British Airways Selects Resco as Its Content Provider in Northern Europe.Business Editors STOCKHOLM Stockholm (stŏk`hôlm'), city (1995 pop. 692,954), capital of Sweden and of Stockholm co., E Sweden, situated where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. , Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2000 One geographic region - one content provider. That was the reasoning behind British Airways' selection of a Web partner in northern Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). . Resco has been awarded the commission, thus expanding an already close alliance. Resco's previous commissions from 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. include refinement and renewal of the company's public website and building of its "Speedbird Speedbird is a callsign used by British Airways during air traffic control procedures, as well as the name for the famous stylized British Overseas Airways Corporation logo. " extranet for travel agents in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The alliance is now being expanded as British Airways consolidates its Web commissions in northern Europe to Resco. Resco as a whole will be working with Web production for British Airways in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. "Co-ordination is a must for the development of the websites and extranets. We are working towards eight countries, and it will be smoother and more cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. to work with a single contact at one agency. We have been co-operating closely with Resco for some time and have been very satisfied, which made Resco the logical choice now that we are consolidating our production. One of the advantages we see is that Resco is also active in the German-speaking market," says Yanik Hoyles, British Airways Commercial Manager Nordic and the Netherlands. "It is gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that our co-operation with British Airways has been expanded to become a comprehensive and long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. alliance. Our clients are working in a Europe where borders are fast disappearing and our international expansion gives us greater opportunity to be at their sides locally and globally," says Torstein Johansen, Managing Director of Resco. Nordic websites are currently being upgraded. Projects planned for the future include production of extranets in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As a content provider, Resco also collaborates extensively with British Airways' advertising agency in conjunction with promotional campaigns. Resco AB RESCO is a consultancy firm based on the association of the strongest individuals in several industries - specialists whose individual competencies allow us to offer a greater whole than others - from the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and to the physical world. With our 550 specialists in the fields of market communication, business systems, design, Internet strategy, web technology and architecture, we are taking a unique position in the corporate renewal market. Our offer reaches from communication that cements relationships and into the technology that makes business exchange possible. We see it as our mandate to constantly challenge our customers and ourselves to see new opportunities in the economy of a new era. RESCO was founded in 1982. We are listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange The Stockholm Stock Exchange (Swedish: Stockholmsbörsen) is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863 [1] it is the primary securities exchange of the Nordic Countries. and have offices in Sweden, Finland and Germany. www.resco.se/.com British Airways The world's largest international passenger airline, British Airways was founded in 1939. The company's service network is one of the most extensive in the world, with 233 destinations in 96 countries. With its partners, British Airways covers 559 destinations in 134 countries. British Airways' objective is for fifty percent of total sales to be transacted online by 2002. www.britishairways.se/.no/.dk/.fi/.de/.ch/.nl www.britishairways.com/austria ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. : http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/09/22/20000922BIT00230/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/09/22/20000922BIT00230/bit0002.pdf |
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