of. re is completed, members will have full access to any travel package booking available through AAA Travel. "The redesigned Web site will assist us in better serving our members, no matter how they choose to access our travel services," said Meinhold. Currently, members who want to book travel through AAA Travel can visit any local Auto Club office, call the Club's Cruise and Tour Center at 888-TRIP-AAA or go online at aaa.com. The expanded travel Web site will allow them access to AAA Travel deals 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Automobile Club of Southern California, the largest affiliate Affiliate Relationship between two companies when one company owns substantial interest, but less than a majority of the voting stock of another company, or when two companies are both subsidiaries of a third company. See: Subsidiaries, parent company. of AAA, has been serving members since 1900. Today the Auto Club's members benefit by roadside assistance, insurance products and services, travel agency, financial products, automotive pricing, buying and financing programs, automotive testing and analysis, trip planning services and highway and transportation safety programs. Information about these products and services is available on the Auto Club's Web site at aaa.com. |
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