Business-to-Business Travel Distribution Leader Nexion Announces New, Lower Pricing Packages for Agents; New Subscription Programs Will Offer More Flexible Pricing Options.Business Editors and Travel Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2000 Nexion Inc. (www.NexionNet.com), the leading Silicon Valley-based business-to-business  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. travel distribution company, announced today that it has lowered its prices and instituted several new subscription programs designed to offer maximum pricing flexibility for travel agents, agencies and corporate travel departments. The new subscription programs, known as Nexion Horizon and Nexion Enterprise, are offered in two varieties -- month-to-month month-to-month adj. referring to a tenancy in which the tenant pays monthly rent and has no lease, and the tenancy can be terminated by the landlord at any time on thirty-days notice. (See: tenancy, landlord and tenant) and annual subscriptions -- with the annual contracts offered at no charge and the monthly subscriptions ranging from $49 to $99. "By lowering the subscription cost, Nexion is bringing the power of the world's most comprehensive reservation service to the desktop of any professional travel planner, regardless of the size of the agency or corporation," said Jim Smith There are several famous people with the name Jim Smith, including:
The Horizon package is similar to Nexion's previous offering called Standard Plus and provides 80 percent commissions paid monthly to travel professionals. The month-to-month subscription is now $49 per month compared to the previous rate of $149. There is no monthly charge for users who sign a 12-month agreement and commit to use Nexion as their exclusive reservations system. Nexion's Enterprise package, similar to the previous Professional program, pays 100 percent commissions to agents. The month-to-month subscription costs $99 per month compared to the previous rate of $395. The annual contract is free for up to 10 users at the same facility as long as travel professionals sign a one-year adj. 1. completing its life cycle within a year. Adj. 1. one-year - completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants" annual phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants exclusive contract and generate just $36,000 in gross commissions each year. Both Nexion Horizon and Nexion Enterprise packages offer connections to all four of the world's Global Distribution Systems/Central Reservation Systems - Amadeus, Apollo, Sabre and Worldspan - as well as inventory providers Pegasus and Hotel Quest, by using a standard PC and 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 . Nexion has aggregated the airline and hotel inventories into a single-switched network using an Internet-based technology Refers to the communications infrastructure of the Internet, which is based on the IP protocol. IP is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. It may also refer to voice over IP (VoIP), which uses the Internet to make telephone calls. See VoIP, IP and TCP/IP. platform. By aggregating the major inventories, Nexion lowers the access cost and offers independent travel agents and small to mid-size agencies the comprehensive reservation information previously unavailable on a single platform. Nexion offers its customers other benefits beyond access to the all four CRSs. It provides complete Internet-based back-office services for corporate travel departments or travel agencies seeking to outsource their internal operations to lower operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales . Nexion services include 24x7 ticketing, fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. , custom invoicing in·voice n. 1. A detailed list of goods shipped or services rendered, with an account of all costs; an itemized bill. 2. The goods or services itemized in an invoice. tr.v. , itinerary preparation, and ARC reporting. Additionally, corporate travel departments and travel agencies that work with Nexion can increase their revenue through higher commissions. Nexion pools the ticketing volume of all customers, resulting in higher margins from preferred suppliers. About Nexion Nexion(R) offers The Ultimate Travel Connection(TM) for travel agents worldwide. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Nexion has developed an exclusive Internet-based technology platform for travel agents, agencies and corporate travel departments that gives them access to the widest possible travel inventory. Nexion connects travel professionals with all four of the major global distribution systems, as well as the direct inventories of Pegasus and Hotel Quest, in one single, affordable platform by using a PC and a local Internet connection. Nexion also supports travel agencies that want to outsource their internal operations to lower operating costs. Nexion's 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. back-office services include 24x7 ticketing, fulfillment, custom invoicing, itinerary preparation and ARC reporting. Subscribers access the Nexion database with a proprietary software solution call InternetView(TM). For more information, contact Nexion at 408/280-6410 or visit its Web site at www.NexionNet.com. |
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