Biztravel.com Selected As MyPalm Portal Beta Partner; Biztravel unwired Now Available to New Community of Mobile Users.Business, Technology & Travel Editors PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2001 Biztravel.com, a Rosenbluth Interactive company, today announced that it has been selected by Palm, Inc. to provide the first travel reservation application for MyPalm(TM) portal mobile customers. Users of Palm(TM) VII series handheld computers with Palm.Net(R) service, or any Palm OS(R) device with internet access See how to access the Internet. , will now be able to book air, car and hotel reservations via biztravel. Currently in beta form, the MyPalm portal is a newly developed personal information service, accessible through a downloadable Web clipping (1) Extracting a smaller amount of text and graphic elements from a Web page in order to display effectively on a handheld Web appliance. Web clipping often uses a predefined form, or template, into which the extracted data are placed. application at www.palm.net. A leader in customer-focused technologies, biztravel has been an early adopter of m-commerce applications. "Travel services are particularly relevant to the mobile user," said Suzanne Zapf, VP Strategy Development. "With 29 million users expected to access the Internet wirelessly by Year 2004, we prioritized making the biztravel services available to the mobile community. This alliance with Palm, an industry leader, enables us to work to further enhance the business travel experience, by providing our customers with even greater control over their travel." This agreement with Palm is the latest in a series of alliances expanding biztravel's distribution of its wireless applications and hastened the company to the forefront of m-commerce. This roster of strategic relationships includes such industry leaders as Nextel, Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. , AT&T, OmniSky and AvantGo. Through this alliance with Palm, biztravel will deliver its superior travel services in a format specifically designed for handheld screens, ensuring a user-friendly experience. About biztravel unwired Unwired is an Australian public company dedicated to building a nationwide, fixed wireless telecommunications network offering carrier grade Internet services. They currently provide coverage in Sydney and Melbourne. Biztravel unwired enables travelers to use Web-enabled mobile phones, two-way pagers, and other personal digital assistants (PDAs) to make air, hotel, and rental car reservations as well as to check flight status and availability. Offering all the cutting-edge technological features of biztravel.com, biztravel unwired provides comprehensive travel planning capabilities in the palm of your hand by delivering travel services anytime, anywhere, anyhow. About biztravel.com Biztravel.com is the foremost full service travel Web site for business travelers, recognized for its world-class customer service, the revolutionary Biztravel Guarantee, and cutting-edge technological applications. These include FareGuard(SM), a patented technology that searches the airlines' systems for lower fares up until the date of departure - allowing biztravel customers to benefit from a price reduction announced by the airlines after they have planned or purchased a trip. Other innovative features on the site include calendar synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. , automatic upgrading, personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. frequent traveler point tracking, and real time wireless messaging alerts - informing the traveler of timely flight information one hour prior to take-off. Biztravel.com and its personalized reservation process has been lauded by such prestigious publications as PC Computing, PC Magazine and The Peppers & Rogers Group The Rogers Group is a Mauritius-based conglomerate. The Group has a portfolio with interests in sectors such as aviation and tourism, logistics, financial services, distribution and industrials. The Group employs almost 3,000 people. , and also received the Webby See WBI. Award for the Best Travel Site of the Year. Most recently, Biztravel.com was named one of the top 100 best sites for 2000 by Yahoo! Internet Life Yahoo! Internet Life was a monthly magazine published by Ziff-Davis, which licensed the name from Yahoo!, a well known search engine website. It was created and launched by Barry Golson, the former executive editor of Playboy and TV guide. , was featured in Forbes Magazine "Best of the Web 2000" sites, and received a CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. 100 award for customer service excellence. Biztravel.com is on the Web at http://www.biztravel.com. Palm.Net and Palm OS are registered trademarks and MyPalm and Palm are trademarks of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. |
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